Wholesale charm

Eisenstaedt visited her in California, but the photographer was not able to identify if she was indeed the nurse. Eisenstaedt died in 1995.
Life ran an article on the subject and asked the real sailor and the nurse to come forward.
But several nurses and dozens of sailors came forward to claim they were on the picture.
Shain was chosen as the most likely 'candidate' as the real nurse because of her persistence and 'charm.'

He really allows himself to have fun with it, and it's fun to watch.
'Plus, he's very charming in the role,' she says. 'He has this very graceful charm that really makes the character pop.'
Baker attributes some of his character's strength to series creator Bruno Heller (HBO's Rome). Heller 'gave me room,' Baker says, sitting at a kitchen table in his trailer. 'He understood and liked what I wanted to do with the character. I felt respected as a collaborator. Not just as an actor for hire.'
Heller says the character's arrogance called for 'a genuine star,' someone who could bounce between pompous and caring.
'I'd seen a lot of Simon and thought that there was a charismatic, giving and empathetic side that hadn't really been seen - certainly not on the TV screen

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