Ain't Got No Time For That, Says Mr. Nichols

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While Austin Nichols was at the London Walker Stalker convention in early March of this year, he gave a rare interview which was tweeted out the Monday following the con.  

And last but no means least my video interview with the incredibly tall (and handsome) @AustinNichols from @WalkrStalkrCon is now on site at @thncom #WSCLondon https://t.co/2rdg7kxULB

— Kat Hughes (@GizmoShikari) March 12, 2018

 

The interviewer was Kat Hughes with The Hollywood News.  And we found ourselves a bit of a gold nugget.  

At 01:55, the interviewer tells him that she has read that he is something of a cinephile.  After confirming by stating how much he loves movies, Austin elaborates a bit when Hughes wonders if he just watches "oodles and oodles of films".

"I watch less than I used to because life has gotten really busier" 

*ever so slight pause*

"working". 

And there is a female's laughter coming from off camera, to Austin's side.  To which he stops to look at her and insist, "Uh, yes," and then laughs a bit himself.

And he repeats, ""Yeah, life's gotten a little busier at work."

Austin then proceeds to recall how he used to watch 3-4-5 movies in a day as a struggling actor and college student.  

"because life has gotten really busier"

Because "has gotten" seems to refer to fairly recent times, let's look at the last couple of years. There were the 15 episodes of The Walking Dead which Austin appeared in from 2015 to 2016.  Several of those episodes he was listed as credit only and some others had him on screen for less than three minutes, if that. And five episodes as a guest star on Bates Motel in 2017.  And a movie called The Iron Orchard, whose stop-and-go filming last June seemed to drag on and on (Instagram-wise, that is *wink*) despite being such a financial challenge to make, according to actor Lane Garrison.  Timely sprinkling of weekend conventions, yes. 

And then there were these busy times.  For instance, busy movie-going in January of 2017,

Working out in March while campaigning for the ex-beard Bennet,

Surfboarding time in August!

 And being "hungry"

And that alleged vacationing in Portugal with the meard ALSO in August...

 

Valentine-ing in February this year just prior to the London Walker Stlaker, placing himself in Austin TX

Allegedly listening to music with current beard Hassle at Austin City Limits in October,

And hammock swingin' in October,

Also swingin' last month,

And smoochin' with the beard on....well, look at that. Right on his birthday.  ;-)

Yup, one can see how it may have been challenging to fit in movie watching, Austin. 

So I wonder what Austin could have been doing all those years, if his seemingly innocuous comment that he had been too busy working to watch movies was met with instantaneous laughter by his female companion? Let's seeee. What could it be that was preoccupying his time?

Author's note:  We would have granted busy-time credit for a film that Austin was alleged to have done last year with Paul Wesley entitled "Isabel", but when the flick doesn't even appear on Austin's IMDb nor does it have an IMDb of its own......

;-)

Hope you enjoyed the interview.  It really is fun to watch Austin get some interview time - there's too little of it lately! 

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When The Control Isn't Enough to Cover The Damage - Exhibit A with Austin Nichols

When cover-up for a deeply closeted individual is going to be needed, the battle plan should be proactively in place as well as effective. When all of the pieces are not in place however, the leaks in the dike of cover-up begin spouting everywhere so that witnesses are left with a puzzle as easy as....

We knew who was in New York City this past weekend. Anyone in Jake's fandom knew. Jake was in the Big Apple; he was rehearsing for Sunday In The Park With George for the NYC Center Gala held at the City Center, leading up to opening night last night, Oct. 24.  

So what started on Oct 22 with a beard-hosted Halloween pumpkin carving party...

Oh, wait - I'm sorry.  I forgot there wasn't a picture to post of the couple to document that particular event.  (The wonderful Frank Drebin in assistance.)

But then on Oct. 23 here came the Agents of Shield crew trying to place Austin at an LA Galaxy soccer game.  And just for GPS purposes, the timing is well documented:

#AgentsofSHIELD family at the #LAGalaxy game. @clarkgregg @JenniferGrey @ChloeBennet4 #fitz @YOSOYCORDOVA @AustinNichols @smaranda_luna pic.twitter.com/l6vcBhV1yB

— Gabriel Luna (@IamGabrielLuna) October 23, 2016

Let's see, you have half of the men photo'd with their SO's on their lap, and then there's Austin and Chlo......   oh.  Looks like Jennifer Grey isn't on her SO Clark Gregg's lap because she was needed at Chlo's side.  Yeah, I think that's what was going on there.  And Austin barely made it into the pic.   Amazing, isn't it?  Mgmnt had their money shot opportunity right there.  Put Chlo in Austin's lap like the other fellas.  But they didn't get it.

Now what was going on later that evening, on October 23?  The big season opener of The Walking Dead.  #1 rated show in television.  Number One.  Fans were excited enough about the event to trend The Walking Dead all day on Twitter. All day and all night.  The ratings knocked out Sunday Night NFL Football!  There was a red carpet premiere held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary in Los Angeles with major cast members.  Here's the group pic:

 Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Steven Yeun, all of the major actors were there.  Even Austin's buddy Chris Hardwick, remember him?  Austin supposedly attended his big wedding gala this past summer, complete with bolo tie.  Chris was there to host a Talking Dead event after the season opener premiered.

But someone's missing in that cast picture.  Austin is.  Perhaps he and Chlo were walking the dogs and grilling burgers with the Agents of Shield family.

So, in a nutshell.  Management would have folks believe that Austin and his 'gf' would rather attend an LA Galaxy game on Sunday afternoon followed by whatever, than attend an important career event like the premiere of The Walking Dead.  

Seems like this resulting puzzle might be more à propos now?

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