Don't Even Try To Deny It.

[rionaleonhart]

I have finished the third season of Prison Break! And then I watched 'Between Takes', little segments of the actors talking about the show and clips of them when out of character.

The main thing I noticed, apart from Chris Vance kissing random dudes and how weird it is to see Jodi Lyn O'Keefe not being evil and how massively weird it is to hear Robert Knepper speaking without a southern accent, was that Wentworth Miller did not have a segment. In fact, I am not sure he appears in the out-of-character clips from any of the other segments.

The only conclusion I can reasonably draw is that Wentworth Miller does not, in fact, exist. There really is a Michael Scofield, and he really does believe that his family is in danger and he has to break people out of prison, but everyone else in his life is an actor. Even his beloved brother. Poor, poor Scofield. I hope he never finds out. (You should probably let him know that all the people who have supposedly died because of him aren't really dead, Prison Break creators, but don't tell him that his entire life has been a lie. It would be cruel.)

I'm not sure how to explain his appearance in Buffy, though. That pretty obviously was not Michael Scofield.

NO, WAIT, I HAVE THE ANSWER: Michael Scofield briefly dabbled in acting, before 'Lincoln' (obviously Prison Break was conceived of long ago and Dominic Purcell has been playing Scofield's brother since Scofield was born) was arrested and everything went to hell. 'Wentworth Miller' was the pseudonym he used. The Prison Break creators decided to use this pseudonym in the credits to give the impression that this was simply the actor Wentworth Miller, rather than a poor unfortunate man who had no idea what was going on.

I don't know why I didn't realise this before.

Comments

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

What about his role as bitchy cheerleader on Popular? Was this part of his dabbling in acting?

[rionaleonhart]

It was! Scofield clearly had slightly strange taste in roles.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

Are you sure he has never used his cheerleading skills in an elaborate scheme to free his brother?

[rionaleonhart]

Actually, that's the entire plot of the third season.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

Oh, the lengths to which he goes to free his brother!

Also, he has mad preparation skills.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

You broke my boyfriend.

[rionaleonhart]

I'm not sorry.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

Neither am I.

[rionaleonhart]

Unless your boyfriend is Michael Scofield and I have inadvertently revealed The Awful Truth to him, in which case I am very sorry indeed.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

He's crying. Crying in a corner and shouting for Lincoln and I have to tell him that there's no such person. YOU HEARTLESS BITCH.

[sarkastic.livejournal.com]

The only conclusion I can reasonably draw is that Wentworth Miller does not, in fact, exist.
BRILLIANT. I don't know why I didn't see it before. It all makes sense.

exceptwentworthmillerdoesshowupinoneoftheoutofcharacterthingsontheseasonthreedvdssorry

[rionaleonhart]

CLEARLY LIES

LIES AND PHOTOSHOPPING

SHUT UP AND STOP RUINING MY BEAUTIFUL THEORIES

[sarkastic.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure he was still Michael Scofield and they just told him to say he was Wentworth Miller. He certainly ACTED the exact same way that Michael Scofield does, what with the penetrating stares and, uh, careful diction and man of mysteriousnes.

[rionaleonhart]

Ah, good. You are forgiven.

[justspaz.livejournal.com]

This is an amazing theory and although I do not watch the show at all, I now accept it completely as fact.

Other facts be damned and that.

Besides, I have been completely lacking in theories ever since Deathly Hallows came out and that is a terrible thing.

[rionaleonhart]

It makes you wonder what other 'actors' actually have no idea they're acting. Imagine poor Rose Tyler discovering that all the 'aliens' she met were just people in makeup. Or 'Daniel Radcliffe' finding out he's not really a wizard.

[justspaz.livejournal.com]

I'm quite concerned for Rose Tyler if she went from alien-searching to prostitution.

Or wait, maybe I'm just confused.

[rionaleonhart]

Obviously the shock of learning that her life with the Doctor had been a lie led her to prostitution. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT HER CLIENTS WOULD ALSO BE ACTORS. THERE IS NO ESCAPE, ROSE TYLER.

[honeymull.livejournal.com]

Let's be honest, some starry-eyed kid thinking up their new handle in the acting biz is the only possible explanation for that name. Oh, Michael. So smart, yet so naive... *sighs*

[rionaleonhart]

Seriously! His supposed name is Wentworth Earl Miller III. There's no way that's real.

[pinkegogirl.livejournal.com]

I NEED TO SEE S3 LIEK WOAH. i may just go buy it tomorrow. YES.


also, robert knepper is in carnivale. YES.

[rionaleonhart]

I don't think I can allow myself to watch Knepper in anything but Prison Break. It will just confuse me enormously.

ALSO HAVE A PRISON BREAK-WATCHING HIGH FIVE.