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Scott Foley has starred in a few of TV’s finest fictional dramas — however in the case of his personal leisure, he and spouse Marika Domińczyk are all about actuality.
“Little or no excites us greater than a brand new season of [MTV’s] The Challenge!” Foley, 52, completely shares in Us Weekly’s newest What I’m Obsessed With collection, on newsstands now. “We’ve been waiting for 20 years and really feel like we all know every contestant, their fears and strengths and for us, it’s pure consolation.”
The Problem, which premiered in 1998, is a actuality competitors present that began as a by-product to 2 of MTV’s fashionable actuality reveals: The Real World and Highway Guidelines. Within the sport, actuality TV stars from each collection compete in bodily and psychological challenges to win money prizes. Because it premiered, The Problem has develop into extra profitable, outlasting each of the unique reveals. There have been 40 seasons aired along with 12 spinoff seasons, and the present has filmed on six completely different continents.
Whereas Foley enjoys snuggling up together with his household and watching from his sofa — he and Domińczyk share daughter Malina, 14, and sons Keller, 12, and Konra, 10 — he’s seemingly not making ready to enroll himself any time quickly. However Foley’s personal job takes him to loads of unique locations, too. For his new movie La Dolce Villa, the actor bought to spend eight weeks in Italy — an enormous promoting level when it got here to accepting the position.
“I learn the script and was like, ‘Oh, there’s no approach they’re gonna shoot this in Italy.’ After which, they stated, ‘We’re gonna shoot it in Italy.’ And I assumed, ‘Effectively, I sort of need to do it,’” Foley informed Collider earlier this month. “It labored out rather well. Italy, the nation, after which these little cities we shot in, actually was one other character on this movie, and it provides to the wanderlust of all this.”
The romantic comedy, which hit Netflix on February 13, stars Foley as Eric, a father who, after discovering that his daughter, Olivia (Maia Reficco), not too long ago purchased a crumbling Tuscan villa, rushes throughout the pond to attempt to speak her out of it. When he arrives, he realizes that there simply could be magnificence, romance and a brand new goal ready there for him as effectively.
“The relationships on this film are actually vital,” Foley informed Collider. “There’s the connection with [his] daughter and overcoming the divide that has grown between us for the reason that passing of my spouse and her mother, after which being open to not simply one other love in one other particular person, however actually an entire new life for my character. To a sure diploma, he’s forsaking every little thing he had and beginning anew. You’re attending to see the revitalization of this particular person and this character.”
Foley might want slightly actuality TV to unwind, however he nonetheless has Us urgent play on all his finest main man moments, from Felicity to Scandal, and now, to La Dolce Villa. Maintain scrolling for a listing of every little thing Foley is at the moment obsessing over proper now:
‘Interstellar’
“I don’t know the way I missed it when it initially got here out however I’m obsessed,” the actor tells Us. “The concept that love can transcend principally something actually resonated with me. All the pieces from the idea to the appearing to the manufacturing design is de facto stellar (see what I did there)!”
Foley famous that it’s Matthew McConaughey’s efficiency particularly that actually makes the movie memorable. “I additionally love a very good heartbreak and watching McConaughey’s character [Cooper] select to go away his household, select to tackle missions that reach the period of time away from them … crushing.”
‘The Problem’ and Extra Good TV
Along with Foley’s Problem obsession, he’s additionally an enormous fan of reveals like Showtime’s The Company an espionage thriller starring Michael Fassbender.
‘The God of the Woods’
With regards to his studying listing, Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods lands within the prime spot — “I flew by it, completely beloved it,” he says — however Foley has greater than only one suggestion.
“Proper earlier than that I downloaded this new nonfiction piece by, of all individuals, John Grisham,” he tells Us. “I’ve been a fan since The Agency however this e-book Framed, co-authored by Jim McCloskey — who’s the founding father of Centurion Ministries, which was the primary group on the earth dedicated to releasing the wrongly convicted — this e-book and the tales that they inform about these imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit has actually caught with me.”
Zach Bryan
The Scandal alum is aware of he’s not alone in the case of his music playlist. “I believe I’m on the bus with this one … Zach Bryan appears to be a every day hear for me,” he confesses. “We sing his songs as a household within the automotive.”
He added that Bryan’s music additionally served an vital position in a mournful household second not too long ago: “My spouse even used his track ‘Pink Skies’ on an Instagram put up she made after we needed to put considered one of our canine down final week. Exhausting to not cry every time I hearken to it now.”
The ‘Pivot’ Podcast
Foley, a self-proclaimed “huge podcast client,” says he jumps backwards and forwards “between trade information, politics and simply enjoyable listens.” Not too long ago, nonetheless, there was one present that he prefers most: “I’ve been studying into ‘Pivot,’” he stated of the Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway-hosted podcast. “The quilt subjects I care about in a approach that doesn’t make me really feel like I’m in too deep.”
