2gether: MTV Spoof Boys Make Good
When MTV ran it's boy band parody, 2ge+her, viewers were only too happy to go along
with the gag and embrace fictional members Jerry, QT, Michey, Chad, and Doug. In
fact, the movie and soundtrack-which appeared on the Billboard charts-became so
popular, MTV decided to make the hilarious spoof into a regular series. And yes,
Virginia, each member of 2ge+her is a delightful young actor-each with his own story.
Role: Jerry o'Keefe-aka "The Heartthrob"
Birdthday: July 28, 1972
Sign: Leo
Where You've Seen Him: Evan played Steve on the soap, Guiding Light. He's appeared in a bunch of commercials and he's also provided voices for Daria and the Backstreet Boys in Celebrity Death Match (Ironic, huh?)
Sibs: Molly and Eliza
Home: New York City, NY
Little Known Facts: Evan was bron in Ethiopia, and before playing Jerry in 2ge+her, he was in a Russian boy band called Na Na, which he left after five weeks. Evan's also done a lot of strance work appearing in Some Enchanted Evening and the off-Broadway musical, The Fantasticks, among others.
Noah Bastian
Role: Chad Linus-aka "The Shy One"
Birthday: August 26, 1979
Sign: Virgo
Where You've Seen Him: Noah's reletively new to showbiz. Most recently, he was in the made-for-TV movie Johnny Tsunami, the story of an Hawaiian surfer who moves to vermont and has trouble fitting in.
Sibs: Brothers Davy, Tyler and Sisters Somer and Haley
Home: Los Angeles, CA
Little Known Facts: Noah loves Broadway shows penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who's written Cats and Phantom of the Opera, among others. Also, growing up, Noah's family had a pony named Pistol.
Alex Solowitz
Role: Mickey Parke-aka "The Rebel"
Birthday: December 15, 1979
Sign: Sagittarius
Where You've Seen Him: Alex played Bryce in the controversial film Random Acts of Violence and a member of Guy Perkins' posse in Never Been Kissed.
Sib: Sister Aleza
Home: Bay Village, OH
Little Known Facts: Alex is also working on a solo album. He describes his music as similar to the Goo Goo Dolls and several record companies have already expressed major interest. Also, when Alex was in high school, he was the mascot. Of the experience he says, "I dressed in a cape and used to run around and pump up the school."
Kevin Farley
Role: Doug Linus-aka "The Older Brother"
Birthday: June 8, 1965
Sign: Gemini
Where You've Seen Him: Kevin's first role was as a bouncer in his brother Chris' movie, Black Sheep. He's also been in Beverly Hills Ninja, Dirty Sowrk, Waterboy and before landing 2ge+here, he played one of two absent-minded angels in the short-lived series, Misguided Angels.
Sibs: The late Chris Farley, Tom, John and sister Barbara.
Home: Madison, Wisconsin
Little Known Facts: Kevin helped start The Chris Farley Foundation, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching kids that drugs are not the way (Chris died of a drug overdose in '97). Kevin was also the captain of his high school football team, where he was known to his teammates as "Farls."
Michael Cuccione
Role: QT McKnight-aka "The Cute One"
Birthday: January 5, 1985
Sign: Capricorn
Where You've Seen Him: Michael's also pretty new to showbiz, though he did appear as a guest star on Baywatch back in 1989.
Sibs: Sophia and Steven
Home: Vancouver, Canada
Little Known Facts: As QT, Michael pretends to have an illness, and in real life, he's a two time survivor of Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer that affects the lymph nodes and the body's immune and blood-forming sustems. Michael has co-written a book called There Are Survivors: The Michael Cuccione Story to inspire others who are dealing with cancer. He has also set up his own foundation.
