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Jan. 10th, 2005 12:07 amQuoted from Variety.com:
ONE OF PEOPLE MAG'S Sexiest Men of 2004 (Nov. 29 issue), Eddie Steeples, was listed among those missing on an Internet list published by the New York Times on Tuesday. But I caught up with him in Bangkok where he'd finally arrived in a journey that started on Rally Beach near Phuket. Steeples, the Rubberband Man from the Office Max commercials, told me a harrowing tale starting with his race from his beachside bungalow to higher land on the first day the tsunami struck. After three days in the hills he returned to the site of his bungalow, was able to find his passport and other papers. He headed out on a boat to another site, Anan. He was then able to get a bus to the Rambutti Village and Bangkok where I spoke to him (clearly) on the phone. He said he next heads to Hong Kong today and four days, later, home to L.A. He was accompanied on the trip over there by his friend and assistant, Renee Heart. They had planned to shoot a documentary. And would you believe, they forgot to bring along their camera. But, he says he has enough material stored in his memory of the experiences. They were sick for three days following the initial strike of the tsunami. "We lived on rice and some packaged goods that were around." But, he admits, they were "too sick" to care about eating. He says he will definitely go back to aid on the recovery program -- "whatever I can do to assist the people who deserve all the credit helping those there who are sick" -- and to eventually film his story. Once back in L.A., however, he'll resume post-production on a feature he'd started, a comedy, "Robbers."
ONE OF PEOPLE MAG'S Sexiest Men of 2004 (Nov. 29 issue), Eddie Steeples, was listed among those missing on an Internet list published by the New York Times on Tuesday. But I caught up with him in Bangkok where he'd finally arrived in a journey that started on Rally Beach near Phuket. Steeples, the Rubberband Man from the Office Max commercials, told me a harrowing tale starting with his race from his beachside bungalow to higher land on the first day the tsunami struck. After three days in the hills he returned to the site of his bungalow, was able to find his passport and other papers. He headed out on a boat to another site, Anan. He was then able to get a bus to the Rambutti Village and Bangkok where I spoke to him (clearly) on the phone. He said he next heads to Hong Kong today and four days, later, home to L.A. He was accompanied on the trip over there by his friend and assistant, Renee Heart. They had planned to shoot a documentary. And would you believe, they forgot to bring along their camera. But, he says he has enough material stored in his memory of the experiences. They were sick for three days following the initial strike of the tsunami. "We lived on rice and some packaged goods that were around." But, he admits, they were "too sick" to care about eating. He says he will definitely go back to aid on the recovery program -- "whatever I can do to assist the people who deserve all the credit helping those there who are sick" -- and to eventually film his story. Once back in L.A., however, he'll resume post-production on a feature he'd started, a comedy, "Robbers."
