Scott Foley is still obsessed with a challenge after 2 decades

Scott Foley He has starred in some of the best fictional dramas of TV – but when it comes to his own party, he and wife Marika Domińczyk are all about reality.

“Very little excites us more than the new season (MTV -a) Challenge!! “Foley, 52, only divides into US Weekly’s The latest I am obsessed with by the series, on newsstands now. “We have been watching for 20 years and we feel like we have known every competitor, their fears and strengths, and for us it is pure comfort.”

Challengewhich premiered in 1998, is a reality show that started as Spinoff with two popular MTV shows: The real world and Road rules. In the game, reality TV stars from both series compete in physical and mental challenges to win cash prizes. Since the premiere is shown, Challenge He became more successful, exceeding both original shows. In addition to 12 seasons, 40 seasons were broadcast and the show was filmed on six different continents.

While Foley enjoys descending with his family and looking from his couch – he and Domińczyk share the daughter of Malina, 14, and sons Keller, 12, and Konra, 10 – he probably won’t prepare to apply soon. But Foley’s own business also takes him to many exotic places. For his new movie Sweet fairy, The actor had to spend eight weeks in Italy – a big point of sale when it comes to accepting the role.

“I read the script and said, ‘Oh, no way he’ll shoot this in Italy. “And then, they said,” We will shoot it to Italy. “And I thought,” Well, somehow I have to do it, “Foley said Referee earlier this month. “That was really good. Italy, Earth, and then these small cities in which we filmed, were really another character in this movie, and it adds to the wandering of all that.”

A romantic comedy, who hit Netflix on February 13, plays Foley as Eric, a father who, after discovering that his daughter Olivia (Maia Reficco), he recently bought a decaying Tuscan villa, rushes over the pond to try to pronounce it from it. When he arrives, he realizes that there may be beauty, romance and new purpose that awaits him.

“Relations in this movie are really important,” Foley said Referee. “There is a relationship with his (his) daughter and overcoming the division that grew between us from the passing of my wife and her mom, and then be open to not only the other love in another person, but a really brand new life for my character. To some extent, he leaves behind everything he has and started over and over. You will see the revitalization of this person and this character. “

Foley may prefer a little reality TV to get it off but still has Our Pressing the game in all its best moments of leading men, from Fidelity to ScandalAnd now, to Dolce Vila. Continue to move for a list of everything Foley is currently besieged:

‘Interstellar’

“I don’t know how I missed him when he came out at first, but I’m obsessed with,” the actor tells us. “The idea that love can transcend basically anything really echoed with me. Everything, from concept to acting to production design, is really starry (see what I did there)! “

Foley noted that it was Matthew McConaughey Performances, especially what the film makes unforgettable. “I also love a good heart and watching McConaughey’s character (Cooper) decides to leave his family, decide to take over missions that extend the amount of time from them … crushing.”

‘Challenge’ and still good TV

Next to Foley’s Challenge Obsession, is also a big fan of shows like Showtime’s Agency Spy thriller in which he plays Michael Fassbender.

‘God of forest’

When it comes to his reading list, Liz Moore’s God of forests Earths in the first place – “I flew through him, absolutely loved him,” he says – but Foley has more than just one recommendation.

“Just before that, I took this new non -financial piece of all people, John Grisham“He says Our. “I’ve been a fan since then Company But this book Framedco -author Jim McCloskey – What is the founder of the Centurion Ministry, which was the first organization in the world dedicated to the liberation of the wrong convicted – this book and the stories that are talking about those closed for crimes they did not commit have really stuck with me. “

Zach Bryan

AND Scandal Alum knows he’s not alone when it comes to his musical playlist. “I think I’m on the bus with this … Zach Bryan seems to listen to me every day,” he admits. “We sing his songs as a family in a car.”

He added that Bryan’s music recently served an important role in a sad family moment: “My wife even used her song” Pink Skies “on the Instagram post she did when we had to put one of our dogs last week. I listen to him now. “

Podcast “agile”

Foley, a self-proclaimed “Big Podcast Consumer”, says he jumps back and forth “between the news of industry, politics and only fun”. Recently, however, there was one show to prefer: “I taught in a” turning point, “he said of Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway-Hostated podcast. “The themes of the cover I care about in a way that I don’t feel like I’m too deep.”