Most people remember Colby Donaldson as the guy who pretty much handed over the million-dollar Survivor: The Australian Outback prize to Tina Wesson, but now he is out to prove that nice guys don't always finish last. While many of Colby's fellow reality alumni are toiling away on Kill Reality or Battle of the Network Reality Stars, he is featured in Red Eye, the new Wes Craven thriller opening in theaters this weekend. Colby, who also surprised more than a few people with his comedic timing on a superb episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, gives TVGuide.com the story of how he's managed to outwit and outlast all thos
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He may have lost out on Survivor's $1 million booty — twice — but Colby Donaldson still has that winning smile to fall back on. In fact, the hunky Texan has parlayed those good looks into an acting career, recently landing a memorable guest stint on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. In the episode, the 29-year-old — playing himself — got into a heated debate with a Holocaust survivor about whose experience was worse. TV Guide Online caught up with Jerri Manthey's rival to chat about landing the plum gig, his acting aspirations and Hollywood's reality prejudice.
TVGO: How did you end up on Curb? Colby Donaldson: I went in and auditioned with a bunch of other guys and was lucky enough to get it. They originally had thrown the part out there as a fictitious character from Survivor. Once I got the job, we shot it and my name was Steve or Andy or something like that, and Larry called me up and said, "This is ridic
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Colby Donaldson thought his leadership ability and winning smile could score him victory on Survivor: All-Stars. He also thought he'd persuaded the Mogo Mogo tribe to eject his Australian Outback nemesis, Jerri. The 29-year-old Texan thought wrong. The conniving witch from The Surreal Life successfully schemed with Lex to eject Colby instead! Oh, well. At least he's got that ad campaign for Schick razors to console him. Here, Donaldson talks to TV Guide Online about his ouster, that inflated ego and his efforts to break into acting.
TVGO: Were you surprised that Lex turned on you?Colby Donaldson: I knew I was going to be a target. I just didn't realize that I was going to be executed so quickly. I didn't see it coming — the logic didn't make sense to me to start eliminating the strength of a tribe so soon. A lot of people think that Lex made a great move by getting rid of me, and indeed, he did dupe me.
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