Mr. November: Casper Van Dien

Casper Van Dien is physically perfect. This god-like creature has shared his gift of extreme physical beauty with us by appearing in some of the most memorable genre films of the last decade. As Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers, he awed us. As Van Helsing in Dracula 3000, he made us cry. He’s starred in The Omega Code, The Fallen Ones, Skeleton Man, The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb, Slayer, Python, Shark Attack, Beastmaster III, and Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. He played James Dean in James Dean: Race With Destiny. He’s got a new TV show called Watch Over Me, where he plays a hot bodyguard. New Jersey boy Casper comes from a long line of military men, so it’s easy to see why he appears so disciplined in everything he does, including crunches. This beautiful and successful actor must be a playboy, right? Nope. Casper is both devoted husband and father to his wife, actress Catherine Oxenberg, and their brood of what are probably going to be the best looking children in the world. At least, it will come down to his children and baby Shiloh. It’s a tough call. Read more about Casper!…

 

Casper in "The Curse of King Tut's Tomb". This is the scene where he says something like, "My God, it's an ancient Egyptian something or other, wiith Alien (or Atlantean) writing that tells of a curse! Dear God, we've got to rush back to the excavation and warn them before its too late!". This glorifies archaology. Which, in reality, is very very boring. If you want to see how boring it is, go here

 

What was your first date with your wife, Catherine, like?

Our first date was on the set of The Collectors. She was beautiful, funny and sweet. I was a little bit of an oddball. Foot in mouth, doing everything I thought was cool to try and impress her. She had my number. She had been on a dinner date before we were going out on our date, and I saw her getting dropped back off afterwards!... I said to her "Wait a minute, what am I?" and she said without missing a beat, "Dessert".

 

Casper in the horror film "The Fallen Ones", which, again, is about archaeology. Again, to illustrate even more the kind of boring work archaeologists really do, go here

 

Casper usually plays the hero because of his blond angelic looks. But sometimes, he gets to play the nasty bad man, too…

Right now I am playing the villain's hit-man in Watch Over Me

 

Casper showing off his military know-how in "Starship Troopers"

 

Do your daughters' friends have crushes on you yet?

I do not think so...

 

Casper showing off his chest as "Tarzan"

 

What are your turn-ons?

My wife's cooking. Her skimpy outfits.

 

"No, Sir! That roll of quarters was not in my pants, Sir!"

 

Turn-offs?

Cigarettes, Drugs, Bad teeth..

 

Casper Van Dien? Playing a man of DUTCH ancestry in "Sleepy Hollow"? Talk about a stretch!

 

Quick! On a haunted planet, millions of light years away, a giant insect with supernormal intelligence is amassing an army to the south of the weapons base! Lt. Striker and Sgt. Over are trapped under the rubble at 26 degrees north latitude, right in the way of the oncoming attack, but reinforcements are stuck fighting a rebel army allied with the bugs at the rendezvous point! What do you do first?

a) forget Stryker and Over. Right now you have to worry about that Haunted Spaceship you've gotta rewire to send your crew back to Earth....

b) Go back for Stryker and Over; Stryker saved your ass at Macho Grande, and it was Lt. Under's dying wish that you watch over him. It was really sentimental, too.

c) Divide the amount of time it takes to get to Stryker and Over by the distance the oncoming missiles will have to travel to get to where you are. Divide the entire thing by 24, the square of the circumference of the planet, and then multiply by that number cubed. Solve for X. Show your work.

d) Other:

d) Other: Send in the "Pretty/Scary" girl squad and sit back watch and enjoy the screams of pure passion and Horror. Aghhh.... Bliss.

 

Casper in his spread in "Gay Cowboy Monthly"

 

What's the nicest thing you've ever done for a woman ?

I've changed more diapers than any man alive.
Filled my wife's trailer head to toe with balloons and roses and rose petals and tons of surprises on her birthday for this last one. (Sept 22)
Written her poetry.
Rubbed her feet. Anything I can think of that keeps me off the couch and in bed with Catherine.

 

Casper in "Shark Attack". In this scene he is the shark, slowly emerging from the water to get his prey.

 

Did you go to prom? If so, what did you wear?

I wore my military Dress Blues. I went to Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg FLA.

 

Oh, Casper is so shy and yet un-shy, sitting there smirking in merely a towel. That Casper!

 

Could you kick James Dean's ass, do you think, hypothetically?

Yeah sure. He's Dead. It'd be easy... Unless he was the Un-Dead Dean coming back from the Dead cause he wanted to get revenge for my acting like him...

 

In this picture, you have to imagine Casper saying, "Shaaazzaaam!"

 

Of all the characters you've ever played, which was the most fun, and why?

Tarzan. I ran around the jungle naked. I was quite the swinger in those days.....

Casper’s newest project is Watch Over Me...

I play Andre Forrester. A hit man, a killer. An all around swell guy. for My Network. Airs December 7th at 9PM, 5 nights a week with a recap episode on Sat night.

 

 

This is Casper and his really hot wife Catherine, with whom he has worked on several films and in TV. This picture is so that everyone knows they don't have a chance with Casper. Not as if they would if he were single, really, anyway, but this just solidifies it.

 

And in the near future?

Near future...? Starship Troopers 3 (maybe), Velocity (maybe) and maybe more...Check out Casper's official website to get the latest on him and support our newest Scary Stud: http://caspervandien.com

I will always be in Genre films.... I love them.

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