European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse a string of Lucky Breaks convinces Paul Hogan lie has become an Angel in test film a almost an Angel off screen Hogan is More a mouse than which contestants were often ridiculed by a panel of judges. A Hogan decided to turn the tables on the judges to that end he portrayed himself As a knife throwing tap dancer front the Austral inn our Back. The show believed and booked him on inc show. Dana Kennedy associated press if Paul Hogan has a personality he must remove it and Stow it in a dark closet before giving interviews. 1. A a because even though hogans life Story should evoke fascinating discussion 30 minutes with the movie Star is about As exciting As spending an afternoon going Over premiums with an insurance Salesman. The life and times of Paul Llo Gati Are so extraordinary that they sound More like a High concept screenplay. Its the Story of a construction worker who left school at 14 and entered show business relatively late in lire on a Lark and a lot of chutzpah. 1 a but extracting the Story from Hogan who sat for a interview to plug his latest movie almost an Angel was no easy task. Hogan rationed smiles and anecdotes As if they were coupons for Gas and butter during world War he was a 31-year-old outrigger and father of five working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge he contacted an australian to show not unlike the now defunct Gong show in the United was an Amateur Talent show called new paces in a they were looking air new Talent but they were often very cruel a said l Logan. Quot a thought it a be Nice to give them a dose or their own Medicine. I. Did no to h ave a n y o l h e r a m i l i o is a i Hogan went on the show a live a and pro a ended and insult each of the judges the Way they normally did the contestants. Switchboards lit up and a Star was born but it was a reluctant Star. I Logan says he never had any interest in show business As a career and returned to work on the Bridge the next Day. He even turned Down an offer to return to the show but changed his mind when they offered him Money. A \ a i never look it seriously a said Hogan who is now 50. A i never thought it would last.�?�. More appearances on the show followed Hogan graduated to spots on other was Given his own. The Paul Hogan show was eventually syndicated All Over the world and made a Hoges Quot one of Austral Ian Stop stars his commercials in the United states for australian tourism in which he greeted the audience with a a a go Day mate and offered to throw shrimp on the Barbie a paved the Way for the overwhelming Success of his two a Crocodile Dundee . A though he never went through High school he wrote the majority of sketches on his australian show and wrote and produced the two Dundee films. A. \ Quot a a a All in All he sounds Ike a helluva Guy the kind of fellow who could drink you under the table at some Lough Sydney pub and keep you in Slit lies guess again. A. A. V seated in an elegant suite at .the-plaza.hotel, where his character stayed in Crocodile Dundee Hogan appeared . He wore a simple Sij re jeans and Cowboy Bool s. 11 is Ina n Ner w As serious and ,. A Hogan had decreed that no photographer be As not i interrupt lie How of the interview. In fact a few. Flashbulbs might have livened up tilings a a a a v. A. A a. He did. Allow that he a enjoyed his last i g years in show business and says lie has no idea what would have happened had he not followed his impulse and appeared on new paces. Quot a a Job the most important said Hogan la up until i was 30,4 worked just to stay a. A a. His second wife Linda , 34,-who co starred we Fth Iii on both a Crocodile Dundee movies and almost an Angel was out christinas shopping on tilth Avenue during he interview 1 Logan divorced his life of More than ?5 years a to marry . They split Leteir Lime Between a horde in Bangalore in new South Wales Ami a rented Home in Angeles. A a a though Hogan said the supermarket tabloids played up his divorce and remarriage ire com. A a planned Only that a if you have a private Hie Yon find yourself judged.�?�. 1. A a. These Days he said the tabloids Seenie to live grown bored with him. I lard to understand Why. A. A . 7. A a a a a. A a. A december 23. 1990.sunday a t7plus&Quot c Page 5
