KEVIN SORBO & LUCY LAWLESS HERCULES AND XENA, TV'S MOST PEC-TACULAR DUO
December 29, 1995
Entertainment Weekly
THANK ZEUS for those few TV shows free of latte bars
and Manhattan apartments. In other words, thank
Zeus for buff thespians Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless,
who masterfully lord over Hercules: The Legendary
Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, two syndicated
hours of Bronze Age camp. This year, Sorbo's
Fabio-length locks and deadpan delivery snagged him
both colossal Hercules ratings and a seven-figure
movie deal (he'll star in Kull the Conqueror). It's a
breakthrough, says the veteran commercial actor, that
seemed centuries in coming. "I've paid my dues,"
sighs Sorbo, 37. "It's not like I was an accountant and
all of a sudden I said, 'Hey, I want a series.'" Much
less one so popular that it yielded a spin-off starring
Lawless, 27. The kung fu-chopping actress says she
"turned green" with jitters after learning Xena would
get her own series, but she soon got comfy in those
dominatrix boots. "I guess it's the culmination of 35
years of feminism," she says. "Women can be as
badass as any man ever was."
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