From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
                       Renee O'Connor   
      
           FHM Magazine   November 1999   
      
           It's your typical Sydney winter's day: blue sky with a westerly wind   
   cold enough to make your kidneys ache. And Renee O'Connor, who plays sexy   
   sidekick Gabrielle on Xena: Warrior Princess, is facing it in her underwear.   
   Too bad for her. Looking too damn good means she's going to have to stay   
   bare to the breeze for quite some time. Agreed, gentlemen?   
      
           The Texan-born actress, that's Houston not Dallas, and suburb not   
   ranch "Just like any other normal house, the most outrageous animal I had   
   was probably a goat," has flown in from her current home-base of Auckland   
   for the exclusive shoot, a week after FHM scouted her on the set of Xena.   
      
           Offered the chance, Renee was on the plane to Oz quicker than the   
   Mongrel Mob on dole day where we bunked her down in Kings Cross rock-star   
   haven, The Sebel Townhouse.   
      
           "I think it's great," she said of her surroundings. "A red-light   
   district is part of the city's culture. You get all walks of life and that's   
   more interesting than cruising the business district. I like to watch what   
   the girls are wearing and how they're holding themselves up."   
      
           It should be noted that Renee, obviously a keen student of   
   anthropology, has been to Sydney before. With Lucy .. for Mardi Gras.. where   
   the pair enjoyed the freewheeling flow of the infamously fleshy and somewhat   
   sordid "After Party" at the Horden Pavilion.   
      
           "It was wild! I was quite surprised that there were so many naked   
   bodies, but it was fascinating to see the crowd undulating to the music. It   
   drew you in and you just wanted to dance with everyone and have no   
   inhibitions."   
      
         Yes, but did she join in?   
      
           "Mmm, well, my clothes were still on..."   
      
           Network Ten is screening Xena Series Four (season 4) at present and   
   Gabrielle is in the midst of a "non-violent" period as she searches for   
   spiritual enlightenment. Luckily, all that changes in Series Five is when   
   she gets serious and picks up some new baddie-basing weapons. There's the   
   sais  (those barbecue-rotisserie forks made famous by Raphael, of Mutant   
   Ninja Turtle fame); her new short haircut; and an even shorter (yet, well   
   designed) costume. Like any self-respecting superhero, Renee confirms that a   
   piece of well placed chamois is a winner in the sexy stakes.   
      
           "I don't believe in showing it all to everyone, a bit of mystery,   
   and that's much more sexy. I was expecting a rack of colored G-strings when   
   you turned up, so I was quite relieved to see the clothes. I would have just   
   rolled around laughing for about half-an-hour if you had. I was going to   
   place my big toe strategically in front of the camera to block the view. Now   
   that's sexy! Ha! I think there's a fine line to creating art and exploiting   
   yourself so we'll see how far I'll go when the pictures come out."   
      
           They nicknamed you "Daisy Duke" at school after Catherine Bach on   
   The Dukes of Hazard. Were you into buns-hugging cut-off jeans too?   
      
           "My mother was always very sexy as a young woman. Men would walk   
   down the supermarket aisle and turn around and stare at her, and I think   
   that just rubbed off onto me. I would wear little shorts and little   
   tank-tops. I remember getting so angry as a child about men looking at Mom.   
   Now I can fully understand that it's flattering. You don't want anyone   
   tackling you, but it makes a woman feel confident when there's   
   acknowledgment in some way."   
      
           Australian audiences are nuts for TV's Funniest Bloopers programs.   
   What blooper might we see of you from Xena: Warrior Princess?   
      
           "I was doing a scene where we were discussing an election and I was   
   supposed to walk up to the bad guy and say "Well, it looks like now you'll   
   have a real election!" But I walked up to him and said 'Well, it looks like   
   now you'll have a real erection!' I don't know what I was thinking at the   
   time, it was just shocking."   
      
           Are women more fanatical about the way things are done or how they   
   look in the bedroom?   
      
           "How things are done! I think women are much more adventurous than   
   most men believe. Men are a little more hesitant to step over the comfort   
   zone and into adventurous sex from my perspective."   
      
           So your adventurous sex advice would be?   
      
           "If you're in a comfortable relationship and you want to try new   
   things then you should open up the lines of communication. The woman is   
   going to think you're totally bizarre if you just try something suddenly."   
      
           Are you more interested in sex as you get older?   
      
           "I think so. I think you're more in tune with what feels pleasurable   
   and you want to have more of it."   
      
           What will sex be like when you're 50?   
      
           "I think it will be fantastic. It's one of the great aspects of   
   growing older. I hope! I'm with someone who is quite sensual so I can't   
   imagine us not having an exciting time up until we're 70."   
      
           Lucy Lawless said "Stunt people won't hurt you in fights." She also   
   said "Renee will hurt you!"   
      
           "Cheeky! Obviously stuntmen are much bigger than I am and I use a   
   rubber weapon on them so I go by the sound of how big their groans are. I   
   have a trampoline where I do my back flips and twists and stuff too so I   
   have the safety of bouncing right back with that. You end up hurting   
   stuntmen in places they don't even want to be touched. But they're good   
   sports. Lucy and I get our share of bruises as well. We had a pie fight on   
   the set the other day and I had a bloody lip from it because the crust was   
   quite hard and we were throwing them across the room."   
      
           Would you still wear lingerie if there were no men left on earth?   
      
           "Yes. It makes me feel good. It's much more pleasurable for me to   
   wear something that I feel sensual in than something I put on after I get   
   out of the shower. I think women like to see the curves and contours of   
   their bodies."   
      
           How about bad grooming in men?   
      
           "Actually, I like the solidarity of a clean, fresh body. A person's   
   aroma is their essence. I like that sort of attractive quality. I like a man   
   who takes care of himself."   
      
           Is reliability a big thing in a man?   
      
           "It's important for men to provide and be the head of the household.   
   I like a man to be the man"   
      
           What is good for sex drive?   
      
           "Chocolate sauce."   
      
           Do you believe in god?   
      
      
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