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Eating in 24 - Radio Times, 26 February 2004

Kiefer Sutherland in 24 © 20th Centurty Fox
CTU agent Jack Bauer is not looking too good in 24, and he has another 20-odd hours of action ahead of him in the [third series of the] real-time thriller. Even Kiefer Sutherland, who plays the hero, sometimes feels concern for his character, and insists Jack has something to eat.

"We had a huge argument about that," says the actor, 37. "We were somewhere around episode seven and I really wanted him to stop for a hot dog. The writers were worried people were going to think that was funny. So, no, he hasn't eaten yet."

But in episode 14, says Sutherland, "he's finally going to start to eat. That's what we fight about. Does he wash his face? Does he get to eat?" And in this third series it may all be getting too much for Bauer: "There are a couple of places where we've shown him falling asleep."

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