Summary
When you meet Danny Flaherty, what immediately strikes you is how different he is from Stanley, the quiet, underachieving, chronically late or absent high-schooler he plays in MTV's buzzed-about new series "Skins." But it's clear that the 17-year-old Glen Rock actor understands his character.
"Stanley, I would say, is similar to a lot of teenage boys out there. He's kind of lost in his high school years. He's trying to find what he wants to do with himself," says Danny, who's chatting at his family's dining room table, his mom, Cathy, nearby. "He's really unconfident and insecure, which is why he holds back most of the time and why he's scared to go after girls and stand up for himself. ... And I think it all just boils down to laziness. ... He's too lazy to do anything about it."See the full content of this document
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His so-Called Life
Stanley has trouble standing up to his cool friend Tony (James Newman), who has everything Stanley doesn't -- including a girlfriend, Michelle, with whom Stanley's madly in love. "That's probably the one thing that's holding him back the most," Da...
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