BR AWN AND

BRAINS

He’s sharp and

he’s hunky butRob

Bentele f indsallthe

attentionhislooks

have been gettingon

Survivorquiteodd

BY SHANAAZ PRINCE

T

HERE’Sjustsomething

abouthim.Maybeit’shis

intenseblueeyesorper­

hapsit’shischiselledbody.

Butwhateveritis,Kwa­

Zulu­Natal hunk Rob

Bentelesurehasfansof

SurvivorSouthAfrica:Is ­

landofSecretsgluedtotheirscreens.

Forsomehe’sthenewWentworthMill­

er,whoplayedbroodingMichaelScofield

intheTVseriesPrisonBreak,butothers

insisthelooksmorelikeGrey’sAnatomy

hottieJesseWilliams(DrJacksonAvery).

The 29 ­year­oldTVstarseemsbe­

musedbyalltheattentionhe’sreceiving.

“Iactuallygetveryshy,”hesayswith

a laugh.“Formetheseeyesarenormal,

I’vealwayshadthem.I honestlydon’t

seeanythingspecial.ThisisthefaceI

wakeuptoeverymorningandlookatin

themirror.I didn’trealiseitwouldbe

sucha thing.”

Dressedcasuallyina plainT­shirt

andpants,he’sjustascharmingaswe

chatviavideocallfromhishomein

Richard’sBayasheisonTV.Inaddition

toturningouttobeoneoftheshow’s

alphamales,Robhasbeensavedfrom

beinga targetatTribalCounciluntil

nowbyhisabilitytoplaya strategic

andcleverpsychologicalgame.

Hesaystheyearshespentworkingas

a financialplannerhonedhisabilityto

formstrongrelationshipsquicklyand

thatputhimatanadvantageinSamoa.

“I cangetalongwithprettymuchany­

bodyandthathelpsa lotinthegameof

Survivor,”saysRob,whonowrunshis

ownvideoproductioncompany.

“I’m also fairlygood at reading

a situationsoI canalignmyselfwith

differentpeople.”

H

ESEEMSmadefortaking

partin SurvivorbutRob

nearly missed thecutoff

dateforentries.

“Iactuallyenteredonthe

deadlineday,”herecalls.“I

thinkI sentmyauditioninjustbeforeit

closed.Somethingjusttoldmetodo

this.I justhada feelingthatthiswas

somethingI hadtodo.”

It’snotsurprisinghestoodout.Rob

hasexperienceasa bodybuilderand

mixed martialarts (MMA)fighter

andhasbungeejumpedandclimbed

MountKilimanjaro.

When he heard he’d been selected for

the show he made sure to do plenty of

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