Men And Their Muses

Today we turn the tables and listen to men who talk about their favourite women icons.

- RIA SINGH

JIM SARBH

ACTOR

With a penchant for choosing roles that challenge the norms, combined with his ability to immerse himself in a diverse array of characters—Jim Sarbh has emerged as a captivating presence in the world of film and theatre. Sarbh’s favourite icon—he recalls—is the luminary American children’s writer, Katherine Applegate. The author possessed the power to transport him to realms of imagination, empathy, and understanding.“Through her creative power, I got closer to animals and acquired the perspective on what it might be like to fly, swim at the bottom of the ocean, transform into a dinosaur, wolf, and even a gorilla!” adds the 36-year-old actor. Extremely captivated by Applegate’s and her husband’s [Michael Grant] Animorphs, Jim reminisces about the days when he was just old enough to go to a library to borrow books and the only one he’d look forward to was the duo’s science fantasy series. “I read all 54 books, multiple times. It’s interesting to imagine what life is like in the mind of an animal...what’s not to like about this?” he says. Although, as a child, he never thought about who wrote the books, all he knew was that it was a woman, “I knew she had a wild and fervent imagination and like me, she yearned to sprout wings, or furs, or gills, or even claws!”

AATISH TASEER

BRITISH AMERICAN WRITER AND JOURNALIST