Michael Scofield
Wentworth MillerCRIME Armed robbery; the enigmatic engineer held up a bank as part of a scheme (mapped out in an elaborate front-and-back torso tattoo) to spring his brother, death-row inmate Lincoln, from an Illinois lockup
SENTENCE Five years
HOW HE'S LIKE MICHAEL ''A sense of discipline and organization. My scripts are in a very neat stack.''
SECRET ORIGIN Thanks to a flashback, viewers will see that Michael's poker-faced prison demeanor was forged long before his brother's incarceration. ''There's a beautiful irony: The persona that Lincoln forced Michael to develop years before is what's going to save his ass now.''
TATTOO BLUES Miller's dream plot: tattoo removal! ''It's become difficult — a four-hour process every time.'' Too bad, pal: Producers say the ink is essential to season 2.
BEFORE HE BREAKS OUT... Michael will wig out. And Miller can't wait. ''The cracks in Michael start to show. Sometimes I'll be watching Robert [Knepper, who plays T-Bag] or Peter [Stormare, who plays toe-pruning mobster John Abruzzi] chew the scenery and think, 'I want to do that!'... This is my chance to spread my wings.''
COULD HE REALLY SURVIVE PRISON? ''I wouldn't last five seconds.''
ESTIMATED CHANCE OF ESCAPE 100%. Explains Sarah Wayne Callies (who plays prison doc Sara): ''Everyone is expendable — except Wentworth.''
(For a full interview with Wentworth Miller, click here.)
