2GETHER STAR'S SECRET RUSSIAN PAST

2GETHER STAR'S SECRET RUSSIAN PAST

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Although MTV's boy band, 2Gether, is fictional, art is imitating life for member Evan Farmer, who plays "heart throb" Jerry O'Keefe. Farmer was once a member of the Russian group, NANA, which was sort of a Bolshevik Backstreet Boys. The 28-year-old says NANA was so popular they needed an army of bodyguards to protect them from the fans who included everyone from Russian sailors to aging babushkas. Although 2Gether is attracting real fans, Farmer's not worried the popularity will cause his Russian recordings to be released in America -- mainly because few Americans speak Russians. Instead, Farmer says he's more afraid 20-year-old footage of him appearing in an Underoos TV commercial will soon surface on the internet. "2Gether: The Series" will debut August 15 on MTV.