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From Hellion to Hot Property (article)

Apr 10, 2008 22:42

( 'I just want to up the ante,' he says. 'In this country, I seem to work with a lot of first-time directors. And at this point, I can't risk being fucked with by people who are too neurotic with their material to allow me to do what I want.' And, like Gross, Rennie is unhappy with the kinds of roles available in Canada. 'Things have to change in the way we make movies,' he says. 'We don't write for heroic characters.' Rennie seems to have his mind set on leaving Canadian the archetype in the dust. )

year: 1997, tv: due south, .genre: article, .genre: interview, actor: paul gross, misc: mountain climbing

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callumvixen April 10 2008, 22:09:14 UTC

Oh Callum. You and your sport-trucks. *g*

I'm glad he's changed... the thought of him living in LA full time... ugh. LA is so fake and cliquey, and it changes people, not always in a good way. I like that he's proud to be Canadian. Really, Vancouver is such a huge HUGE movie/tv town, he never needs to leave. We even have some awesome golf courses. So I hear *g*

[I first wrote 'sport-fucks' by accident. Sigh. Well, those too I guess. *eg*]

c_regalis April 16 2008, 20:38:44 UTC

Wellll, I kind of like the sports trucks thing? It WAY batter than, like, a normal sports car, Y/N?

And yeah, me too. I guess you can live in LA just fine. But living in LA and being in the film business? /c\ And, huh, why on earth would he be interested in golf courses? Ahem.

I first wrote 'sport-fucks' by accident. Sigh. Well, those too I guess. *eg*

HEE! *loves* And yes, I guess you are right.

callumvixen April 17 2008, 03:24:02 UTC

If I saw Callum driving some middle-age-crisis, wannabe-rock-star, shiny shiny sportscar I would piss myself laughing. A sports truck is a little more... dignified. And the Crown Vic he has/used to have... that's an old school wannabe luxury pimp car. [I know because my Callum-lookalike friend has THE SAME CAR as Callum has/had, purr purr purr]

[on a side note, the lead singer of the rock group Nickelback was arrested for drunk driving recently - hes a good ol' boy, from a small country town, he currently lives in white-trash heaven, and he was driving his gabillion-dollar Lamborghini Diablo. AND he refused to leave his car on the side of the road because he knew it would get vandalized. It was SO cliche I just about died laughing. hehehehhe]

I *almost* moved to LA two years ago... SO GLAD that I did not. I can't imagine what a slut Callum could be down there.. *boggles*...

_unhurt_ April 10 2008, 22:17:09 UTC

♥

HEE.

i love the sports truck part. i just - it's one half macho, one half total dork.

c_regalis April 16 2008, 20:39:45 UTC

one half macho, one half total dork.

*nodsnodsNODS* Exactly. ♥

scriggle April 11 2008, 00:29:00 UTC

So much to love in this article.

c_regalis April 16 2008, 20:42:09 UTC

Lots and lots of love. I mean, just. Sports truck. Oh Callum.

neu111 April 11 2008, 17:48:27 UTC

Love Due South Callum!

"I'm by nature better suited to flashing quickly on roles and getting out of them without having to expose myself too much", way to be a heroic character, hm?

c_regalis April 16 2008, 20:42:56 UTC

way to be a heroic character, hm?

Hee! *g* Um, yes. ♥