When he was 25 the actor was approached to audition for a radio show which led to his appearing on stage in a couple of productions mounted by the same people. "It all worked out very, very well but I still didn't know how to follow it up, so it was a few years from the time I did those plays until something else happened" says Rennie. "I mean, I've only been working in films and on television or four years, before that my life was completely out of control in lots of different ways, good and bad."
Hm. I kinda like that. That 'Life out of control in different ways, good and bad'. I think I like how it sounds. Or maybe I just like the idea that your life can get out of control because things are too good as well.
"My first job in front of a camera was an episode of Highlander and I was terrified," recalls the actor. "You're thrown on a set with your lines and a big scene is going on with the star of the show or the guest star with the star and you've got to blurt out that dialogue that you're not even sure about. I was 33 when a lot of these jobs started rolling but there's absolutely no way you can prepare for it. You think you are prepared but then you won't sleep the night before because you are obsessing about what can go wrong, the hopes and fears and everything else that goes along with the desire of not wanting to be considered a failure."
Eep. That also totally confirms my suspicion that actors have to be quite crazy indeed for doing that pretty much every day.
and (On filming Mountie on the Bounty and performing his own underwater action sequences) “That was eerie. It’s so quiet underwater and also a bit claustrophobic. We’d suck as much oxygen as we could and then we’d try to hold our breath as long as possible during each take.../... Holding your breath while trying to act is a very strange sensation.”
Practicing for Flesh and Blood, uh?
At the time I was very shy and I had it in my head that actors are very extoverted, outgoing people
May explain why it took him that long to become one...
Great article about filming Due South and Callum's take on acting.
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Hm. I kinda like that. That 'Life out of control in different ways, good and bad'. I think I like how it sounds. Or maybe I just like the idea that your life can get out of control because things are too good as well.
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Eep. That also totally confirms my suspicion that actors have to be quite crazy indeed for doing that pretty much every day.
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Practicing for Flesh and Blood, uh?
At the time I was very shy and I had it in my head that actors are very extoverted, outgoing people
May explain why it took him that long to become one...
Great article about filming Due South and Callum's take on acting.
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He had practice getting his head dunk in a bucket even before this. *g*
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