D-Roc
09-08-2008, 06:11 AM
It's going to be an interesting couple of days.
"Coming into town, gonna go see a movie ..." Josh Jackson does his best to sound nonchalant. "Tuesday, I don't know. Guess I'll just watch TV."
There is, of course, a lot more to it than that. Tonight, Jackson walks the red carpet for the gala film-festival premiere of One Week, the homegrown indie drama in which he stars. Tomorrow night, he'll be front and centre on millions of TV screens across the continent for the premiere of the new series Fringe, in which he also stars.
"Interesting that the film is called One Week," the actor says, calling in from the Fringe set in New York. "Because this is the most incredible week of my life."
There is no question of Fringe getting seen. The latest creation of J.J. Abrams, the mind behind Alias and Lost, the 95-minute debut episode airs tomorrow night on Fox virtually commercial-free – simulcast here, not only on CTV, but also the A channels, at 8 p.m.
Jackson plays the initially estranged son of a loopy scientific genius, a role that is "pretty much limitless," he says.
"That's what drew me back (to weekly television). The character is not particularly good or bad. He is incredibly intelligent, and also really, really situationally stupid. He has the interior monologue of the prodigal son, and he's been forced into this science-fictional environment to work with this incredibly beautiful woman ... an interesting dynamic for any man.
"This show, if we do it right, could be a lot of fun for a long, long time."
The Fringe pilot, too, was shot in Toronto – "we even had some of the same guys from the One Week crew," he says – though production has since moved back down south.
"It's always great to come back here to work," says the actor, who maintains his dual citizenship. "I mean, the Canadian industry is mature enough, and the facilities and the infrastructure are so deep and so broad ... it's no longer just the place to go to get a tax break. It is the place to go because that's where you're going to get the best crew.
"It has always been my hope for the Canadian industry to realize just how good we are."
Source/more (http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/FilmFest/article/492439)
"Coming into town, gonna go see a movie ..." Josh Jackson does his best to sound nonchalant. "Tuesday, I don't know. Guess I'll just watch TV."
There is, of course, a lot more to it than that. Tonight, Jackson walks the red carpet for the gala film-festival premiere of One Week, the homegrown indie drama in which he stars. Tomorrow night, he'll be front and centre on millions of TV screens across the continent for the premiere of the new series Fringe, in which he also stars.
"Interesting that the film is called One Week," the actor says, calling in from the Fringe set in New York. "Because this is the most incredible week of my life."
There is no question of Fringe getting seen. The latest creation of J.J. Abrams, the mind behind Alias and Lost, the 95-minute debut episode airs tomorrow night on Fox virtually commercial-free – simulcast here, not only on CTV, but also the A channels, at 8 p.m.
Jackson plays the initially estranged son of a loopy scientific genius, a role that is "pretty much limitless," he says.
"That's what drew me back (to weekly television). The character is not particularly good or bad. He is incredibly intelligent, and also really, really situationally stupid. He has the interior monologue of the prodigal son, and he's been forced into this science-fictional environment to work with this incredibly beautiful woman ... an interesting dynamic for any man.
"This show, if we do it right, could be a lot of fun for a long, long time."
The Fringe pilot, too, was shot in Toronto – "we even had some of the same guys from the One Week crew," he says – though production has since moved back down south.
"It's always great to come back here to work," says the actor, who maintains his dual citizenship. "I mean, the Canadian industry is mature enough, and the facilities and the infrastructure are so deep and so broad ... it's no longer just the place to go to get a tax break. It is the place to go because that's where you're going to get the best crew.
"It has always been my hope for the Canadian industry to realize just how good we are."
Source/more (http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/FilmFest/article/492439)