Rennie Gets His Due (interview)
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the_ckr_filesby Steve Tilley, The Edmonton Sun, March 25, 2001
He's been compared to both James Dean and Brad Pitt, but Callum Keith Rennie is his own man, plain and simple. The Edmonton-raised actor has worked with nearly every Canadian director of note, from Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo) to David Cronenberg (eXistenZ), though he's probably best recognized for his role opposite Paul Gross on the Mountie-out-of-water dramedy Due South.
Rennie popped up on screen twice during last week's Local Heroes International Film Festival, appearing in Memento and co-starring with Molly Parker in Lynne Stopkewich's Suspicious River. We grabbed Rennie for a minute and subjected him to our 20 questions.
1. What was the last movie that you saw and loved?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2. What was the first album you owned?
The Beatles' Revolver.
3. What was the last book you read?
Disgrace.
4. What's your favourite hangout?
Europe.
5. Do you have a pet peeve?
Yes.
6. What's your idea of the perfect Sunday?
Sex.
7. What's your favourite junk food?
Licorice.
8. What was the worst job you ever had?
Extra.
9. What gadget or gizmo can you not live without?
Leatherman tool (Multipurpose tool: "One tool, a couple thousand uses").
10. Do you have a hobby or habit that you think would surprise people?
How would I know?
11. What's your favourite piece of clothing?
Ironhead hockey hat.
12. What would you change about yourself if you could?
Everything and nothing.
13. Whom do you most admire?
Heroes.
14. What is your greatest extravagance?
Therapy.
15. Have you ever been mistaken for another celebrity?
(Da Vinci's Inquest star) Ian Tracey.
16. Do you have a favourite quotation? If so, please share it.
"The punishment of the fool who pursues the better before securing the good."
17. What is your greatest weakness?
Knees.
18. If you were reincarnated, who or what would you be?
Huh?
19. If you had to go back in time to live in another decade, which one would you choose?
The '80s.
20. Is there a Canadian filmmaker or actor you've always wanted to work with but haven't?
Gary Burns, Sarah Polley, William Shatner.
Found here.
He's been compared to both James Dean and Brad Pitt, but Callum Keith Rennie is his own man, plain and simple. The Edmonton-raised actor has worked with nearly every Canadian director of note, from Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo) to David Cronenberg (eXistenZ), though he's probably best recognized for his role opposite Paul Gross on the Mountie-out-of-water dramedy Due South.
Rennie popped up on screen twice during last week's Local Heroes International Film Festival, appearing in Memento and co-starring with Molly Parker in Lynne Stopkewich's Suspicious River. We grabbed Rennie for a minute and subjected him to our 20 questions.
1. What was the last movie that you saw and loved?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2. What was the first album you owned?
The Beatles' Revolver.
3. What was the last book you read?
Disgrace.
4. What's your favourite hangout?
Europe.
5. Do you have a pet peeve?
Yes.
6. What's your idea of the perfect Sunday?
Sex.
7. What's your favourite junk food?
Licorice.
8. What was the worst job you ever had?
Extra.
9. What gadget or gizmo can you not live without?
Leatherman tool (Multipurpose tool: "One tool, a couple thousand uses").
10. Do you have a hobby or habit that you think would surprise people?
How would I know?
11. What's your favourite piece of clothing?
Ironhead hockey hat.
12. What would you change about yourself if you could?
Everything and nothing.
13. Whom do you most admire?
Heroes.
14. What is your greatest extravagance?
Therapy.
15. Have you ever been mistaken for another celebrity?
(Da Vinci's Inquest star) Ian Tracey.
16. Do you have a favourite quotation? If so, please share it.
"The punishment of the fool who pursues the better before securing the good."
17. What is your greatest weakness?
Knees.
18. If you were reincarnated, who or what would you be?
Huh?
19. If you had to go back in time to live in another decade, which one would you choose?
The '80s.
20. Is there a Canadian filmmaker or actor you've always wanted to work with but haven't?
Gary Burns, Sarah Polley, William Shatner.
Found here.
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Date: 2008-03-05 11:30 pm (UTC)"The punishment of the fool who pursues the better before securing the good."
Was wondering about this and found it came from George Bernard Shaw's play "Man and Superman" - in which Callum played in 1989. Sure took him some time to secure the good... Hope he keeps pursuing the better though.
5. Do you have a pet peeve? Yes.
Can't help loving this!
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Date: 2008-03-08 05:02 pm (UTC)And yeah, seems like it did take him a while.
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Date: 2008-03-10 09:41 pm (UTC)Can't help it! /n\
I'm pretty sure I read it somewhere but can no longer find it. So that makes us the only two people on the internet to know it. Plus whoever comes after.
What I can tell you is that he played "the goatherd". It's not possible I made this up, is it? I never even read the play!
And here is the extent of the goatherd's role:
On the hill, watching the road, is a man who is either a Spaniard or a Scotchman. Probably a Spaniard, since he wears the dress of a Spanish goatherd and seems at home in the Sierra Nevada, but very like a Scotchman for all that.
.../...
A whistle comes from the goatherd on the hill. He springs up and points excitedly forward along the road to the north.
THE GOATHERD. Automobile! Automobile! [He rushes down the hill and joins the rest, who all scramble to their feet].
Maybe we can make a post on Callum's plays?
With all the info available, it wouldn't be a long post...
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Date: 2008-03-11 06:50 pm (UTC)And yeah, a post about his plays... hm. Then again, maybe that's not a bad idea. It doesn't have to be a long post, after all. And there is even that one available picture.
...want to do it? *g*
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Date: 2008-03-11 10:42 pm (UTC)I bet he was supposed to be a Spaniard but made it look like a Scotchman?
And yeah, a post about his plays... hm. Then again, maybe that's not a bad idea. It doesn't have to be a long post, after all.
My thoughts exactly, in the same order!
...want to do it?
Why not? could be fun.
Maybe add what quotes of him I can find about acting in plays. And that one available picture, or two :)
If it's okay with you, I can send you a mail when I'm about ready?
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Date: 2008-03-11 10:52 pm (UTC)(And you have two pictures? EVEN MORE YESPLEASE.)
<3
And hee, no, I acquired that icon today and I really like it, so I just HAD to use it, you know? But, hmmm. Goatherd CKR? MAYBE?
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Date: 2008-03-11 11:16 pm (UTC)And don't get too excited about the two pictures.
You know them!
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Date: 2008-03-11 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-11 10:44 pm (UTC)