The Hour, Hugh Dillon talks about Callum Keith Rennie (interview)

[c-regalis.livejournal.com]

This is a transcript of part of the interview Hugh Dillon gave in May 2007 in the CBC show on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.


...
George: I have in my hands, it was sent to me, the script for Hard Core Logo 2...
Hugh: Yeah.
George: ...the sequel. "Sid Vicious, Jim Morrison, Joe Dick," and it says, "Many have died, only one has come back". Bruce McDonald and you work on a sequel to Hard Core Logo?
Hugh: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's.... hysterical. It's funny. Julian Richings... Like, Bruce...it's a... You know, he's helped me out and... The other thing I really learned from all this stuff? Bruce gave me, and Callum Rennie gave me that... that... that boost as an actor.
George: Callum helped you out in LA, didn't he?
Hugh: Callum gave me his car.
You know, most actors, most actors... are... and I shouldn't say that, I shouldn't generalize. But a lot... a coupl... few [laughs] are, you know; when you're successful, a little piece of them dies.
George: Yeah.
Hugh: You know what I mean?
George: There's a lot of negative returns.
Hugh: Yeah. Yeah.
Callum Rennie. Callum Rennie... and...
George: Callum played Billy Tallent in Hard Core Logo.
Hugh: Yeah. And I refuse to call him Callum Keith Rennie.
George: [giggles] Right.
Hugh: And, uh, he, uh. When he saw that I had this opportunity I had gotten at Sundance with this film Down to the Bone... I worked with Vera Farmiga. Vera helped me with management representation in LA. She's in The Departed, just a really genuine actress who helped me... who forced me to listen too.
And Callum said, you've got everything, you've got your papers, you've- and I said, I am out of wheels and I'm maxing my credit card and this is a risk... I gotta go, I'll never have this opportunity again. I'm- I'm, you know, I'm forty, you know- and in my life- you know, this is it. Just even for the experience. And he said, okay, I've got a car. Come to Vancouver, I'll give you my car. And nobody does that. And it was a Crown Vic, a black Crown Vic-
George: That's a good car.
Hugh: ...so talk about looking like a cop. [mimes]
George: [descends into fit of giggles]
Hugh: *beep* the police.
...

The video of the interview is available here.

Comments

[slidellra.livejournal.com]

♥ So much love for this interview. And it's funny to contrast with Callum's interview style.

[meresy.livejournal.com]

*hearts and hearts*

Methinks my boyfriend George is a little bit of a fanboy . . . &hearts

[kristiinthedark.livejournal.com]

I adore that interview SO MUCH. Anytime I start to wonder about the love between Callum and Hugh, I go watch it again. ♥

[thornnuminous.livejournal.com]

I sent the show an email asking them to book Callum for an interview, citing that it's hard to find any interviews of him online that are later than 2001 and the guy has a lot going on in his life these days, professionally at least. Dunno about his private life.

[kitten-of-rain.livejournal.com]

Oh, Hugh. So cute.

(The whole driving thing confuses me a bit, logistics and such - like, you were where and you drove to where? what? - but then the LOVE distracts me, and I move on. ♥)

[china_shop]

Hugh: Callum gave me his car.

Words to live by. *hearts THIS BIG*

[cysefin.livejournal.com]

It's a given that I love this interview, but I'm equally impressed that you managed to transcribe *that*... Mouth too fast, brain catching up...

[bluebelle789.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved this interview. *loves AND adores* It was awesome of Callum to do that for Hugh. It is also awesome that Hugh refuses to acknowledge the 'Keith', and says Callum more times than is possibly necessary. *g*

[laylee.livejournal.com]

One of the best interviews ever! Aside from the CKR bits that clearly show JUST HOW MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER OMG! Hugh is so bright and shiny in this You just want to reach out and squeeze him until he squeaks!!

[hcldutch.livejournal.com]

I love this interview, the video of it is online on this link:
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1566