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sam80853Oh, right, you're thinking to yourself. Paul Gross is so . . . 1994.
Or 1989, if your tastes lean to Street Legal rather than Due South.
But wait. There's more to the Calgary-born talent than upright Mountie Const. Benton Fraser on Due South, or the trials and tribulations of writing, directing, producing and starring in Passchendaele.
The icon of Canadian screen and stage is about to take on the classic role of Darryl Van Horne in Eastwick, ABC's fall TV-series adaptation of the all- American John Updike classic The Witches of Eastwick.
Van Horne is a man's man and darkly handsome prince who arrives one morning to a small New England town, where he unleashes the hidden power within three lonely women, would-be Wiccans with unearthly powers they never knew they had.
The mysterious stranger's nom de guerre may be Van Horne, but you know him better as the Devil.
It's a role Jack Nicholson took on with scenery-chewing gusto in George Miller's frenetic, fast-paced 1987 movie adaptation, and Gross has said he relishes the opportunity to play the cad for a change, instead of always playing the hero.
And Van Horne - the D Man, if you prefer - is one dastardly dude. His scheme is to seduce each of the women in turn, so he can have three children before he dies.
Eastwick isn't just your ordinary new TV drama. It has been designed as a companion piece for Desperate Housewives, and it shares much of that popular series' tone, look and feel.
Gross could be the major beneficiary, though, in a cast that includes Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Jamie Ray Newman.
Everyone likes a good villain, after all, and the original Witches of Eastwick worked wonders for Nicholson's onscreen persona. The latter half of 2009 will mark Gross's first prominent role in a mainstream, U.S.-based TV series in almost 10 years.
Original article here
Or 1989, if your tastes lean to Street Legal rather than Due South.
But wait. There's more to the Calgary-born talent than upright Mountie Const. Benton Fraser on Due South, or the trials and tribulations of writing, directing, producing and starring in Passchendaele.
The icon of Canadian screen and stage is about to take on the classic role of Darryl Van Horne in Eastwick, ABC's fall TV-series adaptation of the all- American John Updike classic The Witches of Eastwick.
Van Horne is a man's man and darkly handsome prince who arrives one morning to a small New England town, where he unleashes the hidden power within three lonely women, would-be Wiccans with unearthly powers they never knew they had.
The mysterious stranger's nom de guerre may be Van Horne, but you know him better as the Devil.
It's a role Jack Nicholson took on with scenery-chewing gusto in George Miller's frenetic, fast-paced 1987 movie adaptation, and Gross has said he relishes the opportunity to play the cad for a change, instead of always playing the hero.
And Van Horne - the D Man, if you prefer - is one dastardly dude. His scheme is to seduce each of the women in turn, so he can have three children before he dies.
Eastwick isn't just your ordinary new TV drama. It has been designed as a companion piece for Desperate Housewives, and it shares much of that popular series' tone, look and feel.
Gross could be the major beneficiary, though, in a cast that includes Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Jamie Ray Newman.
Everyone likes a good villain, after all, and the original Witches of Eastwick worked wonders for Nicholson's onscreen persona. The latter half of 2009 will mark Gross's first prominent role in a mainstream, U.S.-based TV series in almost 10 years.
Original article here
