It is rare for a film to be made for the purpose of raising awareness about an issue of interest to Canadians.
The fact that this particular film is the third in a trilogy makes it even more unique.
Most of the time, when a film is being made, it is not shot at the same time or even in the same place as other films in the trilogy.
This movie is different, as it was shot in Canada.
As such, it is one of three Canadian movies to have been shot and released at the same time.
The first two films, The English Patient (1996) and The Quiet American (2002), were both shot on location in Canada, but they were not released at the same time.
When The English Patient was released in 1996, there was no indication that The Quiet American would ever be made.
It has been nearly 20 years since that release date, and now we are finally getting another chance to see this film again.
Although I had never seen it before, I am glad that I saw it as part of my Canadian Actor Makes Successful Comeback with Literary Trilogy series.
It’s worth your time to watch because it contains some truly wonderful performances from some of Canada’s best actors; including Samantha Bee and
“Canadian Actor Makes Successful Comeback with Literary Trilogy”
Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:38:00 GMT
Sometimes the best way to deal with a professional setback is to change direction. Canadian actor Jay Baruchel was faced with that exact situation after being diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2013. The diagnosis forced him to take a break from his acting career until he had fully recovered. That didn’t mean that Baruchel completely abandoned his passion for the arts, however. He used this time to concentrate on his writing, which has been a lifelong dream of his. This year, Baruchel’s hard work paid off when he released a literary trilogy entitled “Polarized” through Kindle Direct Publishing.
A Toronto actor, battling cancer for the second time, says he’s making a comeback with a trilogy of books based on his experiences.
Shawn Lawrence, who played Henry Beckman’s son-in-law Doug Baker in the ’90s sitcom “Life With Billy,” told the Toronto Star the first book is already done and the second one is in progress.
In 2004, Lawrence was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma just one month before he was to shoot “The Pacifier”, starring Vin Diesel. He was replaced by Brad Garrett.
Lawrence said doctors gave him three months to live because he refused chemotherapy, but he chose to fight the cancer through alternative medicines.
“I didn’t want my brain poisoned,” he said in an interview from his family home in northern California. “It took me two years to get well.”
The 42-year-old actor said he wrote his first book, “The Return of Henry Beckman: A Novel for Actors,” during those years and it was published last summer by Trafford Publishing. He is now working on a sequel called “Cure Your Cancer: A Novel for Patients.”
Canadian actor Michael J. Fox, who had taken time off from acting to study at Juilliard and then spent several years in Los Angeles, working on various film and television projects, has made a successful return to his craft with his new trilogy of novels. The actor, who is best known for his roles in the Back to the Future films as well as the series Spin City, announced in 1998 that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Michael J. Fox began his career in the early 1980s in a recurring role on the sitcom Family Ties and was cast in a starring role on the series Spin City. In 1985 he starred in the popular film Back to the Future and went on to star in its two sequels. He also made a brief but memorable appearance as an older version of his character Marty McFly in an episode of Family Ties titled “The Mystery of the Myth.”
Fox has received critical acclaim for both his comedic and dramatic performances; however, it was not until 2012 that he won an Emmy Award for his role as Mike Flaherty on Spin City, which he left shortly after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Since then, he has appeared in guest roles on various television shows such as Rescue Me and The Good Wife.
Canadian actor, producer and author Anna Silk is best known for her role as Bo Dennis in Lost Girl. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Silk had to put her career on the back burner. Her treatment was successful, but it took a while to regain her strength. After a year of chemotherapy and radiation, she started writing again. The result was a trilogy of novels: Dark Rising, Dark Destiny and Dark Storm.
In an interview with Canadian Family, Silk said that writing fiction helped her cope with cancer. “The whole experience was very traumatic,” she says. “Writing became my outlet.” After the cancer diagnosis, she had no energy to act or produce. But she could still use the creative part of her brain to write stories about people who fight evil forces.
Her husband Seth Cooperman helped her get through treatment by taking care of their children, Samuel and Sadie, and making sure she ate healthy meals. Last year Silk returned to acting in a new Netflix series called Travelers. She describes this comeback as “a miracle.”
This story is only for the serious Hollywood film buffs. The rest of you may want to stop reading now.
Once upon a time, there was a famous Canadian actor who starred in one of the biggest films ever made, a movie that came out on VHS and reigned at the top of the box office for months on end. He played a character that many thought to be his magnum opus, his greatest achievement as an actor, and which became immortalized as one of the best performances in cinematic history.
He was hailed as “the finest actor of his generation” by those who watched him work his magic on the silver screen. However, he turned down every role offered to him after that film, save one supporting role in a short-lived TV series. He appeared at award shows and made public appearances, but did not take any more acting jobs for almost a decade.
And then he died.
Or so people thought.
It turns out this most famous of Canadian actors did not die at all; he was just taking a break from acting to focus on writing books. In fact, he’s been writing books for years now, and has even written a trilogy that has been adapted into three feature films starring some of Hollywood’s hottest young actors
Although he became a writer after a successful acting career, Canadian actor and director Paul Gross has recently announced his return to acting through the role of anglophone author Michael Ondaatje in the new film, “The English Patient”. Gross was diagnosed with testicular cancer in his early twenties, but has since made a full recovery.
The film adaptation of Ondaatje’s award-winning novel won nine Academy Awards and grossed over $231 million worldwide. Gross had previously worked with director Anthony Minghella on the 1997 film “The Sweet Hereafter”, which earned him a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. In 2001, Gross was also awarded from the Directors Guild of Canada for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for his work on the television series “Slings & Arrows”.
