Aisle Seat
by Glen Schaefer, The Vancouver Province, November 27, 2001
Vancouver actor Callum Keith Rennie (Due South, Memento) is in Ashcroft
filming the family drama Flower and Garnet. Off-screen, he's dropped his
longtime hockey habit and taken up golf. He also watches the odd movie.
What was the last movie you watched at home?
"Saint of Fort
Washington, a Matt Dillon-Danny Glover movie about two homeless characters
trying to make their way in the world. It was great, actually. It was trying
to reaffirm the human spirit, that people move on through stuff, a challenge
to the viewer to live without judgment."
What was the last movie you saw
at the theatre?
"Sexy Beast. I loved that, a smallish, great film. Ben
Kingsley is great playing a person you never want to spend any time around, a
needy psychopath."
What movie could you watch over and over?
"Withnail and I. It's one of those actor movies that actors like to
watch. The actor's life, the bitching and the griping. I saw that a bunch
of times."
What movie do you wish you'd never seen?
"Battlefield Earth. I was almost in it, but no. Maybe it will become
one of those cult classics. The Island of Dr. Moreau, that one was
so appallingly bad it was laugh-out-loud funny. Battlefield Earth was
just another bad movie."
If you could spend the day with one movie
personality, who would it be?
"Brando, 'cause he's a fascinating
character. He's had a full run at it for a long time. He's always had his own
particular take on everything. He's politicized, quite confusing. He's
enduring."