Paul Gross On George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: INTERVIEW

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Paul Gross has carved out a niche for himself as a filmmaker dedicated to telling truly Canadian stories. Now, Paul wants to ensure more Canadians have an outlet to tell their stories. He's behind the push for a new specialty television channel called 'Starlight': a space devoted to Canadian movies, and nothing but Canadian movies, 24 hours a day.
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[@1raiiner]

I just finished watching Slings and Arrows for the first time; I will forever be a Paul Gross fan. What an amazing show, cast, actor.

[@zayemarie6386]

Wow. He is so genuine and true. His eye contact shows that he is honest and real. What a gift!

[@junebugsewap387]

I LOVE ALL OF HIS FILMS!!! Paul you are so awesome!!!!!!! 😃😀

[@amandaarkebauer3791]

Slings and Arrows is my favorite, loved Men with Brooms, and Due South also

[@qwaqwa1960]

Another Canadian treasure. Hey, I saw Whale Music!

[@Hsutheguard]

"Anything with me in it is Canadian" Yes!!!

[@theajdj77]

i really enjoyed men with brooms,cold comforts,aspen extreme and especially due south there,s other works of his i want to watch but cant find them anywhere

[@nottofarraway]

what a handsome man!

[@sam123owen1]

even looking older he is still one hot guy.

[@JayeMallard619]

"Oh gee I've never had a plan just to get up!" I love this. :) I think those people who think strategically are simply more about the business side of it than the art itself, and those who go with the flow are more artists than businessmen. Also I love how he said Denys Arcand and Denis Villeneuve. You can usually tell if an English speaker is Canadian or American by hearing them say French words or names.. Despite his sexy English accent, you can tell that he knows how the names should sound and made a conscious effort to pronounce them correctly. I was watching Due South's episode The Witness yesterday and at one point Fraser suggests that Ray should read À la recherche du temps perdu, from Marcel Proust, and again I was surprised at how well he said those.. We in Québec, as a French speaking minority within the majority of English Canadians all around us, constantly feel linguistically threatened to some degree, but lately I've noticed how generally better at French Canadians are compared to other English speakers around the world.. and I can feel myself easing up a bit realizing that they respect or care enough for the language to not butcher it.. ;)

[@EarlofCrawford]

Believe it or not, the CRTC actually TURNED DOWN the concept of a Canadian Movie Channel. CRTC denied Starlight a licence.

[@augurseer]

+Jett Rink idiots......not you but the CRTC. i am a Canuck. proudly aggressively proud. fuckign CRTC.

[@desimonium]

Needs to be a streaming service like Netflix or Disney Plus.

[@thumblesswonder]

I'm literally scanning the comments to see if it ever happened (I'm American). How disappointing.

[@nataliasopryko]

Хороший артист. 💕 Классно выглядит!!!

[@amartinjoe]

ask any person on the street if they know of a good Canadian movie....only then can we truly celebrate. Most great Canadian talent end up going to the U.S.

[@ralphfigueroa3604]

What happened in season three of Due South? Benton Fraser, Ray Veccio, and Dieffenbacher, had a magical chemistry. Why did David Marciano, leave the show? Did he leave? Season three was still, good, but Marciano 's absence was very noticeable.

[@tobiasfrost86]

Ralph Figueroa something to do with a contract dispute

[@markturner-smith5309]

CBS went to axe Due South after season 2 and the original "Ray" actor has looked at other work and signed up a contract to do something else thinking it was the end of Due South so didn't want leave but too late to back out of what he had signed up for. Then Due South (I believe this is the point the BBC took on the commission of the show) as was a big hit here in the UK was saved by BBC for rest of it's lifetime. Oddly nowadays never repeated over here or available in DVD box sets/streaming box set/etc considering series 3-6 was a big overseas gross earner for BBC always follow Due South from start to finish. Bet CBS regretted axing it (as more interested in "Friends") as was still successful.

[@MrStickyIggy]

damn hes alot like norm macdonald!

[@TrevorReaStewartnexus]

I think Georges show didn't last cause everyone always looks uncomfortable in those fucking red chairs.