You haven't saved the world on TV for a while. What drew you to Rabbit Hole?
I'm a big fan of the creators, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. They wrote Bad Santa, which is one of the most ingenious scripts ever. They told me how moved they were by films such as Three Days of the Condor, and I felt the same. Then they wrote Rabbit Hole incredibly fast-six to eight weeks. It was exactly what they had said they were going to write, and it was so nuanced.
For fans of 24, how is your new character, John Weir, different from Jack Bauer?
John Weir is very layered. He's incredibly smart, with a great sense of humour, but he's also neurotic. Jack Bauer was almost simplistic-a blunt object-whereas John Weir is a scalpel.
How does doing stunts in your 50s compare with doing them in your 30s?
I'm a bit older and slower. My bones creak more when I get up. But the biggest difference is that Jack Bauer was always the aggressor and John Weir is always taking the beating. If your character doesn't see the punch coming, you, the actor, have a good chance of getting hit. This show made me realize that I owed a lot of apologies to stunt people I had worked with on 24.
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Booksmart
I dropped out of high school because of a learning disability and depression. Public libraries saved my life
Top Shelf
Four drool-worthy home libraries
The Giver
Media mogul Gary Slaight donates a lot of money$15 million to this, $30 million to that-and he's not above shaming his wealthy friends into doing the same
TRAIN WRECK
Toronto residents in the path of Ontario Line construction are living in a bone-rattling, foundation-cracking, rat-infested hellscape. True tales from the epicentre
TURF WAR
For 148 years, the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then an old-money-versus-new-money clash erupted
The Cult of Wellness
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies
CLOSE TO HOME
A new inpatient mental health unit for children and youth will provide community-level support at Oak Valley Health's Markham Stouffville Hospital.
Scatter Brain - Maybe it sounds glib to suggest that a complex neurodevelopmental disorder is having a moment, but if you haven't noticed that ADHD is everywhere these days, you haven't been, well, paying attention
Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it's all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower
Marital Arts
Three Toronto couples who celebrated their nuptials in spectacular fashion
Strings Attached
Country music's barrier-busting cowboy Orville Peck is tearing through 2024 with a new album, new collabs and a new outlook on life
