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[Forever Xena]

Jason Priestley Has a 'Tru Calling'
(Wednesday, March 24 01:24 PM)
By Kate O'Hare


LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - In a season where shows have dropped like mayflies, FOX's supernatural drama "Tru Calling" has managed to stay on the air, despite overwhelming competition in its Thursday, 8 p.m. ET, slot from the dual powerhouses of "Friends" and "Survivor."
Eliza Dushku stars in "Tru Calling" as Tru Davies, a morgue assistant who can travel back in time 24 hours and prevent deaths. On March 25, the show gets a shot in the arm, as former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Jason Priestley joins the cast for a seven-episode stint. He plays Jack Harper, a former EMT who joins the morgue staff, working under Tru's boss, Davis, played by comic Zach Galifianakis.

Priestley first became aware of the show while watching FOX pilots last summer.


Speaking one week from the end of his filming schedule, Priestley says, "'Tru Calling' was the one pilot that I said, 'You know what, this is a really good show. It's got places to go that are interesting. It can change every week.' So when they called me and asked me if I'd be interested in playing this new character they were bringing on the show, I said, 'Absolutely.'"
There is apparently more to Jack than meets the eye.

"I can't tell you too much about what I like about Jack," Priestley says. "A lot of what I like about Jack has yet to be revealed, oddly enough. It's all very secretive, in that very sci-fi way. It's so funny. I thought they were hardcore about it on '90210' -- not a bit. These sci-fi people take it very seriously.

"With Jack, I think if people are really paying attention, they'll be able to formulate some ideas as to what's going on."

Filming "Tru Calling" brought Priestley back to his native Vancouver, Canada, at the same time as former "Alias" regular Bradley Cooper, who is doing a six-episode run on USA Network's "Touching Evil." Late last year, the two were also in Vancouver, doing the ABC Family romantic comedy "I Want to Marry Ryan Banks."

"It was so funny when the two of us wound up in Vancouver again," Priestley says. "It was great."

Asked if the two found time to get into mischief, Priestley says, "No, we weren't in any trouble. We're working too hard, are you kidding me? How funny is Coop, though? Dude, he is so funny."

Apparently, Priestley also had a few laughs with Galifianakis. "Zach is the funniest human being on the planet. He is ridiculously funny. You work in a morgue, right? On the set, we laugh a lot. He always does it right before they call 'Action.' He drops a little one-liner on me. He's a mean man."

Priestley's arrival also meant a bit of a breather for Dushku.

"I think a big part of me being there," he says, "is to alleviate some of her workload. This whole first season, she's been in every scene, every shot, every day. That's a lot for any actor to take on."

As might be expected, Jack doesn't come to "Tru Calling" just to be window dressing.

"Jack's an interesting guy," he says. "He's very charming, very affable, very likeable. But you know, Jack has an agenda. There's a reason Jack showed up in the morgue. Suffice it to say, there's a reason, and that reason will become clear in the next few weeks.

"But he's not evil. There's no evil."

"Tru Calling" is just one of the shows this year -- along with Showtime's "Dead Like Me," CBS' "Joan of Arcadia" and FOX's new "Wonderfalls" -- in which either God or just mysterious omnipotent forces communicate with young women. So far, such forces don't seem interested in communicating with young men.

"Why would they?" Priestley says. "They could try to talk to young men, but young men wouldn't listen. There's a game on. 'Don't try to talk to me during a football game. What's the matter with you?' I understand it. I get it."

Because of his work on "Tru," Priestley wasn't involved in this year's round of pilot casting.

"It's OK," he says. "It's all fine with me. If 'Tru' comes back, then I come back with it. It's fine with me."

[Robert Jonsson]

Tavckar för svaret, FX!

Ser fram mot hans roll - Jason har visat att han kan spela annat än Brandon (ta bara hans hardass dictator i Jeremiah), så jag tror nog inte jag kommer sitta och tänka på Beverly Hills

[Forever Xena]

ja jag skal skaffa Jeremiahs DVDr när de kommar har inte sett Jeremiah ännu.

Tror faktisk att Jason är annat än bara Brandon

[Robert Jonsson]

Det skall jag med - en av mina absoluta favoritserier Varför skall Jeremiah krångla och vara ovanlig för? Komma ut på R1 först, vad är det för stil?

Jodå, tror nog att Priestly kommer passa bra in i Tru Calling. Tycker hans kommentarer om hemlighetsmakeriet i genreserier är ganska skön

[Forever Xena]

I can't tell you too much about what I like about Jack," Priestley says. "A lot of what I like about Jack has yet to be revealed, oddly enough. It's all very secretive, in that very sci-fi way. It's so funny. I thought they were hardcore about it on '90210' -- not a bit. These sci-fi people take it very seriously.

Det är ju inte helt fel eller hur ? vi scifi ppl tar det ganska seriöst

[Robert Jonsson]

Det är vi. Och jag gillar att bli överraskad av mina serier Men det är kul då folk som kommer utifrån andra genrer inser sådant snabbt och tar till sig det

[Forever Xena]

har just kållat Jeremiah DVD och det finns som du sa bara på R1 varför det ?

När kommer den på R2 ?

jag kan ta R1 iofs , men jag vill enddå gärna ha subtitles fast jag ka se utan.

Jeremiah kostade 37 pund på loaded !

[Robert Jonsson]

Inte allt för dyrt...

Ingen aning - de tror väl att den säljer mindre bra här borta eller andra marknadsekonomiska anledningar

[Forever Xena]

Nå ja , tror jag får köpa den ny

[Robert Jonsson]

En sak som slår mig... DEt borde väl finnas engelska subtitles - borde det inte vara lättare för dig att läsa? Ett skäl mindre på att vänta att köpa den

[Forever Xena]

Tru blue
Fan site disowns Eliza's new show.

A Tru Calling fan site has become so frustrated with the quality of Eliza Dushku's fantasy series, Tru Calling, that it has given up reporting on it completely.

Spoiled Rotten, known for its extensive Tru Calling, Buffy and Angel spoiler coverage had previously campaigned to save the show when it was threatened with cancellation earlier this year.

But actually watching the last few episodes seems to have been the final straw for the editors.

"The consensus is that the writing of the show is so lacking in any regard for logic, that Tru Calling doesn't deserve any coverage by our site," they announced. "The writers are clearly putting no effort into the scripts, so why should anyone put any effort into a spoiler site?

"They regret wasting their time even covering it to begin with. The show deserves to be cancelled."

Despite low ratings in America, Tru Calling was recently given a second season to prove its worth.

Låter inte bra

[Robert Jonsson]

Och det skumma är... varför bashar dem avsnitten som var riktigt, riktigt bra? Men gillade deandra? Skumt folk

[Forever Xena]

Jag har fortfarende inte sett nogra avsnitt ännu

[Robert Jonsson]

Skäms på dig

[tommie]

Och det skumma är... varför bashar dem avsnitten som var riktigt, riktigt bra?

Ehrm... "riktigt bra" är väl en ganska stor överdrift, men de var i alla fall "bättre" än de tidigare avsnitten.

[Robert Jonsson]

Nix, riktigt bra var inte en överdrift. Säsongsfinalen krossar - slår överlägset t.ex. Buffy på sluttampen

[Forever Xena]

Dushku Stays Tru

Eliza Dushku, who stars in Fox's supernatural series Tru Calling, told SCI FI Wire that her character will embrace her gift in the upcoming second season and use it to fight her nemesis, played by new regular cast member Jason Priestley. "I'm excited to see this next season go on and especially with Jason coming into the mix, because now Tru has, in a sense, shown her power," Dushku said in an interview during the network's fall press preview in Los Angeles. "I know I'm going to use it to get into this battle. Now it's on, and she owns her power, and I think she's going to find so many more colors and so many more strengths."

In the final episode of the first season, the show took a dark turn when viewers discovered that Tru's father killed her mother and that Priestley's character was a villain. Dushku promised that the upcoming season will include more surprises. "There's going to be a lot of mysterious twists this year," she said. "There's going to be guest stars coming on that I can't talk about now, even though I really want to. But it's going to be a great year."

Dushku said she was anxious to get back to work on July 20, when the season premiere begins filming. "I'm freaking out," she said. "I'm excited, though. I feel like last year. I'm like thrilled and terrified at the same time. But mostly I'm excited. I can't wait to see [co-stars]Zach [Galifianakis] and Shawn [Reaves]. I had such a good time. My cast and crew were so amazing. I can't wait to go interact with everybody again." Tru Calling returns for a second season in November in its regular 9 p.m. ET/PT Thursday timeslot.

Hmm Brandon ( Priestly ) som skurk , tror jag vill se det

[Robert Jonsson]

Fast det var ju avslöjat lite tidigare än sista avsnittet - i alla fall för oss som inte sov

Mycket härlig tvist för övrigt. Ser fram mot nästa säsong.

[Forever Xena]

Tru Calling (säsong 1) - Startar 31/3

Från TV 4s hemsida

[Spidde]

OK!?! Jag vet faktiskt inte vad Tru Calling är (känner mig något efterbliven). Du kanske kan förklara för en ovetande? Är det bra eller?

[Forever Xena]

Tru Calling är mera Cappys område

Det handlar om en tjej ( Eliza Duskhu = Faith ) som springer jämnt

Cappy kan bättre förklara det


Tru Calling

Edited by Forever Xena, 15 March 2005 - 18:13.

[Robert Jonsson]

Tru Calling handlar om flickan Tru Davies som börjar sitt jobb på ett bårhus där hon upptäcker att hon besitter en alldeles speciell gåva.

Ingen avsnittsspoiler, utan bara vad hennes gåva är:
De döda ber om hennes hjälp för att rädda dem från döden. Då det sker så slungas Tru tillbaka i tiden och vaknar upp innan dödsfallet skett och en kamp mot klockan påbörjas...


Första avsntitet har för övrigt en gästskådespelerska som heter Hudson Leick (mer känd som Callisto i Xena).

[zaphod]

Verkar värt att spana in. Nån som vet vilken dag och vilka tider det ska sändas?

[Forever Xena]

I morgon vet jag det

[tommie]

Torsdagar 23:05.