Vault for everything Allan (Hawco/Paul) Gross have ever been in. Might feature other Canadiana partners in crime (Martha Burns, Strombo, CKR, Alan Doyle and the like).
Here we have the great Canadian actor and writer (Sprung Rythm) Paul Gross from the series "Due South", which debuted in 1994. Ten years earlier, in 1984, I met up with him in Toronto to begin this portrait of him for my Canadian Author Series (1 of 32).
Four years later in 1988 he would marry his actress sweetheart, Martha Burns. Here is my portrait of Martha's father Jim Burns, I painted for Great West Life, through Power Corporation in Montreal. Power Corp. sent a private limo with chauffer down to Ottawa to pick me & the portrait up to bring to their head office at Victoria Square, looking at the portrait, with it's red background, there was blank silence, which I did not understand. Power Corp. is owned by the Desmarais family. Mr. Burns asked Andre Desmarais to come in and give his opinion. It was the red background. Mr. Burns was a Conservative (Blue, not Red). I quickly said I could make it pink. Odd looks, then I quickly said salmon. Somehow, that was okay.
I wouldn't see/meet Andre Desmarais again until the unveiling of his father in law's portrait Jean Chretien, in 2010. I don't think Andre would have remembered me, but he was happy with Mr. C.'s portrait and commissioned an exact copy, as well as purchasing 2 of the other Chretien portraits (There are 7 in total.). As for the Paul Gross portrait, it is privately owned, along with the two small studies. That day in Toronto, after meeting Paul Gross, I later met W.P. Kinsella, to begin his portrait for my author series.
One other thing. Jim Burns and Mr. C. were friends. During my visit to Shawinigan, the phone rang. It was Mr. Burns congratulating Mr. C. on receiving The Order of Merit from his friend Queen Elizabeth. There are more serenddipitous connections. At my portrait meeting with Jean Pouliot in Montreal, I mentioned painting Jim Burns. They had recently bought the Jim Burns house, Loved the house, but were left angry. Jim Burns had imported the wood for the floors and doorways from Scotland. The sale was made, and Mr. Burns took all the Scottish wood flooring, etc. with him. True story! I would have typed this up as it happened. All housed in the Mt. A. Archives.
Florence [was] one of my favourite places that I've ever been to in my life. … I went there and to Tuscany with some friends after graduating theatre school in 2001. It was a spectacular, art-filled adventure. Every day was different, discovering more about the place. That, for me, is an ideal vacation. In Tuscany and Florence, it was extremely refined. We didn't do Europe en masse. We focused all of our energy in one place. We learned a lot of history of the region and saw every piece of art you could possibly see. I was mesmerized by the Statue of David and understood why it's so famous. You could tell what was so special about it - you could feel it. I'd certainly like to go back.
Allan Hawco is nominated for a best-actor Gemini for his lead role in CBC's Republic of Doyle. The Gemini Awards gala airs Nov. 13 on Global.
Simon Paisley Day, Kim Cattrall, Paul Gross, Sir Richard Eyre, Anna Madeley attending the Meet & Greet the cast and director of Broadway's 'Private Lives' at Paramount Bar at The Paramount Hotel in New York City. November 3, 2011
Canadian actor Paul Gross poses for a photo at the Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton on April 21, 2010. Gross is in town to promote the release of his upcoming movie, a Western spoof called Gunless. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal
PASADENA, CA - AUGUST 08: Actor Paul Gross arrives at Disney-ABC Television Group Summer Press Tour Party at The Langham Hotel on August 8, 2009 in Pasadena, California.
Hawco Productions aims to build on Saint-Pierre success
CEO Allan Hawco discusses how the prodco is more than a vehicle for him as an actor and creator (Monday, June 15 | 3:15pm - 4:00pm)
How do you turn budget constraints into creative advantages instead of roadblocks? What makes a pitch stand out in today’s crowded film and TV landscape?
Join the team from Hawco Productions as they dive into their business and development strategy, and their mission to bring “YES” to everything creative. Founded by actor, writer and producer Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle, In Cold Light), the company blends originality with a strategic approach to production — but how does that translate into a global success like Saint-Pierre?
In my opinion, Allan Hawco (above as character Jake Doyle), is pretty easy on the eyes. Imagine my excitement when we received a note in our mailbox saying they would be filming the opening episode of season 4 on our street! We needed to move our car so they could block the road for a scene where an Irish driver/criminal, was driving on the wrong side and almost hits several cars. How do I know this? The location manager left his card on our door and said we should call him.
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I called and left a message. The guy called back quickly....from our doorstep. He wanted to see our place. It seems Allan likes to write when he's not shooting and he looks for quiet spots close to filming. The location guy (Noel, pronounced Nole) wanted to know if we were going to be home and if Allan could use our place if he needed it. Uhhhh, let me think about that....YES!
We would need to be out of the house though.
So they were filming the next day. The whole road was under surveillance all night. I decided to move the car that night instead of the morning. The night watch dude approached me and said I didn't need to move it until the morning. Of course, I had to drop the name of the location manager, Noel, and said that Allan (as if we were close friends) may need to use our place to write between scenes. There was no reason for him to have this information and it had nothing to do with me moving the car, I just felt that he needed to know that I knew what was going on.....he just responded, "Cool."
Amy just left that morning. A star could be in my house next, so of course, now I have to clean the place again at about 8 p.m. We (I) cleaned up the place and got ready for bed. Had to watch the latest episode of Republic of Doyle on the computer. I think you can only download it in Canada.
The next morning, I took pictures of the road and have videos of all of the takes from that scene. Noel never called. We went for a walk to see if we could view some of the other filming down the road, closer to the harbor. Only saw the extras. When we got back, we decided to ask Noel to see if he (read Allan) needed our place. Noel was right by our house, so we gave him the extra key just in case. Well, they finished filming early and it seems Allan didn't need our place :( but Noel stopped by to return the key and offered us $40 for being good sports. Fine with me, but I was really looking forward to bragging rights and a good story. I asked if they needed any extras and he said he'd send me an email with contact information.
Later that night, we went out. I returned only to discover that Noel gave us the wrong key. Not sure who it belonged to, but we needed our key back. I saw that they were still filming behind our house this time. I took a walk over to the scene and quickly ran into Noel. He was pretty upset with himself and had to make a phone call. He stopped by about 10 minutes later with our key and was very apologetic. A few minutes after that, I got the contact information for casting.
Noel sent me the personal email of the casting person (Natalia) with a note from to her introducing me. I wrote her and told her I'd be interested in being an extra. I sent in my picture as well. So now we wait to see if she responds. So far, nothing.
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