Jeremy Roenick will now be slightly more insufferable
"And when Jeremy's not onscreen, everyone should be asking, 'WHERE'S JEREMY?'"
Jeremy Roenick has always felt that there’s one thing the hockey-loving public doesn’t get enough of: Jeremy Roenick.
As a result, he is more than happy to let everyone know he will be in the pilot of the new TNT show “Leverage,” which permiers this December.
Roenick already had done some on-camera work, listing previous appearances with “Hack” and “Ghost Whisperer,” and this week he will begin shooting a scene in “Leverage”, a new TNT production.
The show stars Oscar winner Timothy Hutton (pfft, for Ordinary People. Raging Bull got screwed.) as, and this is an actual plot to an actual television program on an actual network, “he leads a highly-skilled team of thieves, hackers and grifters who act as modern-day Robin Hoods.”
That doesn’t sound unwatchable at all. But what role will JR, an NHL thespian if there ever was one, have on the show?
“I’m pretty proud that’s the first scene of the series opener,” Roenick said. “I play a security guard who gets duped by a woman. I have five, six or seven lines.”
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“The tricky part is finding the right roles and to look natural. You’ve got to get the mannerisms and facial expressions down. If you’re too stiff, you’re not believable. The best actors are the most believable. They completely change their personality. My role is smaller, but it’s still difficult.”
Truth be told, JR is really looking forward to an acting career once he’s done with hockey, because any time spent away from the precious, precious glow of the limelight makes his innards slowly rot.
“I’m good friends with producer-director Paul Bernard and he wants to turn me into an actor when I’m done with hockey,” Roenick said. “He and his brother Tom are big producers in Los Angeles.”
Wow, THE Paul Bernard! Best of luck, JR. And if you ever need acting advice, Teemu Selanne’s just a phone call away.
