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en Bass is no rookie actor, though he stars lead and produce the show, which is set to open in Rookie Blue. e Canadian-American in the fall of 2015. “When it comes to things that has performed across media – lm, TV are close to your heart, you […] want to realize your andB onstage – in both modern and period pieces. own vision,” Bass explains, regarding his foray into On the di erences Bass tells me “one thing that’s producing theater. He tells me the most di cult great about doing any kind of period piece is seeing part of playing Hamlet is “ nding an approach to how the clothes inform how you move and how you his antic disposition.” feel.” Bass lives in L.A., but spends copious amounts Bass also shares some of his many Canadian of time lming Rookie Blue in Toronto – about experiences. Having lived in Vancouver between the ve months out of the year. ough he admires his ages of seven and 18 and returned oen since then, he character, Sam Swarek, for his sense of humor, Bass has fond memories of Canada. He quotes his perfect tells me he would not be friends with Sam if he were Canadian day as “driving to the southwestern Ontario more than ctitious. Why? “His interests and my countryside into the small towns and just having a interests have nothing to do with each other at all. nice dinner and a pipe in the evening,” laughing that And […] he lives a lifestyle that’s entirely di erent this sounds “old school.” Besides Ontario, Bass has from mine.” For one thing, they have di erent tastes spent time in other provinces, including Quebec, in movies and, while Bass is “artsy-fartsy,” Sam is where he has extended family in Montreal. He lists “kind of a rough-and-tumble cop.” his favorite restaurant in the city as L’Express on Besides working on Rookie Blue, Bass is also Saint-Denis. Oh, and Bass’s musical-sounding last involved in an o -Broadway production of Hamlet name actually hints at a little-known talent: he is “a that will take place in New York. He will play the pretty committed guitarist” who practices regularly. REBA WILSON -- LuxuryReportMagazine.com Twitter: @Reba_Wilson