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Trask was dead set against the cat
since the beginning.
One day when the family went to a
flea market Trask's son picked up
this cat and pet it all afternoon.
"I said no, no, no, absolutely not,"
Trask said in a phone interview from
his current home in Toronto.
As the Trask family was packing
up in the car to leave the son saw the
cat going back to its original home
and jumped out of the car screaming,
"my cat, my cat."
And much to Trask's chagrin that
day they added a cat to the family,
and soon they will have to make
room for kittens too.
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BLYTH FESTIVAL SALUTE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001. PAGE 21.
Eric Trask finds kids, cats can come before acting
moving from Toronto to a country For the role Trask, 41, is required
home outside of Burlington, the cat's to sing. It's been about 10 year since
swelling belly as the timing of birth he was last in a musical. His voice is
approaches is a matter of concern. very divere — in the past he worked
Trask plays the title role in on musicals as bass, tenor and
McGillicuddy as a small town police soprano support.
officer. Trask and his wife, an actress,
As McGillicuddy Trask plays a have three children all under the age
man who isn't moving up in the of seven.
Toronto police force. The character Working away from home is more
decides to apply for a job as a small difficult with young children, Trask
town police chief. After only a short said. Since the world of theatre is a
while, he realizes that being a small travelling lifestyle Trask doesn't like
town officer isn't a cake walk like lie leaving his kids for a long period of
expected. time.
"A good cop in a small town is "With a little baby it's like a tenth
different from being a good cop in a
big town," Trask said..
In small towns cops sometimes
bend the rules in terms with town
council, Trask said. In the play the
crowd will know some of the
characters McGillicuddy talks about,
Trask said.
Trask also 'plays Roy, the main
character's scheming best friend in
Cruel Tears.
Roy is a jealous man because his
best friend is in the center of
attention and he wants to be in the
power position.
Beverley Elliott comes home again
The last,time actress and Listowel about her new neighbour, a police Vancouver. where • she started
native Beverley Elliott appeared on officer, Elliott said. working on film in TV, des-Pite
the Blyth stage she was "She'll try to weasel her way into having no formal acting training. At
overwhelmed by the • number of his life anyway she can," Elliott said. that time two famous Canadian TV
people who came to see her perform. Since she was last on the Blyth shows were being filmed in
"People came out of the s t age Vancouver, . Danger Bay and
woodwork to come and see theatre," Elliott has Beachcombers. Elliott had guest
Elliott said in a phone interview had a child roles on both.
from her home in Vancouver. who is now It was also a time when the film
There were- her former school two years and TV scene was starting to pick up
teachers, relatives and people who old. in Vancouver, and Elliott, one of the
worked with her parents, Elliott said. Elliott is first people involved in the scene
Elliott has fond memories of looking started to make good connections.
working on Booze Days in a ,Dry forward to Twetity years later, Elliott has
County and There's Nothing in the being in worked on several films and TV
Paper in the 1997 season. the area as shows and even as a series regular on
This time she has roles in Cruel h e r Beverley Elliott: two Canadian shows.
Tears as Debbi-Lou and in daughter Clint said thanks. Her films include the Academy
McGillicuddy as Cindy-Lou. can spend time with her mother and Award winning film The Unforgiven
As Debbi-Lou, Elliott is the wise- other relatives who live in the area. where Elliott was a lady of the
cracking waitress who is pals with After working several summers at evening.
the guys. It's a smaller part but a resort in Tecumseh in her teens, When director Clint Eastwood
Elliott said she is pleased as it will Elliott got a college diploma for accepted the Oscar, Elliott was
ease her way into the summer. hotel and restaurant management. personally thanked in the speech.
Cindy-Lou in McGillicuddy is the , She worked in Lake Louise for "It was one of the more shocking
nosy-neighbour type who is curious three years and decided to move to moments of my life," Elliott said.