HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-07-24, Page 9Wednesday, July 24, 2013 • Lakeshore Advance 9
The new leading man from Shipka
Kathryn Forrest
QMI Agency
(Intl! recently, University ut
Toronto theatre graduate Mar-
cus Ilaccius didn't see himself
in leading roles, but as of late
t he Shipka• native has handed
Jobs that ore taking hint from
supporting actor to leading
man and moving his career
beyond the stage to the small
screen.
hll'l'itIA, who attended South
tonin Secondary School before
moving to 'Toronto to pursue a
degree in theatre, recently fin-
ished filming The Manifesto, at
horror flick In which he plays
the lead matte role, and also
stairs 114 I ltm' llaristas, an exclu-
sively online series to be
branched this fall.
"I went to school for stage
and I do love stage," said !lac -
(sins, "hut as a personal artist
Marcus Hacclus
right l)\V I'm really interested
in film."
'Illi' Manifesto, which I Iaccius
describes as "the gold star o11 my
career in terms of filth," is to he
released sometime next year, but
the actor is also eagerly antici-
pating the launch of the first epi-
sode of Time liaristas, a hro-
naantic comedy series that will
be free for viewing online at
\v\vw.tinleI)aristas.conn i11
September.
"I play a guy named divan who
is very much an unmotivated
genius," said 1 laccius. "I Its was at
the top of his class for engineer-
ing so he's got the smarts. lie's
Just really likes to sit around all
day, read comic hooks, play
video games, smoke pot, and not
(lo anything that alight benefit
to him having a successful life:'
Time Iiaristas follows the
adventures of Evan and his
roommate, 1111' former of ‘whom
illa(IVI'1'tl'lltly transforms their
coffee 1118k1'1' into a 111111'
machine.
Ilaccius immediately knew
when he read the script he
wanted
10 he iltvulved, and after
auditioning stalled working; with
the production's six cllat:1(1er
(cast in May, around the same
time he graduated from the 1lni-
versity of 'Forum° and Sheridan
College with an Honours Bach-
elor in'Iheatre.
"1Vhen you read it lot of
scripts, good writing is really
tough to come by sometimes,"
said I laccius. "So when you read
something that you think is
really good you know right
away.'
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Time liaristas is an independent pro-
duction spearheaded by writers/pro-
ducers Alex Young and Sean O'Neil. It's
entire budget was raised using the
crowd source funding website www.
1ndiegogo.colll, keeping it free to
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According to !laccius, Time liaristas
will appeal to the young adult crowd,
but has lots of classic references that
almost everyone can relate to.
"One of the great things about the
series is it's about heroes and those big
iconic, nerdy things that have been
around for decades," said I laccius.
"'there's references that your grandpa,
your dad, and you are all going to get."
f laccitls is excited to be returning
with his co-star and now real-life
mutilate to the show for a second sea-
son, which he expects will begin shoot-
ing next summer.
"hes written to be a three season thing
and we want it to be able to go the full
distance," said I laccius. "If votl want to
help us and keep it flee to watch all you
really have t(1 dl) 15 go O11 a11(1 watch.
The more buzz that it stirs the more
potl'11na11 we'll have for season two.'
Crowd sourcing; will also he used for
the remaining seasons, and Ilaccius
said people can help them create it buzz.
by 'liking' the Time liaristas Iacehook
page.
As a recent graduate, 1 laccius MMus
spending the rest ut the summer seeing;
where acting will take him and hopes to
make the job "as full time as possible."
!Neck's, who has been acting since
he first played Santa in his grade school
Christmas pageants in Mount Carmel,
knew he wanted to pursue a career in it
when he saw a production of 'Morton
Wilder's classic play Our 'Town in
Toronto.
"'this play was really well don' and it
rocked ale;' said I laccius. "It emotion-
ally changed my scope of the world in a
big way."
l laccius calls himself a realist, and
acknowledges the risk that comes with
pursuing a career that is hard to break
into.
"[Our Town' is very charming and
hone town -y, but where 1 was at my life
it just clicked perfectly and it all made
sense. It did nothing but help rhe and I
thought if 1(0(11(1(1(1111a t fore (11)1' person
one time that its probably worth it."
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