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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=120 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="48c6dbd0.gif" border=0 width="109" height="189" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> LA PRESSE AND LE DEVOIR SEPT. 1994<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9900CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="23f80800.jpg" border=0 width="384" height="384" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 19th Sept 1994 </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>La Presse and Le Devoir were identical as translated. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>** On Monday 19th September, 1994, his interview appeared in full in both La Presse and Le Devoir, and abridged in le Soleil** </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Roy Dupuis is going to star in a Canadian-Swiss-German feature, filmed in English in Toronto. Directed by Curt Truninger and produced by the Canadian company Snow Line, the film is entitled Waiting for Michelangelo. It’s a romantic comedy of love in the 90’s, in the style of When Harry Met Sally. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dupuis plays the part of a Swiss French-speaking art gallery owner who falls in love with a journalist who no longer believes in love. The director chose him after seeing the Québécois film Being at Home with Claude. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"I was looking for a Depardieu", explained Curt Truninger, "but younger and better looking", he added, laughing. "Roy has an enormous screen presence. It’s really phenomenal. Sometimes he’s a bit too melodramatic, but …" </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It’s not the first time that the 31 year old Québécois actor has been compared with a big star. He is often called "the Québécois Marlon Brando" or James Dean, because of his intense presence onscreen. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>While in Toronto filming Waiting for Michelangelo, he has been offered three roles, one as Jesus Christ in an American film. The fact is that Dupuis is in demand, not only in Quebec, but in the United States and Europe, thanks to the success of the likes of Les Filles de Caleb or Being at Home with Claude which have been distributed just about everywhere. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Propositions are coming from everywhere. This gives me some choice," he explained in interview. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>After doing C’était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues in the cinema and True West in the theatre, Dupuis filmed an American mini-series entitled Million Dollar Babies, relating the story of the famous Dionne quintiplets. The mini-series was produced for the American CBS network and Radio-Canada, and will be broadcast in November or December. He plays the father of the Dionne quintuplets. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dupuis has also done some auditions in Los Angeles, where he is beginning to be getting known. Some weeks ago he finished filming a pilot for the American ABC network - a police series entitled Dark Eyes, also starring the actress Kelly McGillis. And how is filming in English? "It’s more difficult," he admits, but Dupuis is very familiar with the language of Shakespeare since he has lived in the north of Ontario and has acted in English in the theatre. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Finally Dupuis will return in the autumn to film the fourth series of Scoop. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>After this very demanding year, ("I haven’t stopped. I finish one film and the next day I begin another," he emphasises) he is going to rest a little. The actor is planning a trip to Vietnam, to go sailing, and to experience the differences between the two cultures. And especially to revitalise himself. "I am empty," he adds, before returning to the film set.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>    <IMG SRC="48a271f0.gif" border=0 width="295" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="48a271f0.gif" border=0 width="295" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>LE DEVOIR OCTOBER 21st. 1995</B><B>                                              </B><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1995 Articles"><U><B><IMG SRC="17260270.jpg" border=0 width="96" height="39" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>