Episode Seventy: Roger Cross

Episode Seventy: Roger Cross

Sabrina Furminger
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Before Roger Cross was an actor, he was a pilot – and a lot of what he learned in the cockpit informs the nuanced work he does today. Roger’s filmography is vast and includes Dark Matter, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Orphan Black, and the beloved Vancouver-shot time travel procedural Continuum, on which he played Travis Verta, a Liber8 time travelling terrorist who was really, really mean. More recently, Roger’s been inhabiting a very different type of role: that of Donovan “Mac” McAvoy on CBC’s Coroner, which is in the midst of airing its second season and for which Roger was recently nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. Coroner follows the professional and personal exploits of Dr. Jenny Cooper (Serinda Swan), an ER doctor turned coroner whose husband recently died, leaving her a single mom with a mountain of debt, PTSD, an ex-soldier lover who lives in a tree house, and a new partner in the form of Roger’s Mac. In this joyful and contemplative episode, Roger talks about the paradigm-shifting advice he received early in his career from Billy Dee Williams, what is was like to pick his son up from grade one while dressed as Travis Verta, growing up with immigrant parents, and what it means to him to play a detective on a Coroner – and the role that art can play in making people confront their privilege. [Note: this episode was recorded before the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards were cancelled due to COVID-19].

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