How does Paul feel about doing TV series?
After his very long and ardurous experience on the Canadian miniseries Chasing Rainbows, Paul jokingly said the experience left him with a pathological fear of TV series. However, “That’s not to say television can’t be brilliant. I’ve seen stuff that has just blown me away, The Singing Detective, A Very British Coup – now that’s when TV can really sail. I thought Barney Miller was a brilliantly written, even though you could predict the outcome of every single story two lines into it.” (Flare Magazine, November 1989) However, we all know that he didn’t mind doing a regular TV series, as Due South attests. In a recent interview ((Vue, 4-10 March 1999)), Paul said if he did another TV series, he would want to do it with a U.S. network, because shows cost a lot of money to create and Canadian budgets are usually too low to do the sort of material he’s interested in. • Does Paul have any idols? As mentioned earlier in this FAQ, he’s been influenced by a number of playwrights. However, he c
