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INTERN ACADEMY
Starring Peter Oldring, Pat Kelly and Dave Thomas
Written and directed by Dave Thomas
Opens Friday, September 10
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What a catch. Film actor, former rock star and aspiring doctor. If the stereotypes are true, Pat Kelly is the perfect blend of what parents want for their daughters and what daughters want for themselves. Sure he may only be playing an aspiring doctor in his new film Intern Academy, but it doesn’t make him (or his character Dale Dodd) any less of a ladies’ man.
The Calgary-born actor got his start in the drama department of Western Canada High School and as a young improv performer with the Loose Moose Theatre company. But his talents were not limited to comedy. Music lovers will remember him making the girls swoon when he fronted a band called The Infernos (hardcore fans will recall their 90210-inspired hit "Brenda") and he was a founding member and original drummer for The Dudes. His first film was a low-budget affair entitled Operation Calgary Tower, helmed by Andy Sparacino of A-Team and Helvis fame, but with his charm and charisma Kelly was almost more man than Calgary could handle. He eventually pulled up stakes, with fellow Loose Moose pal and co-star of Intern Academy Peter Oldring, and moved to Toronto to charm the ladies of Eastern Canada.
Once there he scored a role in Urban Legends 2 and started working with the Second City Comedy troupe, but it was his time as a program jockey on YTV that brought Kelly to a whole new generation of young ladies. Now Calgarians will be re-introduced to Kelly with the release of Intern Academy. Written and directed by SCTV alumnus Dave Thomas, the medical comedy finds Kelly plying his comic trade alongside such heavyweights as Dave Foley and Dan Aykroyd. And when Kelly’s aspiring intern isn’t exploring the intricacies of body-fluid comedy, he’s making a play for any cute nurse who looks his way.
Fast Forward caught up with Kelly to try and find out what makes him so damn attractive.
Fast Forward: Were you a ladies’ man in high school?
Pat Kelly: Not really. In high school I was – I’m sure everyone was – an uncomfortable dork, really just trying to find himself. And that is what Loose Moose brought out in me, for sure – it gave me a bit more confidence. As you grow older you start to understand the other gender and have more fun with them.
How old were you when you had your first girlfriend?
The first serious one was in Grade 10. It was a very long-term relationship that came to a fiery close. We broke up at (indie music fest) Highwood. We broke up and she started making out with some hippie at Highwood and it was a real burn, but my mom was really happy. My mom did not approve of her.
What was the worst teenage breakup you ever had?
I had a massive crush on this girl and it was slightly reciprocated, but she came to my grad – she was in Grade 11 – with me as my date. When we were at the after-graduation party, I sort of tried to take it another step further and she denied me and then there was alcohol involved and I just became an asshole. It took me a while to live that one down. Paul Spence (FUBAR) was there and he started fuelling my outrage at being turned down and so it turned into a FUBAR scene.
What was the best date you ever had?
A former girlfriend of mine and I were walking down the street in Toronto and both of us had nothing to do for the next two or three days. So I said "Do you want to go to New York right now?" and she said "Yup." We went to the Toronto airport and bought two tickets to New York and went to New York for three days. We didn’t take any luggage or anything. We got off the plane at JFK and figured it out. That was probably the best date because it was so spontaneous.
What was your worst date?
I find as I get older I keep going on dates and I never used to do that. The whole thing is just cheesy and uncomfortable. ’Cause if after five minutes you find out you don’t have anything in common with anybody, you gotta stick it out for the whole night.
What was the best line anyone ever used to pick you up?
I was at the Chicago improv festival and this girl came up to me and she said "I can tell that you’re Canadian." This is obviously after I had performed and I said, "Oh, is it my accent?" She said, "No. You have this thing that all Canadians have – this pleasantness to you." She was just relentless about this magic quality that Canadians have. That was the first I had ever heard of that – somebody calling Canadian people mysterious and magical. ’Cause I don’t see it.
Have you ever been on a blind date?
No, but I love that show though.
CELEB TOP FIVE
The Top Five pieces of medical dialogue, according to Pat Kelly, who plays an aspiring doctor in the new comedy Intern Academy.
1. "Stat"
2. "Apex of the pulmonary artery" (the only medical line I really had in the movie)
3. "Colostomy bag"
4. "Paging doctor anybody" (fill in the blank)
5. "… Now cough" |
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