Jason Priestley’s acting may have made him the eternal face of 1990s Beverly Hills, but he’s no Californian; he’s so Canadian that Tim Hortons once named a doughnut after him. Now his television career brings him to Toronto, where his new show, a detective drama called Private Eyes, is filmed and set. It debuts on Global at 9 p.m. on May 26. Here’s how Priestley answered our questionnaire:
Zermatt, Switzerland. The highest peak you can ski in the world is there.
Lateness.
Bourbon.
I’m not really paying attention to trends.
My two children.
Intense, fast, loud.
Why I am so obsessed with food.
I would live now. I’ve lived in the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and the ‘00s. Now is the best.
Never having competed at Le Mans.
Porchetta. You have to ask why?
Anything with my wife.
Michael Bublé.
I’m pretty good with pronunciation. It’s part of being an actor.
Humphrey Bogart.
Last week. (I have kids!)
Selena Gomez.
Twenty per cent.
Crime Machine by Giles Blunt
Porchetta sandwich!
Here lies Jason Priestley. He tried.
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