Source:
Jewish Tribue [follow link for complete column]
WAREHOUSE 13 - JEWISH TRIBUNE: Warehouse 13 – a vehicle made for Saul Rubinek
Written by
Joanne Hill
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
TORONTO – The hit TV series
Warehouse 13 is back on the air in Canada and its star,
Saul Rubinek, couldn’t be happier. “
I’m a Canadian,” Rubinek told the Jewish Tribune, “
and I’m proud of the fact that we’re filming in Canada. I feel blessed and I’m very lucky at my age that the role found me.”
In addition to being filmed in Canada, the top-rated
Warehouse 13 features four Canadian actors in leading roles. As is often the case with TV shows and films made in Canada, the series is set in the United States, and Canadian sites are dressed to resemble American locales. Many of the show’s scenes are shot on location around Toronto; for example, keen-eyed viewers of Season 2’s winter holiday episode will recognize the food court at the Promenade Shopping Centre...
... From its first season,
Warehouse 13 has consistently earned the highest ratings of any scripted show in the SyFy network’s 18-year history. It is watched in about 30 million homes in 20-30 countries around the world, Rubinek said. He credited the show’s broad demographic appeal to its wit and its focus on the relationships between the characters. Although it’s made by SyFy, the show does not feature space aliens or intergalactic travel.
“
We are more a show as if it were written by Jules Verne by way of Raiders of the Lost Ark by way of Robert Louis Stevenson. It’s funny, smart and attractive to families.”
Rubinek said he and his fellow actors, for whom he had high praise, look forward to doing a read-through of the script prior to rehearsals.
“
It’s like a page-turner, it’s like a thriller: we don’t know what’s going to happen next. We walk a tightrope: any scene can go in any direction at any time...”
