The British, the Scots and other Europeans have come. Yes, more of the old world's finest and fairest have invaded, if not yet completely conquered, fall television. Leading the pack as the central star of the established
House is
Hugh Laurie. Then we have a fresh influx of imports for freshman fare including
Damian Lewis on
Life,
Michelle Ryan on
Bionic Woman,
Sophia Myles on
Moonlight and
Kevin McKidd on
Journeyman. As regular headliners in their respective programs, stars like them have had little recourse but to uproot themselves and their significant others to the U.S., at least while their shows remain on the air.
Kevin McKidd and his young family have made such a move to sunny, amber-bathed Los Angeles, where they have chosen to put up roots for at least the next five years, while Kevin stars as the
Journeyman.
"I was still undecided as to whether I wanted to commit to the whole five-year thing, but then I thought this may not come around again," the 34-year old Elgin-born McKidd confessed.
"There was a lot of soul searching,” McKidd added. “You talk about it and say 'Are we game for this as a family?' and we just went 'Yeah we are'. The kids are still young and my wife's a really cool woman who is adventurous, so we decided to give it a shot.”
The
Journeyman star jokingly admitted that even now, he has already taken a shine to the warm and friendly West Coast.
"There's this whole British thing where you hate to admit that you actually quite like it out here, but actually it's quite nice,” McKidd kidded. “The weather's nice and people aren't miserable when you're getting your petrol. I love Britain and I miss Scotland, but sometimes it can drive you nuts. This place can drive you nuts too because everybody is so nice."
He even had a quirky little anecdote concerning their rather tempestuous arrival.
"We had our first earthquake recently," he said. "There's not been a tremor in six years and there was one the week after we arrived in the middle of the night.”
Of course, the Scotsman in McKidd still endures, with the actor threatening to unleash what may be considered as their most interesting and (in)famous gastronomic fare on his unwitting American neighbors and friends.
"On Burns Night [January 25, in celebration of the birth of Scotland's national poet, Robbie Burns] I'm going to cook for everyone on
Journeyman and force feed them haggis."
-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: dailyrecord.co.uk
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