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The role so nice, Tennant played it twice By Kate O'Hare © Zap2it It's a drizzly May day on a beach outside of the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada. When the sun breaks out, piles of soaked logs down on the sand start to steam, filling the air with mist. Down near the waterline, the cast of Fox's murder drama "Gracepoint," premiering Thursday, Oct. 2, are doing a photo shoot, as a camera drone flies overhead. The story of "Gracepoint" begins on a beach, where a young boy is found dead. If that sounds familiar, it's because it's also the starting point of the British-produced BBC America drama "Broadchurch," upon which "Gracepoint" is based. Toward the end of the day, after more bits of sun, interspersed with rain, star David Tennant, dressed in his detective uniform of suit, badge, overcoat and three-day scruff, comes into a tent to talk to reporters. If this also sounds familiar, it's because the Scottish actor starred in "Broadchurch" as well, playing essentially the same character, a big-city police detective transplanted to a small seaside town, only now with a different name but the showrunners for the Fox version are the husband-and-wife team of Anya Epstein and Dan Futterman. If the "Gracepoint" producers were looking for a David Tennant-type to play Carver, apparently they couldn't do better than the original. "As it turns out," says Tennant, "I'm about the only one there is. I daresay they could have gone different ways, and Alec Hardy and Emmett Carver didn't need to look the same, but it turns out that they do. "So, yeah, it just felt like it was such an unusual opportunity, and yet had so many positives attached to it, that it was something of a no-brainer in the end, I guess." "Gracepoint" features characters and storylines not featured in "Broadchurch," and Tennant can't assume Carver has all the same issues as his U.K. counterpart. "Carver's past is shrouded in mystery," he says, "so quite what happened to him before he came to Gracepoint, what it has done to him, and where it might take him in the future, you don't want to get too specific, because it doesn't help the storytelling." As for the ending, Epstein and Futterman have said it's different from the ending of the U.K. show, but, as Tennant says, "They could be lying; it could be a double bluff." "Gracepoint" premieres Thursday on Fox. The setting is also different, since Gracepoint is in Northern California, not the U.K.'s Dorset coast. Carver's still partnered with local Detective Ellie Miller, but here she's played by Anna Gunn ("Breaking Bad," "Deadwood"). Filling out the rest of the Fox cast are Michael Pena, Kevin Zegers, Nick Nolte, Jacki Weaver, Kevin Rankin, Sarah-Jane Potts and Josh Hamilton. "Broadchurch" creator Chris Chibnall wrote the "Gracepoint" pilot, — Emmett Carver — and a different nationality — American. 2 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • September 29 - October 5, 2014 KARAOKE!!! FRIDAY 9:30 PM – MIDNIGHT! AY FRIDAY GHT! 9:30 PM – MIDNIGHT 9:30 PM – MIDNIGHT 9:30 PM – MIDNIGHT! KA KARA RAOK OKE!!! KARAOK OKE! E!!! !! KA KARA RAOK OK OK OKE! E! E! E!!! !! !! FRIDAY FRIDAY Maple City Bowl 1300 W. PIKE ST. • GOSHEN, IN 46526 574-533-8564 www.MapleCityBowl.com at... COSMIC BOWLING HOURS... FRI. 9:30 PM – 12:00 AM SAT. 1:00 – 3:00 PM & 8 PM – MIDNIGHT BUY ONE GAME GET ONE FREE EXP 12-31-14 Say It On Page 2 Of The • Announcements • Birthdays • Memorials • Special Events • Congratulations Advertisements must be paid in advance. Contact us for deadlines and prices. 574-533-2151 or 800-487-2151 ext. 398

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