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May 23 - 29, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actress on "Hawaii Five-0" (2) 8. "The Wayans __." (1995-99) 9. "The Big __ With Donny Deutsch" (2004-08) 10. Actress on "Chicago Med" (2) 14. Peruvian Indian 15. Antlered animal 16. Allen, for one 17. Bedspring 18. "Beyond the __"; 2004 Kevin Spacey movie 19. Mothers of lambs 20. "__ a Crooked Ship"; 1961 Robert Wagner film 24. Hallucinogen, for short 27. Russian-born French fashion designer 28. "Hollywood Squares" win 29. __ Hope 32. Read over quickly 33. "60 Minutes" host (2) 36. __-friendly; easy to operate 37. Actor Jannings 38. Actor on "Grimm" (2) DOWN 1. George Burns' love 2. "The __"; E! drama series for Elizabeth Hurley 3. "Life __ __ House"; 2001 Kevin Kline film 4. "The __-Up Artist"; 1987 Molly Ringwald movie 5. "Much __ About Nothing" 6. Takes a break 7. Holmes or Couric 8. "If You Don't Know Me __ __"; 1972 song 11. ABC followers 12. Actor Molinaro 13. "I __ __ Fugitive from a Chain Gang"; Paul Muni film 14. "__ Age"; blockbuster 2002 movie 20. "__ Street" 21. Role on "All in the Family" 22. "Clarissa Explains __ __" (1991-94) 23. Mr. Goodman 24. Krakow's land: abbr. 25. __ d'Alene, Idaho 26. 1993 Mario Van Peebles film 29. Titanic's downfall 30. Syllable from Nanny Fran Fine 31. Streisand's initials 34. Piece of chicken 35. __ Aviv Solution on page 2. CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it By joining "Wayward Pines," Jason Patric is moving into new territory in multiple ways. The movie and theater actor ("Rush," "The Lost Boys," his father Jason Miller's play "That Cham- pionship Season") — and grandson of television icon Jackie Gleason — makes his series debut in Season 2 of Fox's eerie, M. Night Shyamalan-pro- duced suspense show based on Blake Crouch's books when it begins Wednesday, May 25. Suc- ceeding previous star Matt Dillon, Patric plays Dr. Theo Yedlin, a maritally troubled Boston surgeon new to the Idaho town where the young First Generation is in control and threatens the elders ... and the rest of the hu- man race. "Homeland" alum Nim- rat Kaur plays Yedlin's wife Rebecca, and Djimon Hounsou ("Blood Dia- mond") also joins the cast as CJ Mitchum, a found- ing resident of Wayward Pines whose thorough knowledge of the locale proves useful. First-sea- son returnees include Terrence Howard ("Em- pire"), Carla Gugino (who also stars this summer in Showtime's upcoming "Roadies"), Hope Davis, Toby Jones, Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Shannyn Sossamon, Tom Stevens and Charlie Tahan. "It's a challenge, there's no question," Patric says of his new undertaking. "I've spent over 30 years doing stage and screen, where I have a two-hour arc. I understand what that is and where it goes, and how to add things and how to be fresh with it. To do something that goes 10 episodes and 10 hours is different. With a lot of people who have been successful in doing shows, they're primarily playing an obvious part of themselves, I think. "Because this charac- ter in 'Wayward Pines' is very cinematic, I really wanted to approach it the same way I would a film," notes Patric. "When you show up on the set (in Vancouver), the produc- tion value is amazing, and it's indistinguishable from movies I've done. You just approach it that way, and as I would with any other role, I'm trying to find the behavioral realism to this man." "Wayward Pines" makes that particularly challenging for Patric, given the saga's surreal nature. He acknowledges his character is "put in an extraordinary situation that strains belief. I also try to look at it as (being) any man. If you or anyone else was just dropped in here, and the last thing you remembered was be- ing on a beach with your wife and someone tried to tell you that you were 2000 years in the future, you would not believe it. No one would. They only believe it on television." While TV work may be new to him, it certainly runs in the family of Pat- ric, whose other movies have included "Narc," "Sleepers" and "Speed 2: Cruise Control." His mother, Linda Miller, starred with Ralph Waite ("The Waltons") in the ear- ly-1980s CBS show "The Mississippi" — and Patric has nothing but respect for Gleason's legacy, built on the classic sitcom "The Honeymooners" and a long-running CBS variety show. "I've always eschewed any form of nepotism, so I never spoke about" that family tie, Patric reflects. "Some of my peers had familial connections that I found they exploited, and that's fine, but it's not something I ever wanted. I've forged a different path, and it just doesn't come up, so it's not as if I hide it. (Gleason) was absolutely a 20th-century genius, one of a small group in that pantheon of entertainment who went beyond that and became a cultural phenomenon." Pleased to see his career getting "a re- birth" after several years largely spent away from it, Patric watched only the "Wayward Pines" pilot before starting work on the show, since he wanted the same sense of freshness his alter ego has in the situation. "You're forced to be on your toes and be present, because every moment is something new and you don't know what's going to happen next. It's good in a sense, after all these years, to break out of any leaning on technique that you know you have and that can get you through things." Season 2 of "Wayward Pines" starts on Fox. Jason Patric moves to 'Wayward Pines' as Season 2 begins

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