Montreal native Jay Baruchel is arguably one of the hottest new breakout actors in Hollywood. If you've seen How To Train Your Dragon, Million Dollar Baby, Tropic Thunder, She's Out of My League, Knocked Up, Almost Famous or Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, you've seen Baruchel's work. And when I had the chance to meet him today, it was refreshing to see that he remains an incredibly modest, no-frills person despite having achieved a significant amount of fame. In fact, today for his CBC interview with George Stroumboulopoulous on The Hour, he walked from his hotel to the studio. Kindly, he took a moment out to pose for a picture with me and I am extremely honoured. It is no secret that Baruchel is well on his way to becoming the next Tom Hanks of his generation. He's awkward, funny, personable yet headstrong.
For this evening's Scotiabank Theatre premiere of latest comedy The Trotsky, he did a round of press after a hectic promotional itinerary which saw him visit MuchMusic Headquarters and CBC prior to arriving at his premiere. Running late, he didn't get a chance to introduce the film with his fellow cast members, but he did pop by afterwards to field some questions post-screening.
