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AUNT URGED ANDREWS TO PURSUE ACTING

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NORTH. VANCOUVER? § Real Andrews wants to exchange
the clothes. of a model’ for those of an actor.”

The 23-year-¢ Id. -rising . star of.
modelling ‘Stage : and’: Hollywood...
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By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
News Reporter

says, told him to stick it out. His.
. career took off.

North: Vancouver, has been stroll- He has: since become one of.
“ing: ‘up the -showbiz ladder of suc-. Toronto’s most sought ‘after miale
cess ever: since he took’a perceptive models. His acting career, original-
aunt’ 's advice” _and # decided - "ly a casual offshoot of his modell-

ing notoriety, has taken a turn for
the serious.

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He:. played _ television’. ‘series, such ‘ as: Night
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ung’ out: with: his actor He was initially hired for his
Syl a looks, but has .hung on with’ a te-
» nacity borne of a desire to’ be’more
than just another pretty face. .
‘Aunt Evelyn urged him *. Andrews’ says he likes modelling
get..into modelling, Andrews -— it pays the bills — but it has its
says, he had never considered pur- creative limits.
aS ‘*Models do not really have any
asa jock. ‘My’ ‘girl-friend © lasting impact on people. Really,
was: an actor, .We.didn't trespass you’re just a face and a: ‘body.’ But °
on each other’s territories.’” * as an actor, you can have an effect
. “But Andrews took. the plunge. on people, they look to you as a
‘He knocked around Vancouver for person who-has achieved some-
two years trying, to make a modell- thing. I am a model by profession,
ing.go of it, but things didn’t hap- but an actor at heart.”®
pen fast ‘enough. -The city, just did Andrews, whose personality re-
not. have ‘the work; 3 “ ‘mains. genuine and unaffected by
“He: moved’ to Toronto” in' 1983. his: ‘burgeoning success, says it is
fter getting’a call from one of the ~ time to roll the big showbiz dice...
city’s modelling agencies. .:.- - ‘He woke up recently and decided
‘It. was really. scary: at. first, that September. was the month to
e° Td “never ‘really — -been go to Los Angeles and market Real
re before and I ‘guess you'd Andrews as an actor... ; -
; op N still. be modelling, . but ac-.
ting is my Tain thing now. I think
hm ready.”

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