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Pat DonnellyMontreal Gazette
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Actor Eric Peterson, who plays the cranky Oscar Leroy to such perfection in the award-winning Canadian television series, is now appearing as a Second World War veteran named Patrick in a poignant retirement-home drama titled Half Life, by John Mighton, at Montreal's flagship anglophone theatre.
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But Peterson, who created the role of Patrick earlier that year, was shooting Corner Gas at the time and had to be replaced by Les Carlson.
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For Patrick in Half Life, he slicks down his hair, dons a different pair of glasses, and within seconds becomes 20 years older.
While posing for a Gazette photo, he joked that a leg injury sustained last weekend while skating on Beaver Lake was just part of his process.Nothing like a good limp to help an actor age up.To his chagrin, he does not need makeup for this role.
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What do Patrick and Oscar have in common?