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24 December 2005 Series three of Sea of Souls kicks off in a fortnight. This is the second series you've done with Dawn Steele. Do you have a close relationship? Basically we are Craig and Justine in real life. We don't go hunting for ghosts or anything like that, but our rapport is essentially just the same. We are two people who get on great, who have a laugh, but have the capacity to nip at each other at the slightest thing. It's definitely a very brother and sister like relationship. Our characters Craig and Justine are getting along much better this series, but it's good because they still have little niggles and digs at each other in much the same way that Dawn and do. Sometimes the guest artists must come in and think we don't like each other, because we can be sat in make-up and bickering away - it must look quite odd. We just have a great camaraderie, I suppose. Bill Paterson is the father figure who breaks up our fights. Justine brings about quite a change of character in sceptical Craig this time. Explain... His eyes are opened to the possibilities ofthe paranormal world by what he experiences with Justine. He ends up being quite scared, because none of it fits in with his theories. It all deeply impacts on Craig and so there is a real change in him this series. He's still a bit cocksure, but he's slightly more mature and if he does put his foot in it, he at least tries to make amends. I think there is a shift in the psyche of people and more of us are open to the idea that the paranormal is possible. Personally I choose to believe in the paranormal, I'm hugely interested in it and I've been to various psychic events. reveals the Glaswegian actor. Coming from Scotland I grew up with lots of ghost and ghoulie stories, but would never take part in a seance, which is the focus of the opening episode. I think we are playing with fire if we get too involved. If you don't understand electricity, you shouldn't open up a fuse box. We hear the new series is action packed... Yeah, there's a lot more action this time around and, like most blokes, I always love the chance to run around and pretend to be Indiana Jones saving the world. In one episode had to do a car chase, then I found myself kicking a door down, having a fight and smacking a mirror over someone's head he new episodes were really exciting to film. They are very scary and full of tension, but at the same time there's room for wit. The scripts are fantastic, really enjoyed reading them and wasn't even thinking of them within a work context - they were just thrilling to read, which is always a good sign. It's so good to be in a show that I'd want to watch as well Any other work coming up? play a sleazy journalist in Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction. Most of my scenes were with David Morrissey, so I didn't really have much to do with Sharon Stone. But I'm also going to be playing Romeo in Romeo & Juliet at The Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow in February. It's my first romantic lead, so I really am chuffed to bits to get the part and can't wait to get cracking on it.
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