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TV Tidbits - MISSING SCHOOL: UNCSA GRAD CHERISHES EDUCATION
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Published: November 8, 2009
The new season of the syndicated series Legend of the Seeker starts tonight (7 p.m. on WMYV, channel 15), but for star Bridget Regan the season is already at the halfway mark.
Regan, a 2004 graduate of the UNC School of the Arts' School of Drama, was in the States last week on a publicity jaunt to promote Seeker before returning to film the show's 11th episode out of 22 that will be produced this season, the show's second.
The series is a fantasy-adventure that is filmed in New Zealand. She plays Kahlan, an enigmatic warrior who fights the forces of evil alongside a young woodsman and a wizard. "I got to do a swordfight the other day, which was really cool," Regan said in a phone interview.
Her favorite thing about the role, though, is having the opportunity to develop a character over time.
"I get to make a character grow, make her become stronger and stronger as new experiences come up for her," she said.
Regan, 27, speaks highly of her days at UNCSA and said she still keeps in touch with Gerald Freedman, the dean of the School of Drama. "I sometimes want to go back there, dress all in black and take another class," she said. "I love everything about the school. That time of my life is so precious to me.... It's taught me everything that I need to know."
Among the things she misses the most about North Carolina, she said, are sweet iced tea and Southern food. "I don't think New Zealand's ever even seen a hush puppy," she said.
In other UNCSA news, Anna Wood, a 2008 graduate of the School of Drama, has a guest role in tonight's episode of Cold Case, airing at 10 p.m. on CBS. She also attended high school at UNCSA and is a Mount Airy native. Ryan Carr, another School of Drama alumnus, appeared in the season opener of the series in September.
Several people from Forsyth County will be included in a UNC-TV special on philanthropy airing at 10 p.m. Monday. North Carolina Giving: Philanthropy Across Cultures & Communities looks at what UNC-TV describes as "ordinary people changing lives in extraordinary ways."
Among those featured in the hourlong program are Winston-Salem residents Renee Taylor and Natasha Gore, who are founding members of a group that pools its resources to help various causes. Also featured are Kernersville residents Maria and Francisco Rodriguez. They are part of a group from the same hometown in Mexico and hold fundraising events to help people back there.
Coming to DVD on Tuesday: the second volume of the lively cartoon Batman: The Brave and the Bold, with UNCSA alumnus Diedrich Bader providing the voice of Batman; the second season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians; the complete series run of the bawdy Canadian comedy series Show Me Yours; and a complete series boxed set of Dawson's Creek, a teen drama that was filmed in Wilmington.
tclodfelter@wsjournal.com.
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