Canadian actor Kevin Zegers, who appears tonight on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and talks about his new post-apocalyptic thriller, The Colony. In this clip, Kevin addresses his fight against alcoholism and credits his recent return to the spotlight with being clean and sober. He also talks about his upcoming wedding to Hollywood agent, Jaime Feld.
Here’s a preview of the interview:
But once I actually got sober, which was two years ago, funny enough, things start falling back into the order they were before. Because I’ve never moment where I said “I’m really worried I’m not going to make it as an actor.” Or I never thought maybe I should take a couple of courses in something else, in case this … so I never had – that’s probably just ignorance, but it’s also belief that if I’m doing what I need to be doing, there’ll be a place for me.
GS: Which is more daunting; being in Hollywood, or marrying an agent?
KZ: Ummm – I happened to have found the coolest chick. I really didn’t want to get married – I feel like when you get sober your life starts – so I’m really like 2 years old..
GS: But what a good two. I’ve been straight edge for 18 years now and I’ll tell you it’s a different reality.
KZ: It is. And I’ve always said – if you can hire somebody – hire the sober guy, because he’s really been a mess before but he knows hard work and honesty and all that stuff that we never did when we were drinking.
Umm – so I just happened to be with the coolest chick I know. She’s an agent so she’s also a baller – she definitely has the ‘ oomph’ in the family. Cause I’m all like “whoa – let’s all calm down, let’s make peace here,” and she’s like “Screw that. This is the way it’s going to be, if someone treated you like this …”
So I’m actually really not worried about being married – I’m worried about getting married, I’m worried about the 275 people and like do I put my uncle next to Reese Witherspoon? That’s what I’m worried about.
