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Press - 2005
Courting the 'Princess'
Dark-haired, blue-eyed, 20-year-old hottie Trevor Blumas, a native of London,
Ontario, Canada, is no stranger to ice. He skis, snowboards and, as a young boy
in Canada, of course, played hockey. Falling in love with figure skaters,
however, is new to him. Trevor landed the much coveted role of Michelle
Trachtenberg's love interest in the new Disney film Ice Princess.
Trained in theater work, the young actor made his mark in television movies on
PAX, Showtime and HBO. You might have caught him in Pax's series "Little Men" or
a recent telefilm "Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story". When "Princess" was
shooting in Toronto, Marc enjoyed showing his co-stars Michelle and Hayden
Panettiere the local fun spots. Now, at home in L.A. where he has lived for two
years, Trevor dropped by Century City to chat with us about his current film,
future projects, his band's CD and… Zamboni lessons? Picture him in brown shirt
over a lighter brown tee.
TeenHollywood: Did you know how to drive a Zamboni? (that's the machine that
smoothes out the ice at rinks)
Trevor: No. I didn't know how to drive it at all. When I flew into Toronto about
two weeks before shooting, I started training with Scott who was the maintenance
guy at the rink we used. So, he taught me how to drive. But I ended up doing all
the floods normally for the girls right before they skated in the morning. I
would come early and flood the rink for them. It was fun.
TeenHollywood: How hard is it to drive? It's kind of awkward.
Trevor: It's actually not bad. You'd think you would slip on the ice and you
don't. It's pretty amazing. The hard thing is there's a lot of gears and working
out how much water to lay down and you have to angle the blade right depending
on how much ice you want to take off. There was a pattern too when you leave the
bay. You do the rink in a certain pattern so you don't leave any bare ice. It's
called flooding.
TeenHollywood: All the young girls in the audience at our screening were excited
when you got to kiss Michelle. Are you ready to be a big heartthrob?
Trevor: (shy smile) I guess. I hadn't really thought about it. I'll go along for
the ride, I guess.
TeenHollywood: You came down here to the States pretty much alone. How scary was
that?
Trevor: It was really intimidating because, when I graduated high school, I
wasn't sure what I wanted. I applied to universities but I had an opportunity to
come down so I took that. It was pretty scary for pretty much a year. I didn't
know anyone at all. I made friends through the college (Santa Monica City
College) but it was really intimidating.
TeenHollywood: How was this role brought to your attention and did you have to
audition with Michelle?
Trevor: Actually, it's strange. I had auditioned for it in January of last year
and there had been a lot of switch-overs with the directors. I was put on hold
for almost two months and then they brought me in and I met with Michelle in
March and after that, things started coming together.
TeenHollywood: How did that go? Was she friendly?
Trevor: Yeah. She'd obviously been attached to the project a lot longer and was
a lot more familiar. And she was really good at making me feel comfortable and
it was a lot of fun. And, I think there's a lot of charisma between us which I
think helped the film.
TeenHollywood: How was working with Michelle? Did you discuss the relationship
you would have in the film?
Trevor: It kind of just happened. Michelle is so much fun. She's an awesome girl
and we really became good friends on the set. She walked into Casey's role and
same with me and it just kind of happened like that on film, the chemistry. We
had lots of fun and I think that shows.
TeenHollywood: Had you ever seen her in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'?
Trevor: I watched a little bit of it, yeah. My sisters were fans so I got to see
her fairly often. It was fun. It was a good show. I know it had huge, loyal
support. I never followed it enough to understand the total cult drama of it I
guess but I enjoyed it.
TeenHollywood: Did she ever talk about it on the set?
Trevor: Yeah. She talked about it a little bit. I think she wants to move on.
That was her past and she's moving on to being the star of a Disney movie now. A
lot of people who are huge fans obviously asked her about it.
TeenHollywood: Did you have to audition with a lot of other young guys who look
just like you?
Trevor: This audition wasn't like others because that's how most of them are. I
didn't really get to see any of the other guys who were up for it. That was kind
of nice I guess because it takes the pressure off a little bit.
TeenHollywood: What do you like to do when not working?
Trevor: One of the first things that I did when I came down was buy a surf board
and I took up surfing. I like to do that all the time and snow boarding too.
Those are my two favorite things.
TeenHollywood: Favorite beach?
Trevor: I like Malibu a lot, yeah.
TeenHollywood: What is your interest in ice skating? Do you think guys like this
sport?
Trevor: I'd always watched figure skating on the Olympics. My sisters and my mom
were always more into it. But, I know there is a huge fan following among males
too. I know Elvis Stoijko is a Canadian athlete and Brian Boitano was in the
movie. They're very popular too. You don't even need to figure skate to enjoy
this movie. I think you'll leave having a greater appreciation of figure
skating. But, it's just a really fun movie. There are lots of really cool figure
skating sequences. I think anyone will be in awe of the stuff these girls can
do.
TeenHollywood: You had a British director who knew nothing about figure skating.
Trevor: You wouldn't know that though. I think he totally did his research. When
I got on the set he was an expert already and he had Jamie, the choreographer of
the movie, who was there teaching him everything like the lutzes and the loops
and the jump names and understanding what they were. So, I think, by the end of
it, Tim (Fywell) could probably commentate an ice skating event.
TeenHollywood: In real life would you be more attracted to the prom queen type
or the brainy math girl?
Trevor: Obviously, we'd have to associate on some level. I love reading and
learning so she'd have to be interested in a lot of similar stuff.
Do you have a girlfriend now?
Trevor: Well, I'm seeing someone.
TeenHollywood: We hear you are a musician as well as an actor.
Trevor: Music is probably my biggest passion. My dad was a musician while I was
growing up and I went to an art school so I had to play several different
instruments. After my first acting job ever, I bought my first guitar and now I
have a collection of guitars. I played in a band in Canada and we just released
a CD last year.
TeenHollywood: Cool! Did you have to give that up or do you still do it on the
side?
Trevor: When I was living in Canada, I was the lead singer of the band. I came
down here and continued to be the main songwriter for the band. Then, went back
to Canada and recorded with the guys, some vocals and instrument work on the CD.
But, I had written most of the songs. Now, I'm working on my own recording some
of my own stuff.
TeenHollywood: What was the name of the band and the CD?
Trevor: The band was called Stalefish, after a snowboarding term, and the CD was
called 'Utopian Theory'. The label was independent. We released it ourselves.
Calamity Records I guess. You can get it on the internet.
TeenHollywood: Was it a hometown band for you?
Trevor: They were all my friends from high school actually. They're still my
friends. I had known the guys growing up and we just came together and it worked
out really well. We ended up getting a producer.
TeenHollywood: What kind of music do you listen to?
Trevor: I listen to everything. You can ask me now what my favorite bands are
and they will be different next month but Radiohead is one of my favorite bands.
Sublime, here in California is one of my favorite bands. Lately, I've been
listening to a lot of British music, a lot of underground hip hop too.
TeenHollywood: Did you and the girls in the movie hang out a lot when you
weren't working?
Trevor: Yeah. We did, actually. In Toronto, they put us up in the same building.
I knew the girls were sort of new to Toronto and I had grown up an hour and a
half South so I wasn't a stranger and I kind of did the job of showing them
around the city and going to spots I new they'd like. We hung out and it was a
lot of fun. It was summertime so we went to Canada's Wonderland which is like
Six Flags Magic Mountain here. That's always fun. There are a lot of cool
restaurants and stores downtown that the girls enjoyed.
TeenHollywood: What do you want to do on a date?
Trevor: Nothing fancy, I guess. More just a place to talk where there are no
distractions. Really just sit down and get to know her. I think the beach is a
pretty cool place to take her. I know it sounds kind of cheesy and romantic, but
sitting on the beach watching the sunset or whatever. Or sitting out on the
water on surfboards. Or going to a concert, something we both enjoy.
TeenHollywood: How much did you talk to Kim Cattrall about your mom/son
relationship?
Trevor: When Kim came into Toronto, she came so prepared. She was Tina down to
the core. We talked about our relationship. We decided that I would kind of take
over as the father figure because we didn't have a dad that I would be a lot
more like her than Hayden's character would be so I had a better understanding
of her and her position. Just the protective male of the family I guess.
TeenHollywood: Was there a discussion of the single parent element of this
movie? Both families have only one parent.
Trevor: I know, for a Disney movie, it's fairly risqué taking it away from the
family structure. But, I think that makes this movie a lot stronger too; that
bond between the mothers and daughters. It was talked about and I think they
made it really work well.
TeenHollywood: Do you play hockey?
Trevor: I did, as a kid. A lot of my friends still do but I ended up not
continuing with it. A Canadian boy, you have to play hockey.
TeenHollywood: So you feel comfortable on the ice?
Trevor: Yeah, I do. I can skate. I know there's a Hollywood hockey league. My
manager plays in it. He loves it but I've never been to any of the games. I
might just try to see if some pick-up games might be fun.
TeenHollywood: What current director are you dying to work with?
Trevor: Danny Boyle, I really like his stuff. Guy Ritchie and Alexander Payne I
think.
TeenHollywood: Do you like British directors for some reason?
Trevor: I just like the movies and the stories and the way they work with actors
or the way it appears they work with actors. Clint Eastwood too. An actor's
director I guess.
TeenHollywood: Are you signed for a possible 'Ice Princess 2'?
Trevor: No, I'm not but it would be interesting to know if they've been
considering that. It would be fun for sure.
TeenHollywood: Have you done any comments on the DVD?
Trevor: Yeah, actually yesterday I was doing DVD commentary for the movie. Me,
Michelle and Hayden and Kirsten Olson, one of the figure skaters, we got to sit
down and do it. We just watched the movie and just kind of talked about the
adventure we had and our experiences of making the movie.
TeenHollywood: Was it harder than you expected it to be? Did you remember
things?
Trevor: It took a while, at first a little rusty. As soon as you have a
microphone hooked up, all of a sudden, you don't know what to say. Then, you get
into it and say whatever's on your mind. They can edit stuff out if you're
rambling on.
TeenHollywood: What are you doing next?
Trevor: I'm filming a movie called Fury. I'm going back to Canada again. It's an
independent film. I start that in April. They want to do the festival circuit so
it has to be ready by June for the Toronto Film Festival.
TeenHollywood: How did you get involved with that?
Trevor: Two years ago, I bought a script and the guy who wrote it, Rob Stefaniuk,
made a movie called Phil the Alien which got the highest honors at the Toronto
Film Festival last year and it's at Sundance and in Cannes now. So, all the
scripts he had written ended up getting picked up to be made and I owned one of
those scripts. So, they ended up asking me to produce and star in the movie. We
have a director. His name is Warren Sonada. He's a music video director. I guess
he's won lots of awards, MTV and music awards. He's Canadian.
TeenHollywood: This is the first time you've produced. What are your duties?
Trevor: Basically, I've been involved in all the (script) drafts through the
process and have a lot of creative say in casting. I just have a creative say in
all the stuff. When it comes to the business end, I want to know more about that
soon, but I don't so I'm just going to sit back on this one and watch how they
do it.
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