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I was born in Montreal, but I live in Toronto now. I moved from Montreal to England when I was 13. Returned to Canada when I was 18 (4 years ago).   This is the first film I've been in, but I have skated in front of cameras before (television and skating shows).  
It was a lot of fun, but hard work. The skating
sequences had to be shot from midnight to 9 in the
morning at the arena.
I was on the ice for 6 and 7 hours straight, but it
was a great learning experience.
Kristina is a skater who has great artistic ability,
but no confidence in that, so she tries to put all the
pressure on her jumps which are not her strong point.
In the film she battles herself and the pressures of
her stepfather, who is one of the film's bad guys.
  I skated at Mariposa, Elvis' [Stojko] former skating club, and I met Glen Doyle there. I worked with Glen for about a year, and when this film came up he suggested me for the role.   I was cast for my skating ability, but the director ended up giving me a few more scenes so my character is more constant throughout the film. So there are some solid acting scenes.   I've been skating for about 16 years.   I competed in Canada and England, and was on the British Senior National Team. I won the Scottish Junior Championship and was Silver medallist for the British Championships.   I've done a few European shows as a guest skater.   Right now I just do my own choreography, but eventually I hope to choreograph for young skaters.   I skated to the title track from the film. It was written and performed by Joan Kennedy who plays my mother.  
No, I actually skate while she sings, but the song
will be dubbed in for the final edit on the film.
Joan was on the ice with me while we filmed some of
the gala scenes.
 
Victoria Memorial Arena
[Lisa's note: The movie was filmed in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.]
  She was good. She has so much experience in film so I just followed her lead.  
Yep. Glen helped set up the camera angles for the
skating scenes. He worked with Jalal [the director] to try
and get the best angles.
Before we shot the scenes, I showed Glen my
choreography to make sure it was in line with the way
the story was written.
Glen was fun to work with. He's pretty kooky, but
super professional. I had a blast.
  When we were shooting the skating scenes for 'Sometimes A Hero', I was surprised at how much knowledge Glen had of the jumps. He could tell each one apart and never got them confused. He could even tell me what I did wrong when I messed up. I guess after being around Elvis so many years and watching all his practices, he learnt to distinguish them!  
Glen and Bryan Genesse were nuts!
They hadn't seen each other in about eight years, so when
they got together they got a little carried away. They
would run down the street acting crazy or doing their
kung fu moves, I can't remember laughing so much.
[Lisa's Note: Bryan Genesse also trained at the
Jing Mo Kung Fu Club as did Glen.]
  I don't teach right now, I want to leave that for later on. As for right now, I'm waiting to hear from a few skating tours to see what they're looking for, and there are rumours I might have another role in a film to begin shooting early 2001.   --Lisa T. Find out more about Roselle at her web site    
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