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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 18, 2007 - 27 Artscene Oakville Beaver · WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007 OAKVILLE MAIDS Call for Spring Cleaning Rates g 905.842.6243 27 Rent-A-Goalie scores with audiences By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Toronto's Little Italy and runs his own rent-a-goalie business on the side. It takes a special kind of person to "He's a guy who has done everywillingly use their body ­ head thing," Bolton said, "but he finds that included ­ to stop pucks flying at wrangling these guys is the hardest upwards of 100 km/h. job he's ever had." Christopher Bolton discovered By everything, Bolton means "he's pretty quickly he wasn't cut out to been an arms dealer, he's been a play between the pipes. antiquities auctioneer, he's been a "I didn't last long in net," said the bushman, he's been a bush pilot, he's former St. Ignatius of Loyola student, been a deejay, he's been a break smiling. "Having dancer, a race car pucks drilled at your "I was hanging out in driver ­ there's head and walking Italian coffee shops. I nothing he hasn't around in a con- was just starting to play done." stant state of shell hockey and so I was The second seashock is no fun. I son sees the café introduced to the world decided I wanted to reopen after a fire of rent-a-goalie -- play forward." set at the end of seaTo be a goalie, they're all pretty wacky" son one by jinxed the 36-year-old congoalie, Harry `Heytinued, "It takes a Christopher Bolton, O' Bontar. very crazy, quirky Rent-A-Goalie creator Goalies on personality." strike, rodents, These crazy personalities are, with business problems, a Tie Domi chariBolton, at the centre of a sitcom he ty event gone bad, guest stars includcreated, writes, executive produces ing Darryl Sittler, Phil and Tony and stars in on Showcase: Rent-A- Esposito, Mike Palmateer and Domi ­ Goalie. this is all part of season two, as Cake "It's a comedy about a bunch of tries to live by "the code" and make nut-bar goaltenders who hang out in an honourable living. a coffee shop," Bolton told The Bolton created Cake as "a comedic Oakville Beaver while on set in trumped up version" of himself, and Etobicoke, where they were wrapping the premise of the show is based on up shooting the second season, set to Bolton's own experiences. premiere in the fall. "I was hanging out in Italian cofBolton plays Cake ­ named after fee shops. I was just starting to play the Italian slang term for a Canadian hockey and so I was introduced to the ­ a role that earned him a 2007 world of rent-a-goalie ­ they're all ACTRA nomination for Outstanding pretty wacky," said Bolton, an avid Male Performance. hockey fan and player. See Filming page 28 Cake works at Café Primo in ASHLEA WESSEL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER ON SET: Christopher Bolton relaxes between scenes on the set of Rent-A-Goalie, a sit-com he created, co-produces, writes and stars in on Showcase. The 36-year-old plays Cake, who works at an Italian coffee shop in Toronto and runs a rent-a-goalie business on the side. Bolton and his crew are just wrapping up filming the second season. Compare our everyday prices Check us out... www.andersoncarpetandhome.com 686 Guelph Line, Burlington 905.639.0666