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he holiday season is an especially wonderful time of the year for Perdita "Perdie" Weeks, who was born on Christmas Day. Named after the heroine in William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, the British actress who plays Juliet Higgins on Magnum P.I. is looking forward to her first Yuletide in Hawai'i.
"I'm staying here, it's my first Christmas away from England," she explains. "But my sister (actress Honeysuckle Weeks) and her son are flying out to stay with me, so we'll have a bit of home."
On O'ahu since 2018 for filming of CBS' reboot of the 1980s classic, Weeks shares that she spent the last couple of winter breaks in the U.K., but the time difference, jet lag and lack of sleep was exhausting.
"I'm excited. A Hawaiian Christmas — Mele Kalikimaka!"
She's already designated herself sous chef and her sister the main chef, and is thinking about getting a Christmas tree. After all, she needs a place for the double amount of presents she receives each year. She tells us she doesn't need anything much in life, except for maybe a nice bottle of red wine — good wine and good company.
"Ordinarily when I'm with my family, they tend to give me my birthday presents on Christmas Eve just to sort of even it out," says Weeks. "That started happening when my siblings (she also has a brother named Rollo) would get jealous about how many presents I had.
"(Christmas) is the best birthday to have, honestly, because no one's working. Everyone's around, there's always loads of good food, everything looks pretty, the house always looks lovely, it smells nice and everyone is in a jolly mood."
Born in Cardiff, Wales, Weeks now lives in West Sussex, located in the English countryside, which is where she spent her extended seven-month hiatus from work due to the lockdown.
"I saw the beginning of autumn for the first time in a few years, it was great," she says. "We were pretty lucky. Where I'm from, there wasn't a huge amount of (COVID-19) cases."
In September, Magnum P.I. got the green light for cameras to start rolling again, and cast and crew were called back to set, with safety protocols in place, of course. Since returning, Weeks reveals that they're tested regularly, and someone is on-site checking that everyone is following COVID-19 safety guidelines, such as wearing a mask and physically distancing.
"Everyone is trying to keep each other safe and everyone's job safe," she says. "We just can't really afford to lose any more time, we're already so far behind schedule."
Before landing the female lead role on the reimagined Magnum P.I., Weeks had never been to the Hawaiian Islands.
"I was familiar with the (original) show but I didn't watch it—it was a bit before my time," she says. "But I was aware of it the way everyone is the red Ferrari, Hawai'i. That's how I knew about Hawai'i. The very existence of the place in my mind was connected to that show."
Four decades later, and the same captivating surroundings of O'ahu still exist; however, Honolulu's urban skyline has grown dramatically.
"It's very much more metropolitan than I was expecting, but then I went
to the North Shore and I was like, oh, this is Hawai'i," remembers Weeks. "It's great. It's also better than I thought. It's amazing to be able to live here. My favorite thing is the scenery for sure—it's just so beautiful.
"I love a good hike—the waterfalls, and the plant life is extraordinary. Also the topography, I couldn't live somewhere flat; and being next to the ocean on a daily basis. It's just bizarre to be so remote. You look at a map, and I'm like that's where I'm from, and now I'm two oceans away."
She's also grown accustomed to the cuisine of Hawai'i, particularly the Asian influences, such as Vietnamese food, and, of course, the abundance of fresh island fish.
"I love poke, that's a whole new thing. I never ate raw fish before I came here," says Weeks, adding she also likes spicy food. "I'm a pescatarian, I don't eat meat, but the fish here is so amazing. I love Merriman's. I love all the fun little places in Chinatown. Senia is great, and the chef (Anthony Rush) is a Brit. They have some great restaurants here, but I also love a food truck."
If you're lucky enough to share a meal with Weeks, be warned that her biggest pet peeve is bad table manners, such as smacking or eating with your mouth open, and rudeness to waiters.
Weeks' acting career started when she was just 6 years old, after being discovered, along with her sister and brother, by a children's talent agent. While attending boarding school in the south of England, her mom would take her to auditions in London.
She played Catriona Hartdegan in Showtime's Emmy Award-winning Penny Dreadful and was Mary Boleyn in The Tudors. She also starred in the 2014 American horror film As Above, So Below, and appeared in a number of TV series, including Rebellion, The Great Fire, Titanic, Lost in Austen and Midsomer Murders. As for the highlight of her career to date, she lists working with legendary film director Steven Spielberg on the 2018 film Ready Player One.
"He's the nicest person of all time; people say that, but it really is true," she says. "It was just extraordinary to see him work. And this (Magnum P.I.) has been amazing."
The new Magnum P.I., now in its third season, brought back the iconic red Ferrari and signature aloha shirts. But there were some noticeable differences, including the gender swap of Jonathan Higgins, the character originally portrayed by the late John Hillerman. It's now Juliet Higgins, "majordomo" turned boss (as we learned in the season two finale) for the luxurious Robin's Nest estate.
"I'm far less tough than she is and far more apologetic, but she's so fun to play," says Weeks. "She might have brought out something in me that potentially wasn't there to begin with this sort of tough aspect and quite forthright and headstrong."
As for the fancy cars, detective skills and ability to fight, Weeks can some what relate. She grew up playing sports (netball, tennis, field hockey and swimming) and credits her undeniably toned arms to "a lot" of pushups and lifting weights. She calls herself clumsy but loves to jump off high things and tries to do as much of her own stunts as possible, however, she likes to leave going through tables or glass doors and fast driving scenes to the professionals.
"My car here is very normal—a soccer mom car, you would never look twice at it, which is kind of why I got it and I love it," she confesses.
Like fellow Brit Higgins, Weeks is also well educated. She studied art history at the prestigious The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, with dreams of becoming an art curator for a gallery.
During her downtime on set, Weeks enjoys reading, and lists David Mitchell, Ian McEwan, Iain Banks and Sebastian Faulks as some of her favorite authors.
"I like sort of historical fiction," she says. "My historical knowledge is pretty terrible, so if I can read a great novel that's set in a historical period of time that I don't know anything about, I'm very keen on that."
As for the current chapter of her life, fans can count on Weeks to continue fighting an endless supply of bad guys on screen, while creating new memories off screen.
"The people I've met and the things I've gotten the chance to do, and living in Hawai'i, it's been quite something," she says. "When I first got here, it was hard, just being so far away from friends and family. But, I got very lucky with the cast and crew. I have my Hawai'i family now, which I'm very thankful for."


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Davis-Besse's future coming down to the wire
Daniel Carson
The News-Messenger
CARROLL TOWNSHIP - Russ Zimmerman's first visit to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station came before it opened, when he spent a month there in the 1970s as a young electrician installing grounding grids and underground conduits.
The Sandusky County commissioner remembered there were safety concerns about Davis-Besse at the time, as well as hopes about what the nuclear plant would bring to the region in terms of good-paying jobs and clean energy.
More than 40 years later, Davis-Besse still employs more than 600 workers and supplies about 90 percent of Ohio's clean power.
Plant officials insist the plant could run for at least 20 more years, with more than $1 billion in improvements made at Davis-Besse over the last decade.
"There's a lot of life in that plant yet. Why would you close it?" Zimmerman said.
Supporters like Zimmerman hope state lawmakers see the need to save the hundreds of jobs and approve emissions credit legislation that allows Davis-Besse and the Perry Nuclear Power Station near Cleveland to stay financially competitive with other energy producers.
In about two months, the plant's owner FirstEnergy Solutions will decide whether it will purchase the fuel required for Davis-Besse's next refueling in February 2020 or proceed with the plant's scheduled closing.
Time is running out to keep Ohio's nuclear plants running, with the Ottawa County facility scheduled for deactivation in May 2020 and the Lake County site in 2021.
The need for state legislation this year that helps both nuclear plants has collided with FirstEnergy Solutions' bankruptcy proceedings
FirstEnergy Solutions announced Thursday the company's plan to submit a revised disclosure statement for a proposed plan of reorganization.
FES spokesman Tom Becker said the company expects to emerge from bankruptcy sometime this year, but still needs the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio and creditors to approve the company's reorganization plan.
Proposed legislation would add surcharges to utility bills
Ottawa County Commissioner Mark Stahl worked with FES and the County Commissioners Association of Ohio to organize a tour of Davis-Besse on Wednesday.
Stahl said he'd heard there was going to be legislation introduced in the Ohio House within the next seven to 10 days that would potentially help Davis-Besse and Perry.
The online site Energy News Network published a story Friday that said a draft piece of legislation will be introduced in the Ohio House to save the nuclear plants and that it would add up to $300 million annually to electric bills across the state.
That draft legislation would create a state clean air program and set aside about $180 million for FES' two nuclear plants.
It would add a $2.50 per month surcharge to every residential customer's bill, a $20 per month surcharge to every commercial customer's bill, and a $250 monthly charge to every industrial customer's bill, according to the nonprofit online news site.
Neil Waggoner, a campaign representative for Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign in Ohio, described the draft legislation as a "farce."
He said in an email Friday that it would it force Ohioans to pay more each month on their electric bills to bail out old nuclear plants that are losing money now and will only continue to lose money in the future. It would also "effectively kill current programs that are driving money-saving energy efficiency investments and clean energy development," Waggoner added.
Waggoner called for a comprehensive energy agenda that "did not reward First Energy's bad business decisions."
Rep. Steve Arndt, R-Port Clinton, said Friday afternoon that no legislation specifically pertaining to Davis-Besse or Perry has been introduced in the House.
Arndt said he was not aware of any legislation like the draft bill obtained by the Energy News Network.
The state representative noted there are historical examples of coal and natural gas plants closing in Ohio without legislative assistance or financial intervention by the state.
He said legislators were talking about forward-looking legislation that looked at a comprehensive, long-term energy policy for the state, with it likely to be introduced within the next two weeks.
Arndt added that legislators shouldn't draft legislation specific to one energy plant or form of energy.
"If good policy is crafted and assists them, then that's a wonderful thing," Arndt said.
The state representative has been a longtime supporter of Davis-Besse and talked about his proposed "fuel security resiliency" legislation at a June 2018 town hall meeting in Elmore. That bill would have required 18 months of fuel on site or a five-year contract with a fuel source.
Potential impacts of Davis-Besse closure
In April 2018, economic research firm The Brattle Group conducted a study for Nuclear Matters, a nuclear energy advocacy group, that examined the potential impacts from prematurely closing Davis-Besse, Perry and the twin-reactor Beaver Valley plant in Pennsylvania.
With these plants operating, customers' annual gross electricity costs could be as much as $400 million lower in Ohio and $285 million in Pennsylvania, according to the study.
Across all of PJM Interconnection's regional transmission area (13 states and Washington D.C.), electricity costs could be as much as $1.5 billion lower if Davis-Besse and the other sites stayed open, the study said.
David Griffing, FES' vice president of governmental affairs, said in the last 900 days Davis-Besse has been shut down only 26 days.
He said the company has spent $1 billion at Davis-Besse and $1 billion at Perry over the last 10 years on improvements, including the replacement of steam generators and post-Fukushima safety upgrades (costing $64 million) at the plant.
FES is in the middle of a $20 million project to upgrade its shield building at Davis-Besse.
For Davis-Besse's next refueling outage in February 2020, the company needs to make significant investment decisions ahead of time regarding uranium fabrication, which costs millions of dollars.
Griffing said creditors may not be willing to invest in uranium fabrications unless FES comes up with a reorganization plan that shows the company will be economically competitive after it emerges from bankruptcy.
Uranium fabrication takes seven months, so FES needs to make the call on refueling by June 2019.
Griffing said it will "be a game-day decision" in June on whether FES will go through with its refueling process and keep the plant operating beyond its scheduled deactivation date.
He said legislative support is strong in areas adjacent to D-B and Perry plants.
FES is continuing to work with legislators from all over the state to find support for legislation that would help both nuclear plants
Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder have delivered public statements that were supportive of helping nuclear energy in the state.
Griffing said the company would like to see zero emissions credit legislative bills passed in Ohio and Pennsylvania
"We're looking to be put on par with those other generating sources," Griffing said, adding that zero emissions credits are currently trading in $4-6 MW per hour range. "Right now, we get zero."
He said any bill for zero emissions credits would likely go through the legislature's energy/natural resources committee.
Ohio Clean Energy Jobs Alliance promotes plants
Davis-Besse's situation is not unique around the country.
Griffing said 65 of 98 nuclear reactors in the U.S. are in financial distress.
In January, FirstEnergy Solutions announced it planned to keep operating the Davis-Besse plant and its other nuclear power plants until their deactivation dates.
The Ohio Clean Energy Jobs Alliance has promoted the Davis-Besse and Perry plants' beneficial economic impacts with good-paying jobs, tax revenues for municipalities and school districts and emission-free electric power.
Zimmerman said environmental benefits from nuclear power benefit all state residents, not just people living near Davis-Besse and Perry.
"More legislators need to be educated on what Davis-Besse is doing," Zimmerman said.
Benton-Carroll-Salem Superintendent Guy Parmigian is a member of the alliance.
He said the group is trying to get the word out to as many people as possible about nuclear energy and its place in Ohio's diverse energy portfolio.
The Davis-Besse plant supplies energy to more than 900,000 homes and business in the region.
Parmigian said that if there is no legislation to help Davis-Besse and Perry stay open, those plants will go offline forever.
"You just can't turn off the switch and say, 'Hey, we need nuclear, turn the switch back on,'" Parmigian said.
Griffing said he had not had discussions personally with federal officials, but was not aware of any movement on the federal government's end to help Davis-Besse or Perry.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, told the News-Messenger he believes the government should provide subsidies to keep Davis-Besse and the Perry Nuclear Power Plants operating.
Speaking to editor David Yonke in Mansfield last week, Portman said the United States needs a diverse energy mix including solar, wind, clean coal and natural gas, with nuclear power providing a stable, baseline energy supply.
"When the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow, nuclear plants are still producing energy," he said.
Portman said America's existing nuclear plants are aging but can serve as a bridge to a new era of advanced nuclear energy.
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