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"&amp;quot;You needed mushy peas,&amp;quot; says U.K. native Tom Ellis over beers. It&amp;#x27;s true. I went to London for the first time ever last week and passed up the mainstay mushy peas for the garden variety. &amp;quot;You&amp;#x27;re hysterical,&amp;quot; he mutters, almost spitting out his beer. &amp;quot;But you at least did the fish and chips right. Smart move!&amp;quot; Suffice it to say, I doubt the hot-as-heck star of USA&amp;#x27;s new drama Rush has ever had this conversation before. But Ellis is experiencing a lot of firsts, as he introduces himself to U.S. audiences in the title role of Rush, a renegade physician who plays by his own rules. Best known for series in Britain such as Miranda, Gates, and Doctor Who, this self-proclaimed &amp;quot;bad boy&amp;quot; from Bangor, Wales, is ready for what&amp;#x27;s next, which may or may not include a duet with Michael Bolton. Read on. Glamour: Over the weekend, you threw out the first pitch at a Dodgers game, which was an insane experience considering what happened at the end of the game. Tom Ellis: I was delighted to throw out the first pitch, as I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never been to a game before! They gave me a jersey and asked me what I wanted on the back and what number. So I said Ellis #17 because it&amp;amp;#8217;s my birthday, and I use it in my email and Twitter, etc. It&amp;#x27;s also the day that Rush premieres. I got there, and it was incredible and then it was 0-0 going into the ninth inning. The Dodgers came in, two outs, the bases were loaded, and up to the plate steps #17, A.J. Ellis. I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t even know he existed before I picked my shirt, and he scored the winning run! I&amp;amp;#8217;m a Dodger fan for life now. Wait until you see the photographic evidence! [Ed note: We have it! See below.] Glamour: Speaking of photos, I need to show you what I drove past on the way to the Beverly Hilton this morning. Tom: Haha! Glamour: Have you seen yourself on a bus yet? Tom: No, because I film in Vancouver! Glamour: So what honestly goes through your mind when you see something like this? Tom: Honestly, I get really excited! I&amp;amp;#8217;m not going to pretend I&amp;amp;#8217;m not excited. That&amp;amp;#8217;s f**king great! What I need to do is find one of the billboards and pose in front of it and send it to Mom and Dad. Glamour: So the show shoots in Vancouver, which is amazing because of all the location shots you do in L.A. Tom: Yes, especially all the shots we show of me driving in L.A. listening to Debbie Gibson. She actually contacted me this week! On Twitter! Glamour: No way. Tom: Yes! She tweeted, &amp;quot;Hi Tom, it&amp;amp;#8217;s Debbie Gibson. I&amp;amp;#8217;m so delighted that I&amp;amp;#8217;m in the show. I can&amp;amp;#8217;t wait to see it!&amp;quot; Glamour: Oh my gosh&amp;amp;#8212;she needs to make a cameo now. Tom: Oh, we&amp;amp;#8217;ll get her in for sure! Glamour: Speaking of the show, you play quite the complicated character. Tom: Yes, and I love the way we tell the story. It&amp;amp;#8217;s not a procedural medical drama, and it won&amp;amp;#8217;t be. It&amp;amp;#8217;s about Rush, the man. Glamour: He&amp;amp;#8217;s not inherently a good guy, so how did you find the more empathetic moments? Tom: That was the challenge, certainly. When I read the script for the first time, I kind of fell in love with Rush a little bit. For any character you play, it&amp;amp;#8217;s important to find the empathy or sympathy in that person. You don&amp;amp;#8217;t have to condone what they&amp;amp;#8217;re doing, but get some understanding of where they&amp;amp;#8217;re at. Just in case you don&amp;#x27;t know who he is, I made Tom hold up this sign. But trust me, you won&amp;#x27;t have any problem learning his name after tonight. Glamour: You have three daughters in real life. If one of them brought home a guy like Rush, what would you do? Tom: God, that&amp;amp;#8217;s a difficult question! But it&amp;amp;#8217;s a great question, and the best one I&amp;amp;#8217;ve had all day. I&amp;amp;#8217;d like to think that I&amp;amp;#8217;d be cool because my parents gave us a long leash, but they were always there when the f--k-ups happened, but not in a judge-y way. They encouraged our independence and for us to think for ourselves. I&amp;amp;#8217;d like to think I&amp;amp;#8217;ll be like that, but I don&amp;amp;#8217;t know. [Laughs] I&amp;amp;#8217;d probably take him out to try and find out a bit more about him myself! Glamour: I love the relationship that Rush has with Odette Annable&amp;amp;#8217;s character because for the first time you see his vulnerability. She&amp;amp;#8217;s the one woman that gets to him. When it comes to these bad boys, what is about these girls that makes them lose that tough exterior? Tom: Odette and I talked a lot about it. I think she&amp;amp;#8217;s the one character that can look right into his eyes and see beyond what&amp;amp;#8217;s on the outside and right into his soul. As much as he finds that endearing, and that&amp;amp;#8217;s part of why he loves her, it&amp;amp;#8217;s also a very exposing place for him to be, and he&amp;amp;#8217;s a guy that doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t want to be exposed. If someone has that power over you, it&amp;amp;#8217;s a double-edged sword. Glamour: Will we see Rush with a different girl every episode and will Odette&amp;amp;#8217;s character be in the series throughout? Tom: Haha. Odette will be in the season, but Rush wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t be Rush unless there was a lot of women. Glamour: Music plays a big role in the series, as well as Rush&amp;#x27;s questionable taste. Tom: Haha. I love &amp;#x27;80s music. They made a playlist for Rush and &amp;#x27;80s music is my guilty pleasure. One of the songs that I put in there is Michael Bolton&amp;amp;#8217;s &amp;quot;How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?&amp;quot; Glamour: Shut up! Do you know how much I love Michael Bolton? Tom: And do you know how much that&amp;amp;#8217;s in the next episode?! I&amp;amp;#8217;m singing it in the car! Glamour: I want to interview Michael Bolton and ask him one question: &amp;quot;Michael, how can we be lovers if we can&amp;amp;#8217;t be friends?&amp;quot; Tom: [Laughs] Let me ask you one more thing before I go&amp;amp;#8212;tell me, how am I supposed to live without you? When all that I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been living for is gone? Glamour: This is amazing. We need to go on tour. Tom: Clearly. Rush premieres tonight on the USA Network. Will you be watching?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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