Press 2014

'The Originals' Daniel Gillies Dispels 'Romantic' Elijah Rumors in Season 2

TVLine

As The Originals‘ second season unfolds, Elijah will find himself surrounded by new faces, including a certain femalecounterpart with whom he’ll be spending plenty of face time — but don’t worry, it sounds like this is one ship that won’t be leaving the dock.

I’m talking, of course, about Gia (Nishi Munshi), one of Marcel’s new vampire pets we met on the season premiere. Despite multiple sneak-peek photos of the twosome at work and play, Daniel Gillies insists that Elijah will be merely a “mentor” to the budding warrior.

“There certainly isn’t a romantic dynamic happening there,” Gillies explains to TVLine. “I don’t want the fans jumping to that conclusion.”

Gillies adds that training Gia and the other vampires will also provide a welcome distraction from Hayley’s ongoing “identity crisis,” which will continue to drive a wedge between the brothers, as seen in the preview clip from Monday’s episode (The CW, 8/7c).

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Saving Hope’s Daniel Gillies Interview On Why Dr Joel Goran Is More Like Him Than Any Other Role

Realstyle

It looks like Daniel Gillies is in for a complicated season on Saving Hope. Orthopedic surgeon Joel Goran is still reeling from Alex’s accident, and the pressure mounts as he deals with multiple responsibilities and the guilt of Alex’s near-death experience. Part two of Saving Hope’s premiere airs tonight, Thursday, Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV and the CTV GO app and picks up right where we left off. Real Style spoke to the Canadian-born Gillies (he was raised in New Zealand) about what’s next for Joel and how his native New Zealand accent made a difference in the character.

Real Style: What are you looking forward to with Joel this season?

Daniel Gillies: Joel joins a stripper academy; they’re called Magic Joel. Around mid-season, I’m looking forward to that. I have to get in incredible shape for that very purpose. But no, nothing stripper-related happens, I should say, fortunately, looking at my torso now. I’m looking forward to people experiencing what he goes through. I know a lot of what happens and it’s a tempest. He really is thrown into a storm. I’ve had more to do this season than the previous two. We’re making lots of discoveries about who he is and was. As well as who he and Alex are and were. And we’re getting him into a lot of trouble. I mean A LOT of trouble.

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Saving Hope’s Daniel Gillies a black sheep in medical family (Video)

Canada.com

With a pediatrician for a father and a nurse for a mother, it’s fitting that Daniel Gillies plays a doctor on TV. The Saving Hope star portrays Dr. Joel Goran on the Canadian medical drama, which returned for its third season on Monday.

“I feel like there’s something in my bones that lets me do this stuff,” he says. “My sister is also a nurse, my uncle is a doctor, my grandfather was a doctor, and my great-great-great grandfather, Sir Harold Gillies, was knighted because he was the first plastic surgeon. He performed the first skin graft for men in combat during the First World War.”

Medicine never appealed to me,’ he says. ‘Also, I think I’m too lazy.