"I cannot be upset with Brandon Walsh" ... 'Call Me Fitz' star Jason Priestley, fondly known for his role in 90s drama 'Beverly Hills, 90210'. Picture: Craig Greenhill Source: The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports
Former '90s heart-throb Jason Priestley is in Sydney this week promoting his new TV show 'Call Me Fitz' and to help launch a new Fox International entertainment channel called FX.
Yesterday Confidential sat down with the Beverly Hills, 90210star turned father of two to talk about being a dad and the Brandon Walsh legacy.
You've brought your wife Naomi and children, Ava, 4, and Dashiell, 2, with you Down Under. Is that difficult?
It's a challenge to travel with kids that are the age of mine. Certainly on a flight that's as long as LA to Sydney. When you get into the 15th hour they start to get pretty restless. But my kids are pretty good travellers. The flight home may be a different story but we'll see.
We've had sightings of you all over town - Aquarium, Luna Park, Cafe Sydney. What's been the best?
The Bridge Climb. What surprised me the most was the whole fiasco about getting the Opera House built and how it went $98 million over budget and took 10 years instead of two years. It's such an important piece of architecture but the actual story is definitely the most interesting aspect.
How do you think your new show will go here in Australia?
You guys like to swear a lot and give each other the finger a lot of the time and those are the kinds of things that happen a lot on our show.
Do you think you'll ever escape 90210?
That was one nine-year chunk of my life and of my career - I had a pretty successful career before that and I've had a pretty successful career after that. It was one stop along the way. It was the predecessor for a lot of these younger-skewed shows that are on TV now. And we got lambasted by every critic. It was a critical disaster but for some reason it resonated with a lot of people.
Do you mind constantly being called a 90210 star?
The thing with playing an iconic character like Brandon Walsh is if people always remember me for that, that's fine. It's nothing I can get upset about.
Do you hang out with any of your former co-stars?
Not really, no. I'm still friends with Luke (Perry) and Ian (Ziering) and Brian (Austin Green) but that's about it. We were just a group of people that worked together.
What is your favourite television show right now?
Breaking Bad. It's a remarkable achievement, that show.
You were a professional race car driver for 11 years. How's retirement?
Good. I stood on a lot of podiums and sprayed a lot of champagne and am still here to talk about it, which is a successful career.
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