REILLY DOLMAN
words by VANESSA SALLES photo by LESLIE ALEJANDRO
A fan-favorite on Netflix’s Travelers, Reilly Dolman’s onscreen performance is well worth the binge. Instantly drawn to the role, the Canadian actor jumped at the opportunity to bring the complex character to life. “I hoped that becoming Philip could satiate a creative hunger in me,” he explains. “I also wanted to show that my potential as an actor is more than just the ‘dumb jock’ onscreen.” Three seasons later, it’s safe to say that Reilly’s proven himself to be quite the chameleon.
viewers are going to see a lot of that in the new episodes.” Promising a season of closure, the actor assures fans that Travelers’ return will definitely be worthwhile.
Recalling his time on set, Reilly credits the cast and crew for making it such a great work environment. “Everyone is very professional and impressively aware,” he gushes. “We joke around when the time is right but we work hard always. Everyone involved knows what they’re doing and that just makes you feel safe and supDescribing his role, the Travelers star reveals that he ported to do what it is that you need to do.” gravitated toward Philips’ humanity. “I grew up loving raw, gritty, realistic pieces of work that center around a With the show’s global success, the actor’s even found person’s humanity and that humanity in relation to oth- himself running into fans in different countries. “I’m er things,” he says. “I saw a lot of this in Philip and his always so surprised and flattered when someone recstory. I knew right away that I wanted to be the one to ognizes me abroad,” he says. “It’s lovely to know that tell it and I can only hope that I came somewhat close to such a spectrum of people enjoy the show.” Dreaming giving an honest performance.” up future projects, Reilly’s got one mission: to do what hasn’t been done before. “I want to work on something Armed only with their knowledge of history and an ar- that pushes boundaries and tells a beautiful story,” he chive of social media profiles, the travelers –whose con- says. “Ideally, my dream role would be something that’s sciousness are from hundreds of years in the future– are new and original. I have a lot of goals as an actor and coming to the realization that their 21st century rela- though some of those goals may never be achieved, it’ll tionships are as much a challenge as their high-stakes be interesting to try. I’d love to see more original storymissions. Having assumed the lives of seemingly ran- telling in the industry because that’s what I want to be dom people, they’ve become invested in their hosts and apart of.” don’t want to disturb the peace they’ve now settled into. Of course, things go haywire and the travelers are left to Reflecting on the past year, Reilly’s got an impressive deal with the aftermath of being discovered. list of accomplishments. “This year has been really incredible,” he says. “The highlight of 2018 has got to be “Their personal relationships are all at stake,” Reilly says. the birth of my daughter; it’s the most beautifully terri“I can’t say much about what’s to come but, as with any- fying experience I’ve had yet and I wouldn’t trade it for thing in life, the only way to move past things is to ac- anything.” As for what’s on the agenda for the new year, cept it, learn from it, and make the decision to move for- the actor has got only one thing topping the list. “Work, ward. Dwelling in what was solves nothing and I think work, and more work,” he laughs.
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