On the show, my character Sav has an on-again, off-again relationship with a character named Anya. His parents have a problem with them dating because she isn’t Muslim and she’s not a family friend. She’s not the girl they have chosen for Sav.
In real life, having a girl be excepted or liked by my mom and dad is very important to me and I’m sure its very important to them. I was dating this one girl that my mom didn’t love her too much, but she still let me date this girl. I knew my mother didn’t like the girl as much as I did. I’m not dating her any more, but my mom not liking her isn’t the reason we stopped dating. It just didn’t work out.
There are so many drama-filled storylines on the show that you learn from them. And not just ones that Sav is involved with – I have learned from everyone’s storylines. I won’t make those mistakes because I just watched the whole script play out and I see what can happen. I have learned and grown from just being on the show. It’s like I’ve had all the experiences of all the storylines on the show.
For example, I felt emotionally drained when Anya tells Sav that she might be pregnant and he comes to her the next day with the morning after pill. I had to justify that for myself because I have never been in a situation like that so I don’t know how I would handle it myself. Sav is obviously not ready to have a kid. He went right away to get the morning after pill.
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When I took the script home I had to sit alone and justify what my character was going to do and what we were about to film. Some of the issues that we have to deal with are still I still debate about today.
In playing this character I’ve learned that I don’t have a rigid opinion in either direction on that. I can’t decide if I’m for or against abortion or something along those lines, because I can see where Sav is coming from. Neither he nor Anya is ready to become parents, and they certainly can’t bring a kid into the world and take care of it well and give it everything it needs.
As myself, I don’t love the idea of abortion. I personally want a kid. I love the idea of having a little son right now, but I know it’s not a good idea for right now. I would love to have a little son right now to take to hockey practice but I can’t do that and I understand Sav’s point of view. I don’t know what side of the debate I’m on.
I’ve experienced less dramatic things by being on the show, as well. My character on is on the football team, but in real life I actually don’t know any of the rules of football. I know nothing about football and I don’t follow it. When they talk about plays and everything about that, which is totally acting. I am a hockey player through and through! I have been playing for 14 years. I have gotten to play every position and I am a goalie.
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I am also a first-degree black belt. My parents signed me up for karate when I was six, so I have been training for 13 years. I got my black in my 13th year of training.
I wasn’t allowed to get it until I was 18 because that is one of the rules in karate. You learn things when you are a black
