Called Heart of a Child, it's the true story of two Canadian families with sick newborn babies. One needs a heart transplant, the other becomes the heart donor.
Greenwood plays the father of the donor baby. Michele Greene (she was Abby Perkins on LA Law) is the mother and Greenwood's wife. (Ann Jillian, who plays the transplant baby's mom, has wrapped and gone back to Los Angeles.)
The empty halls of Shaughnessy Hospital came to life as the film cast and crew shot some scenes there last week.
Greenwood, who grew up in Kerrisdale and went to Magee Secondary, now lives in L.A. (he calls it "Shakeytown").
He was there for the earthquake a couple of weeks ago. "It was the scariest thing I've ever experienced," he says. "Like some huge evil giant picked up the house and shook it. All the car alarms in the neighborhood went off; the noise was unbelievable."
He's feeling guilty about leaving and not having to suffer through the aftershocks but happy that some homeless friends are living in his house while he's away.
About working with Greene, he says, "We're old friends. It's great to work with her because there are no barriers."
Their roles are difficult in the movie - they lose their baby - and on-camera there's lots of weeping. But off-camera, they're having a ball, teasing and cracking each other up.
Asked about the differences between shooting movies in L.A. and Vancouver, Greenwood, who left here 10 years ago, says, "The food! It's fabulous here. So much better than on sets in L.A."
Heart of a Child
