From teen idol to race car driver, to director and star, Priestley has been unafraid to tackle second or even third acts. In some ways, that has also been Priestley's life. He's retired from the game and looking for that second act." He was an agitator, knew how to get under other players' skin and was able to read his opponents. "He's a guy that had a whole other career as a mid-level pro hockey player. "Matt Shade is a guy that's really starting the second act of his life," says Priestley. Priestly is teamed up with Nova Scotia native Cindy Sampson, who plays private investigator Angie Everett, who takes over her father's agency after his death. "Private Eyes," debuting Thursday at 9 p.m., stars Priestley as former pro hockey player turned private eye Matt Shade in a kind of Canadian twist on "Moonlighting." "I ended up hitting my head on the ground and got my bell rung a little bit. "Who knew that one horsepower could be as equally dangerous as 750 horsepower," says Priestley dryly, sitting at a kitchen table on an east-Toronto set. Priestley has had broken bones and concussions from driving race cars and speedboats over the years. Production had to be stopped for a few days as he recovered from a concussion. The Canadian star of the new Global TV drama "Private Eyes" was riding a horse in Mississauga during filming when he fell off and hit his head. Make no mistake, Jason Priestley suffers for his art.
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