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• 1 2018-11-27T14:32:34-08:00 Goran Visnjic: the Balkan Star in Hollywood 3 plain 2018-11-27T14:35:21-08:00 Goran Visnjic is a perfect example of how an Eastern European actor can make it in Hollywood. He has played a wide range of different roles, but his most popular one is the role of Dr. Luka Kovac in the TV Series ER, which aired for almost an entire decade. Soon after the end of ER, he starred alongside Oscar winner Halle Berry in the series Extant, and played one of the lead roles in Crossing Lines, which was mostly filmed in his native Croatia. In one of his interviews, Goran Visnjic revealed that his acting work is completely opposite from his personal life. Just like everyone, I also want my life to be easy and peaceful, whereas when it comes to my roles, I strongly prefer that they are hard and complicated, because the most complex characters are usually the most interesting for ones to play, stated the actor. Most recently, the actor plays a role as the main villain in the series 'Timeless', which have become a great success. Rumors say that the final two episodes will be very unusual.
  
  
  
  Going back to his homeland for a film shooting was extremely fun. Goran Visnjic was born in Croatia and there he had his first acting beginnings. The actor shot his first film here, and coming back from where he started, after so many years, made him sentimental. He started his acting career soon after the war, somewhere in the mid 90’s. He was only 18 years old. A few years later he filmed one movie in Bosnia. It’s been a while since he has filmed in Croatia, and the main reason for that is his swamped schedule and working engagements with ER. He clearly remembers the feeling of relieve when for the first time in so many years he had to speak his native language on the filming set, because it is naturally easier for him to speak Croatian in front of the camera.
  
  With all those Czechs, Slovakians, Brits, Americans, Croatians, and Germans on the set of “Crossing Lines”, I truly felt that my English was becoming worse and worse, with every day passed. I kept switching from one language to another, and eventually it all became a bit too messy, laughed Goran Visnjic. But it was great to go back home and work from there. He only wishes that the filming location was closer to his home town Shibenik so he could have visited his parents more frequently.
  
  Currently, as Hollywood Reporter confirms, Visnjic is about to start a new project. He is going to be a part of the drama 'Fatima', which shooting location will be in Lisbon, Portugal. 
  
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