Show Drastic change of character for 'Hall of Fame' stars By Peter Meade —i cover storv i James Durrisdeer’s favorite gets to go Even when word comes that James was killed at the battle of Culloden the story of the two brothers continues Henry becomes the Master of Ballantrae and marries Ali- "The Master of Ballantrae” to air on the “Hallmark Hall of Fame” on Tuesday Jan 31 represents drastic changes of character for its stars Michael York and Richard Thomas "I’ve played so many upstanding characters" says York “I wanted to play an absolute SOB” York had not read the Robert Louis Stevenson novel or seen the 1933 Errol Flynn movie of the same name when he was first approached about the CBS movie remake But after reading the hook he was “thrilled" to be offered the part of James Durie the Master of Ballantrae The part he thought he would be offered went to Thomas Playing James’ brother Henry Durie represents quite a on contrast from the five years Thomas spent as John-Bo- y “The Waltons” In order to play the younger of the two siblings who have been fending since childhood Thomas had to adopt a Scottish accent ride a horse and fight a convincing duel Despite those prerequisites York was not surprised that Thomas who because of his John-Bo- y role seems as American as apple pie was chosen for the story which takes place in 1745 Scotland "The drama is being created for an American audience” says York “Richard did a fine Job with the accent and besides there is a facial resemblance” The resemblance is further enhanced by the men’s ponytailed hair styles and the period’s elegant plaid kilted cos- son Graeme (Finoia Hughes) his second cousin She has always been in love with James and his memory haunts their marriage She is encouraged when CoL Francis Burke (Timothy Dalton) informs the Durie family that he and James escaped to England after the battle of Culloden aboard a ship captained by a pirate called Teach (Brian Blessed) After spending some time dealing in illegal dealings in America James moves to Paris He is now a poor man and sends Burke to ask his brother for money It is Just the first of several requests Henry receives from his hated Mother "James was exhilarating to play” says York “He has such devilish connotations and it's as if he continues to rise from the dead to plague Henry” York who was born and educated in EngThe land but now lives mostly in Monaco has starred in the feature films “The Taming of the Shrew” “Romeo and Juliet” “Cabaret” “The Three Musketeers” “The Four Musketeers" and “Murder on the Orient Express” found shooting the TV movie to be “quick and efficient" The project took less than three months even though the three-hou- r drama required a wide range of locations including Scotland Paris and western England God-feari- “There's really no difference between TV and movies anymore” says York “There is no sense of cutting corners This movie could be shown theatrically But the movie situation tumes his father’s When Prince 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