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	Printed Articles & Interviews (NY) Daily News January 29, 1996

Still no answers for "Nowhere Man" by Christy Slewinski Daily News Staff Writer

Nearly everywhere "Nowhere Man" star Bruce Greenwood goes, someone stops him to talk about the show. And many of those someones have an eerie message for the actor -- his fiction is closer to fact than he realizes.

In "Nowhere Man," Greenwood plays photojournalist Thomas Veil, whose identity is stripped away in a bizarre conspiracy that revolves around a picture he took of a Third World execution. In last fall's 90-minute pilot (which was repeated last week; tonight's is a fresh episode, UPN/Ch. 9, 9 o'clock), Veil discovers that his bank cards don't work, keys to his home and photo studio don't unlock the doors, and neither his wife nor his mother recognizes him. Since then, Veil has been on the lam, á la "The Fugitive," chased by an unknown entity, á la "The Prisoner." And so far, he's no closer to finding out who's after him -- and why. Can it continue?

"Of course," says Greenwood.

Does he know how the ride will end?

No. "But," he adds, "I wouldn't be surprised if Veil is nothing but a guinea pig, .i,e a rat in a maze who's being watched."

The only person who could predict the end is the show's creator and executive producer, Larry Hertzog. And it's in his hands that Greenwood lays Veil's fate. But, hey, who knows, maybe the show will find inspiration through the "Nowhere" fans who keep offering their real-life intrigue stories.

Either way, the "Nowhere Man" experience has affected the way Greenwood sees the world.

"When somebody walks up to me and goes, 'This show is real.' I'm less likely to go, 'Right,' and not believe them.