As Michael, a "bad boy with a mission," he's a trainer who escapes bombs, bullets, car wrecks, and emotional commitments on USA Network's series La Femme Nikita, which has been described as a "contemporary Girl from U.N.C.L.E., featuring a corral of elite covert agents." Michael is a trainer who can kill, if required, without ever losing his dark-eyed, brooding cool. But in real life, Roy Dupuis, Canada's young superstar, wanted to be a scientist ... until he saw the movie Molière. The next day, he dropped physics for theater and began his rise on the Canadian stage and the American screen. Next, he'll appear with Marlon Brando in the film Easy Money. As a respite between films, his television series, and Canadian fans who mob him on the street, Dupuis kicks back in an 1840 farmhouse outside Montreal, where he says he cooks, looks at the stars, reads about philosophers, and contemplates his expanding world. Here are the Montreal hot spots where you might find him.

Friday

Lodging
"There are a lot of interesting hotels in Montreal. The Inter-Continental is new and huge. It's in Old Montreal in the heart of Rue St-[Antoine]. I'm from a small village in northern Quebec, so I like smaller hotels. There are a lot of auberges in Old Montreal -- very typical of the region."

Dinner
"Montreal has this European feel to it, but it is also very American. Plateau Mont-Royal is a neighborhood near the old town. You can shop for anything there. A famous French bistro there is called L'Express. Everybody knows this place. It's been there a long time. They have steaks, French fries, seafood pastas, and mousse of [fowl]. Le Latini is the best Italian restaurant in town. It's expensive because they import everything. They have their own fish brought in for them. It's good and fresh."

Nightlife
"Passeport has a disc jockey. They play whatever is new and a little bit underground. It's in the Plateau Mont-Royal. So is the Metropolis, [a concert hall] that used to be an old theater. The Continental is [a restaurant] in the heart of Rue St-Denis, the main street of the Plateau."

Saturday

Breakfast
"Beauty's is a Jewish [delicatessen] with big breakfasts -- chopped liver, fresh orange juice, big salads, and spinach omelets. Everything is very generous and fresh. It's like an old diner."

Sights
"Montreal is an island, surrounded by the St. Lawrence River. It's a city you can walk. Mont-Royal Park is in the middle of the city. Attached to it is the Mont-Royal Cemetery. Rue Ste-Catherine is the biggest and most lively street in southern Montreal. To the west is the English side ... very rich and very beautiful. There are more than a couple of beautiful [churches] in Montreal. The most famous one is Notre-Dame Basilica. St. Joseph's Oratory is on the mountain. It's kind of a domed church like the Vatican. Right in front of Notre-Dame is the Bank of Montreal, which is in a building that's a replica of the Pantheon. My favorite part of Montreal is down Boulevard St-Laurent, just before you go up the hill to Old Montreal: There is the Prevoyance Building, [designed in the style of] the Empire State Building."

Lunch
"Montreal is renowned for bagels and smoked meat. The best smoked meat is at Schwartz's Deli or Dunn's. Just ask for the smoked meat. They just make one kind. You can get the best bagels at Fairmount Bagels."

Shopping
"Rue St-Denis is the main street of the Plateau and it has a lot of specialty stores. You can shop all the way down to the St. Lawrence River. There's one store I really like called [Le Valet d'Coeur]. It's a game store. It has the oldest games you can find and more modern games -- games you didn't know existed. Right next door is Champigny, the largest French bookstore in North America. Another major street for shopping is Ste-Catherine, where you'll find major shops like Eaton and La Baie."

Dinner
"FondueMentale has all kinds of meat. You can have wild [game] fondue. Of course, there are all kinds of cheese fondue. FondueMentale is in an old house. It is small and warm and very romantic. Mikado is another one of my favorites. It's a good sushi restaurant."

Nightlife
"Montreal is renowned for its nightlife. It's amazing. A lot of people fall in love in Montreal -- you've got to watch yourself. The Place des Arts is where you go to see concerts like the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. There's another theater attached to it called Théâtre Jean-Duceppe. And there's Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, which is a very old theater and company."

Sunday

Breakfast
"The Queen Elizabeth Hotel has a huge brunch on Sunday, as does Le Château Champlain. There's also Brûlerie St-Denis, where they [roast] their own coffee. It's a cafe with glass in the front. You see the big machine that [roasts the coffee]. There are small tables and you can have croissants and pastries."

Excursions
"Quebec City is beautiful. Farther north is Charlevoix. There are a lot of Americans who have houses in Baie-St-Paul or Tadoussac. I touched a blue whale in the St. Lawrence River once. You can hire people in Tadoussac [300 miles up the St. Lawrence River from Montreal] to take you to see the whales."