Category: Breakout Role
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Before “Downton Abbey” I was Obsessed with “Avonlea”
The Road to Avonlea, or Avonlea as it is commonly known, aired from 1990 to 1996. It was adapted from the Anne of Green Gables books by L. M. Montgomery, which were written in the early 1990s. Set in Nova Scotia on Prince Edward Island in Canada, the series was a Canadian import that aired on…
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Breakout Role: Edward Norton in “Primal Fear” (1996)
A fellow Boston-born actor, Edward Norton, made his film debut in 1996 with Primal Fear beating out 2, 100 other actors for the role, including Matt Damon. Apparently,” When Norton met with the director for Primal Fear (1996), he told them that he, like Aaron, came from eastern Kentucky. Norton even spoke with the twang,…