Tag: Oscar
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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,…
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A “Keane” Sense of Talent: Abigail Breslin & Damian Lewis
Long before Abigail Breslin got an Oscar nomination for Little Miss Sunshine, and before Damian Lewis played a Marine in television’s Homeland, the two starred in a little known indie film called Keane (2004.) Lewis landed his part on Homeland because the producers were so impressed with his performance in this little-known film. Currently, it’s…
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I’m Not a __________…But I Can Play One: Writers-Novalyne Price & Robert E. Howard
Long before she won an Oscar for Cold Mountain and thanked Vincent D’Onofrio in her acceptance speech, Renée Zellweger worked with him on a little independent movie called The Whole Wide World (1996.) It was the movie she made right before her breakout role in Jerry McGuire and it was because Cameron Crowe saw this…