Phillippe Isn't Going Back to War
Filed under: Drama, Independent, Casting, Newsstand, Cinematical Indie
After what The Hollywood Reporter presents as an epic search, Boys Don't Cry director Kimberly Peirce has finally found the man on whom she will hang her return to directing -- and it's ... Ryan Phillippe. Um, ok. Has he had a massive charisma-cum-talent transplant lately of which we are unaware, or something? Because Phillippe's not the first actor of his age who would come to mind as the answer to any talent-related questions. Clearly knowing something we do not (or else having been told "no" by everyone she really wanted), Peirce is drafting Phillippe in to star in Stop-Loss, which she co-wrote. Assuming he signs that contract, Phillippe will play "a soldier who returns home ... and is called to duty again in Iraq through the military's 'stop-loss' procedure" but refuses to return to service. Already on board as the female lead is young Abbie Cornish, one of Kim's current favorite actresses; Peirce is hoping to begin shooting in August.
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6-09-2006 @ 5:04PM
Gabrielle said...
How do you gauage an actor's skill? Or are you just going by media hype? Ryan quietly earns nods in the industry while being an encouraging spouse to wife, media star Reese and around-the-home-parent to their two kids. Give the guy a break. He deserves kudos just for acting like a sensible spouse instead of bombing his wife's career like many Hollywood hubbies do when they are not the center of the media frenzy.
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6-09-2006 @ 5:22PM
josh said...
I haven't really seen him in anything else, but I liked Phillippe in Way of the Gun, which I thought was a great little underrated movie.
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6-10-2006 @ 12:59AM
RC of strangeculture said...
Thanks for the Phillipe update...my wife loves this guy, especially since he's married to Reese Witherspoon and so often asks what his future projects, etc. are.
--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
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