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...prepare in different ways for every part. I usually try to fill in the gaps in my mind and in areas where I don’t have a lot of experience,” he says. “Whether it’s a swordfisherman or a pornstar—I just fill in the gaps.” Beyond his routine “gap-filling,” Reilly says he took several steps to ensure authenticity in his role. “I had a rehearsal space near my house, and we would...

Author: By Erinn V. Westbrook, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ex-Mr. Cellophane Takes on Colorful Role in ‘Walk Hard’ | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

Cervantes could have written a novel about a swordfisherman. He knew the type. Dr. John Staige Davis, for example. A Manhattan internist, Dr. Davis, 66, has spent a considerable part of the past 37 years pursuing Xiphias gladius, the broadbill swordfish, from Montauk, N.Y., to Cape Hatteras, N.C., and from California to Peru. The quest has cost the good doctor something like 3,000 man-hours and many more thousands of dollars. And for what? In those 37 years, Dr. Davis has been privileged to see 100 swordfish. He has hooked eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fishing: Gladius the Gladiator | 9/8/1967 | See Source »

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