Word: troy
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...This guy's supposed to be the greatest warrior of all time; I had to get my [butt] in shape." BRAD PITT, American actor, explaining why he quit smoking, went on a diet and worked out intensively to prepare for his role as Achilles in the movie Troy...
...Troy, the Movie War, mythology, sexy male stars with no body hair! It's also one of the biggest, costliest Hollywood gambles since Titanic. If it flops, careers could be in trouble...
...like mythology, war and beautiful people with no body hair, then Troy may be the movie for you. It recounts the story of the ancient impregnable city that was destroyed partly by its overreaching. The makers of Troy can probably sympathize. The movie was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, a skilled filmmaker who suffers from one fairly serious flaw: he is insane. His insanity is not crippling; since moving from Germany to Hollywood in 1987, Petersen has managed to make such bankable fare as In the Line of Fire, Air Force One and The Perfect Storm. But his condition is chronic...
After all, the Crimson was facing UCLA, a team which was the No. 4 seed in the tournament and the top seed in the region, featured alumni like Jackie Robinson and was led at the time by Troy Glaus, now a three-time MLB All-Star. Few had heard about Harvard’s shortstop—a junior named David Forst...
...writer who makes a movie work. It’s no surprise to me that the scripts to Raiders and Empire were both written by the same guy —Lawrence Kasdan, the great wit behind The Big Chill and Body Heat. Does this portend great things for Troy, whose scribe David Benioff last wrote the compelling 25th Hour? Probably not, if the preview’s dialogue is any indication, but the important thing is that Benioff’s working at Hollywood’s heart, and that can only strengthen the system...