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sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer It’s hell on Earth when a gangster I BY EARL DITTMAN 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 I BY STEVE RAMOS becomes possessed in The Darkness 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98

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PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR 3/C EVERBODY LOVES EDITOR MARNI WEISZ B DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA ART DIRECTOR MATTHEW PICKET G PRODUCTION DIRECTOR SHEILA GREGORY © Chocolate & Confectionery Corp. Hershey R GEORGE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA an that George Clooney is a likable CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMAN guy, eh? With the exception of SUSAN GRANGER LIZA HERZ those who disagree with his june 2007 | volume 8 | number 6 M DAN LIEBMAN liberal politics, I believe most folks find STEVE RAMOS him genuinely pleasant and worthwhile BOB STRAUSS as a human being. He strikes me as the kind of guy who ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS admits his mistakes — in fact, in our IS HANDLED BY CINEPLEX MEDIA. interview with Clooney, “The Con is On,” HEAD OFFICE 416.539.8800 page 34, he confesses that Ocean’s Twelve VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT BROWN (ext. 232) wasn’t as good as it should have been, DIRECTOR OF SALES, LORELEI OEMING (ext. 249) 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 and that improving on that film was his FAMOUS MAGAZINES

PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40708019 DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SALES JOHN TSIRLIS (ext. 237) PLUS: UMA THURMAN, JENNIFER GARNER AND OTHER STARS GET FIRED UP ABOUT COOKING motivation to make this month’s very DIRECTOR, SALES CINDY FROST (ext. 254) slick-looking Ocean’s Thirteen. DIRECTOR, SALES ZOLTAN TOTH (ext. 233) But my favourite Clooney anecdote is about the way he handled an ACCOUNT MANAGERS JENNA PATERSON (ext. 243) upsetting situation last year. Gawker.com, one of the few smart and BEN MUNGER (ext. 235) funny gossip blogs out there, started a controversial offshoot, the Gawker Stalker — readers would write in details about celebrity MANAGER, MEDIA SALES CAROL BRATHWAITE (ext. 256) sightings and Gawker would, almost instantly, pinpoint the sightings BRITISH COLUMBIA 604.904.8622 on a map. Celebs were appalled, it was a safety issue they said. Gawker WESTERN SALES MANAGER DIANE RAJH defended itself, maintaining that it was all in fun and anyone who intended to hurt a star would do it with or without their service. ALBERTA 403.266.4412 Yet, whichever way you felt about it, you had to like the way Clooney WESTERN SALES MANAGER ELIZABETH D’ARTOIS handled the situation. Instead of whining to the press, or moping 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 QUEBEC 514.868.0005 around giving sour faces to the paparazzi, Clooney came up with a very ACCOUNT MANAGER CHARLES DUMAS (ext. 224) amusing way to combat the intrusion. He encouraged publicists to ACCOUNT MANAGER ROBERT COLE (514.693.1221) flood the site with bogus tips about their clients’ whereabouts, so it SALES CO-ORDINATOR PATRICIA CARPENTIER (ext. 223) would be impossible to identify a real sighting. A couple of my favourite phony Clooney reports were “Just saw SPECIAL THANKS MATHIEU CHANTELOIS George Clooney at the Peninsula. He had a mustard stain on his ANTHONY CUSHING JOAN GRANT jacket, was kissing a Mexican woman and eating a watermelon” and ELLIS JACOB “George Clooney’s with me helping to reset all of my clocks to daylight PAT MARSHALL savings time!” Point is, Clooney is a man of action, and that action is DAN MCGRATH usually pretty clever. CATHY PROWSE Another actor who has developed a reputation for taking action is SUSAN REGINELLI NATALIA WYSOCKA

Angelina Jolie. On page 26 you’ll find “Doing Her Justice,” our 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 interview with Jolie about playing Mariane Pearl, wife of murdered Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by Cineplex Entertainment. journalist Daniel Pearl, in A Mighty Heart. Subscriptions are $31.80 ($30 + GST) a year in Canada, $45 a year in the U.S. Ioan Gruffudd and $55 a year overseas. Single copies are $3. Back issues are $6. hasn’t had to worry about fan stalkers much yet. The All subscription inquiries, back issue requests and letters to the editor should Welsh actor is just now starting to be recognized in North America. be directed to Famous magazine at 102 Atlantic Ave., Ste. 100, Toronto, The part that did it was Mr. Fantastic in Ontario, M6K 1X9; or 416.539.8800; or [email protected] 2005’s Fantastic Four. In “Stretching for a Role,” Publications Mail Agreement No. 40708019 page 32, Gruffudd talks about the sequel — Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Rise of the Silver Surfer — and describes how his Famous magazine, 102 Atlantic Ave., Suite 100, Toronto, Ont., M6K 1X9 life has changed in the past two years. 650,000 copies of Famous magazine are distributed through Cineplex And on page 30, we have “Flood of Success,” and Alliance Atlantis cinemas, HMV and other outlets. Famous magazine is not an interview with the very hot Steve Carell about responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or other materials. taking over for Jim Carrey in the big-budget No material in this magazine may be reprinted without the express written consent of the publisher. © Cineplex Entertainment 2007. 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 comedy Evan Almighty. —MARNI WEISZ

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Homer does something so stupid, so 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 boneheaded, so terrible, that the city of Springfield — and perhaps the whole world — may be destroyed. Homer Simpson is thrown to the wolves in I KNOW WHO KILLED ME The Simpsons Movie WHO’S IN IT? Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond WHO DIRECTED? Chris Silverton (The Lost) and Tyler) holed up in their remote JULY 20 WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A young woman (Lohan) M M vacation home are terrorized by three survives a kidnapping at the hands of a masked strangers. One of the cloaked HAIRSPRAY violent serial killer. When she returns home baddies is Aussie supermodel-turned-actor WHO’S IN IT? John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky she exhibits a dramatic personality change, Gemma Ward, making her big-screen debut. WHO DIRECTED? Adam Shankman which leads her family to ask some 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 (The Pacifier) uncomfortable questions about her ordeal. TALK TO ME WHAT’S IT ABOUT? John Waters’ subtly WHO’S IN IT? Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor subversive 1988 movie was turned into a NO RESERVATIONS WHO DIRECTED? Kasi Lemmons Broadway musical, which in turn has been WHO’S IN IT? Catherine Zeta-Jones, (The Caveman’s Valentine) adapted here for the big screen. And while Aaron Eckhart WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This drama recounts the each ensuing adaptation loses some of WHO DIRECTED? Scott Hicks exploits of real-life African-American disc Waters’ edginess, it gains popular appeal. (Hearts in Atlantis) jockey Ralph “Petey” Greene (Cheadle), Set in 1960s Baltimore, the film stars WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This remake of the who unleashed his uncensored opinions newcomer Blonsky as chunky teen German film Mostly Martha stars Zeta-Jones over the airwaves and became a celebrity in Tracy Turnblad who, despite her mother’s as a top chef who’s saddled with the Washington’s black community during the (Travolta in drag) protests, appears on a local responsibility of caring for her young niece

turbulent 1960s. TV dance show and becomes its unlikely star. (Abigail Breslin) after her sister’s death. 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Eckhart steps in as a rival chef who — JOSHUA I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU shocking! — becomes her love interest. WHO’S IN IT? Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga CHUCK & LARRY WHO DIRECTED? George Ratliff (Hell’s House) WHO’S IN IT? Adam Sandler, Kevin James SKINWALKERS WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Overjoyed parents Brad WHO DIRECTED? Dennis Dugan WHO’S IN IT? Jason Behr, Rhona Mitra (Rockwell) and Abby (Farmiga) Cairn bring (The Benchwarmers) WHO DIRECTED? James Isaac their newborn baby home, irriating their WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Afraid his kids won’t (Jason X) highly intelligent nine-year-old son Joshua receive his pension if he dies, widowed WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Timothy is a soon-to-be (Jacob Kogan), who uses his scary smarts firefighter Larry (James) convinces his 13-year-old who has no idea that he is to terrorize his folks. co-worker and friend Chuck (Sandler) to half-werewolf, and that within him lies the pretend to be his domestic partner. We’re genetic key to reversing the werewolf curse.

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF betting this comedy will somehow manage On the eve of his birthday a werewolf war 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 THE PHOENIX to both offend gay rights activists and breaks out as both good and bad (See story, page 18.) promote the notion of gay unions. werewolves want a piece of Timmy.

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Triads operating out of the City of Lights. her son may be alien in nature in this by Zombie. The story remains the same 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 reworking of The Invasion of the Body — after killing everyone in his family BRATZ: THE MOVIE Snatchers. The story’s been filmed twice except his little sister Laurie (Taylor- WHO’S IN IT? Malese Jow, Skyler Shaye before, in 1956 and 1978, with each one Compton), Michael Myers is mistakenly WHO DIRECTED? Sean McNamara (P.U.N.K.S.) reflecting the fears of society at the time — released from a psychiatric hospital and WHAT’S IT ABOUT? First it was Transformers, communism in the ’50s and personal heads home to see sis, and anyone who and now it’s Bratz dolls — what’s next, alienation in the ’70s. So this time? a global stands in his way is dead meat. Scarlett Johansson as Barbie? (Hey, that’s pandemic, of course! not a bad...) Hollywood brings the DEATH SENTENCE fashionable little dolls to life in this teen WEDDING DAZE WHO’S IN IT? Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston flick about best friends Cloe, Sasha, Jade WHO’S IN IT? Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher WHO DIRECTED? James Wan (Saw II) and Yasmin standing up against their high WHO DIRECTED? Michael Ian Black (debut) WHAT’S IT ABOUT? After he and his family school’s ruling clique. WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Anderson (Biggs) is are terrorized by a band of thugs, daddy 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 hurting bad. He lost the woman he loves dearest (Bacon) sets out to kill each of the STARDUST and now believes true love is overrated, so punks responsible. This revenge flick is (See story, page 22.) he goes out and asks a stranger (Fisher) to helmed by Saw and Saw II director Wan, so marry him...and she accepts. expect lots of on-screen suffering. AUGUST 17 AUGUST 24 MR. BEAN’S HOLIDAY FANBOYS WHO’S IN IT? Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe WHO’S IN IT? Dan Fogler, Kristen Bell THE COMEBACKS WHO DIRECTED? Scott Hicks (Shine) WHO DIRECTED? Kyle Newman (debut) WHO’S IN IT? David Koechner, D.J. Qualls WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The Brits just can’t get WHAT’S IT ABOUT? To fulfill a dying friend’s WHO DIRECTED? Tom Brady (The Hot Chick) enough of their homegrown imbecile wish, four geeky pals drive cross-country WHAT’S IT ABOUT? This spoof of misfit Mr. Bean, played by the awkwardly agile and sneak into George Lucas’ Skywalker sports flicks stars Koechner as Lambeau Atkinson. This time around Bean wins a trip Ranch to attend a preview screening of Star Fields, the worst college football coach ever to Cannes, where he manages to disrupt the 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 JUNE 21ST Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. (0 wins, 4,996 losses), who’s hired to lead renowned film festival with his goofy gags CELEBRATE WITH US This indie comedy was set to come out in the Heartland State’s team of losers to glory. and painful pratfalls. FOR LOCAL EVENTS AND SPECIALS CHECK OUT WEST49.COM famous 24 | june 2007 Jolie_June07:Interview_xx 5/10/07 1:47 PM Page 26 Jolie_June07:Interview_xx 5/10/07 1:47 PM Page 27

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Doing the media by his captors, who accused to write Daniel’s story in A Mighty Heart. reasons for making it really were.” him of being a spy for Israel. Pearl was While the book was still in manuscript Michael Winterbottom (The Road to Jewish, which was no small factor in his form, Brad Pitt bought the movie rights Guantanamo) was enlisted to co-write the kidnapping and brutal treatment. Pearl’s for Plan B Productions, the film devel- screenplay and direct, and Dan Futterman captors offered to release him, but only opment/production company he shared — the Oscar-nominated writer of Capote, her after American officials released Pakistani with then-wife Jennifer Aniston. But who’s best known as an actor for playing prisoners being held at the U.S. Navy Pearl was not so anxious to transform her Barry on TV’s Will & Grace — was cast as base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. husband’s story into a film. “To be honest, Daniel. But Jolie says that, even then, if For weeks, images of a starving and I wasn’t even sure I wanted to do a the screenplay hadn’t been up to par, she

100bound 2 5 Daniel 25 50 75 95Pearl 98 were flashed on news movie,” Pearl said in an interview with and Brad were willing to walk away from 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 programs across the globe. At one point, Glamour magazine. “Everybody was using the project. Mariane took to the airwaves to appeal terrorism for their own political agenda “Everyone involved — from the pro- to her husband’s captors to free him, at that time, and really, this is a story ducers, the director, myself, the other ending her plea by telling her husband, about Danny. But when I met Brad, well, actors and Mariane — we all sat down Bringing theJUSTICE story of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl and his widow Mariane to the “I love you.” out of all the studios, he was the only one around a table, and we all agreed that if screen is, to say the least, a touchy assignment. But Angelina Jolie says if they hadn’t When a videotape arrived at the Home who had actually read the book.” we couldn’t do it right, if we couldn’t do it been able to do it right, they wouldn’t have done it at all I BY EARL DITTMAN Government Department in the Pakistani Originally lined up to play Mariane, justice, and if along the way any one piece province of Sindh on February 22, 2002, Jennifer Aniston reportedly met with didn’t come together, we would all just it became clear Pearl’s captors had never Pearl several times to study her manner- fold up production and not do it,” says n the five months since the terrorist confirm that Reid had ties to his group. A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of intended to set him free. isms. But when Pitt and Aniston’s marriage Jolie. “So to make sure we got the film we attacks of September 11, 2001, several Pearl, a 38-year-old New Jersey native, My Husband Danny Pearl, she and Daniel After American and Pakistani officials ended, Brad’s new love, Angelina Jolie, wanted, we took it step-by-step and made journalists covering the war on terror was anxious to get the interview over with would never kiss again. According to viewed the tape, they announced that took over the role. damn sure that it was done right.” I 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 had already been kidnapped right off since he and his pregnant, French wife, eyewitness reports, Pearl was dragged Pearl had been barbarically beheaded “I thought that it was an incredible Jolie, who took home an Oscar for the streets of Pakistan. Still, reporter Mariane (whom he’d met while stationed into a vehicle only blocks from the by a terrorist group allegedly led by book, and I’m such a fan of her writing,” Girl, Interrupted, considers her perform- Daniel Pearl was assured by colleagues in the paper’s Paris bureau), were sched- Karachi apartment he and Mariane Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. A copy of says Jolie in a recent New York interview. ance in A Mighty Heart one of her best. and informants that he would be safe at uled to leave Karachi the next day for an called home. When it became apparent the tape, titled “The Slaughter of the “I thought that it was so amazing and, in “Since I spent so much time with the very public restaurant where he was to extended trip back to the West. that he had been kidnapped, his wife Spy-Journalist, the Jew Daniel Pearl,” many ways, very controversial. So bringing Mariane, I didn’t want to look like I was interview Sheikh Mubarik ali Gilani, the Daniel even invited Mariane to join recruited a CIA operative, many of his co- found its way onto the internet. it to the screen made it a very complicated just imitating her, because that would leader of the fundamentalist Islamic sect him for a meal at the restaurant once his workers from the Wall Street Journal and a While most of the world was appalled project to tackle.” More than anything, have been so one-dimensional…. I really Jamaat ul-Fuqra. interview was over. But Mariane’s preg- Pakistani policeman to help find him. at the savage killing, instead of denounc- Jolie was concerned that in the wrong wanted to dig deep and show audiences It was January 23, 2002, and Pearl, a nancy had her feeling under the weather, With time and the far-reaching influ- ing those who had taken her husband’s hands the film could become a sappy, Mariane’s true emotions and the essence 12-year veteran of the Wall Street Journal, and she said she might join her husband ence of Al-Qaeda against them, hopes of life, Mariane simply told CNN, “Danny overtly political melodrama. “From the of who she is as a person. She’s a great was researching a potentially explosive later for a late-night meal. They kissed, finding Pearl alive began to dim. Within has not been defeated. His pain and my beginning, I felt like it needed to be done mother, a hard-working woman and a story about Richard Reid, “the shoe she wished him well, and he left. days, however, photos of Pearl were pain will help change the world.” After just right, so there was a lot of talk as to person who really stands behind her 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98

bomber,” and was hoping Gilani could As Mariane recounts in her book posted on the internet and released to the birth of their son, Adam, she decided how that could be and what the important beliefs and causes she champions. M M

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M M I really admire her.” “I don’t think less of it because it’s less from jet lag,” the registered private pilot In describing Mariane Pearl, Jolie important. Of course, it is in many ways, says with a sigh. “All the kids have a

could easily be summarizing herself. In but it’s facilitated my ability to do a lot of different jet lag, but we kind of just go 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 addition to dealing with the recent death good in the world.” with it. Sometimes it’s three in the morn- of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, Surprisingly, Jolie says she has discov- ing and everyone just gets up — it’s hard. from cancer, giving birth to Shiloh, her ered the secret to juggling constant travel, But I love to travel with the kids and, daughter with Pitt, taking care of her being a film star and taking care of her fortunately, they’re great travellers.” adopted Cambodian-born son Maddox, family. “It’s simple, I plan a lot — obses- With two divorces (from Jonny Lee Miller Ethiopian daughter Zahara and the sively,” the 32-year-old says with a laugh. and Billy Bob Thornton) and a former latest addition, Vietnamese son Pax, Jolie Even with the paparazzi chasing them reputation for being a wild woman, Jolie’s continues to make movies and still around the world (reportedly causing image has definitely softened over the past spends a great deal of her time as a the set of A Mighty Heart to close for a day 10 years. Was that a conscious decision? representative of the United Nations and while in India), Jolie says that she, Brad “I would assume we’ve all changed in reeze the International Criminal Court. and the children live a somewhat normal the last 10 years, in some way or another,” “I don’t call the things I do with the life. “It all depends on what you consider she says. “It’s just that the details of my U.N. and ICC work,” Jolie says with a a normal life,” Jolie says with a smile. change have always been noted. But I’m 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 smile. “Unfortunately, there will always “We’re a normal family, and I’m sure just growing up. In many ways I’m very be refugees. Hopefully, through justice kids are the big part of keeping you nor- much the same person. In different times and through aid, we can start to stabilize mal. We do travel a lot, and I think that of my life, I was more lost, without purpose. their situations better and have less keeps us from being stuck in the situation “And, at times in my life, I’ve found reason for them to run.” in this world. I only come out and do in- that purpose as I’ve become more © 2007 P&G © 2007

While there has been some talk that terviews a few days of the year, so the rest of grounded by my children. But I feel Jolie might quit the movie business to the time he and I are learning about other very much the same person, but just in spend more time helping people, she countries. We’re travelling, we’re working, different situations in my life and aware says her humanitarian work doesn’t we’re having dinner with our kids.” of different things.” make her think less of acting or her Her biggest problem, at the moment, friends in Hollywood. “I enjoy both, I is learning how to deal with her family’s Earl Dittman is a Houston-based don’t shun the acting world,” she says. jet lag. “I have to be honest, we do suffer entertainment writer. 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Reveal the goddess in you.® famous 28 | june 2007

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Flood of success 99MSRP Steve Carell’s career is at a high-water mark thanks to The 40 Year-Old Virgin, 199. Little Miss Sunshine and TV’s The Office. Will playing a modern-day Noah in Evan Almighty continue the swell? I BY BOB STRAUSS

od sure seems to be smiling on Indeed. Things got pretty out of control potentially be a week or month from now.” Steve Carell these days. But the on the film’s Virginia set, too. Between That may be an advantage of hitting it Glate-blooming comic star may need bad weather, constructing Noah-worthy big later in life. For years, the Second City- all the grace he can get for his next film. boat props and the difficulties of wrangling trained Carell cracked jokes in relative Carell, who’s gone from success to all those animals, Evan’s budget ballooned obscurity before making his first big success with The 40 Year-Old Virgin, the from its initial, hefty $140-million (U.S.) impression as a Daily Show correspondent. Oscar-nominated indie Little Miss Sunshine to a reported $175-million, making it the “I don’t know if it’s been either a plus or and TV’s The Office, now finds himself most expensive comedy ever produced. a minus,” he says of mid-career stardom. headlining Evan Almighty, a film that’s Carell even hurt his ankle on set. Uh, “It’s interesting and amazing that it hap- had its challenges. Somebody trying to send a message? pened at all, frankly. I’ve worked since, I Yes, it’s a sequel to the Jim Carrey hit And poor Evan doesn’t even presume guess, the late ’80s as an actor. I haven’t Bruce Almighty. But when Carrey opted not to be the supreme ruler, as Bruce did. had to do anything else to support myself to repeat his role as a guy who subs for “I do not get Godlike powers,” Carell since then. I’ve done plays, some TV, God while the deity takes a much-needed says, “and, no, I don’t feel slighted in the The Daily Show for a while; things that break, a new approach was called for. least. I don’t particularly want to run the could keep myself afloat and able to This time, Carell’s Evan Baxter, the universe. Jim was so good in the first one carve out a life and support my family.” newscaster Bruce tormented with his at doing just that, I don’t think they Carell is married to fellow Second City omnipotent powers in the first movie, is a wanted to go down that same road again. and Daily Show alum Nancy Walls, with newly elected U.S. congressman. Then “My struggle is to build this ark — and whom he has two small children. the Big Guy, once again played by not fully understanding the implications “So things had been going pretty well, Morgan Freeman, appears to him. of what I’m doing or why I’m doing it.” but the last two years or so were just “They were able to kind of take my Though grateful for his recent fortune, different. I really didn’t expect that to character from the first one and continue the last thing the 44-year-old actor regards happen. I hoped it would, but really, it’s the story on,” says Carell during an L.A. himself as is any kind of chosen one. been beyond my wildest dreams.” interview. He’s as calm and precise a “I don’t assume that it will necessarily Sounds pretty divine, whichever way speaker as his inept Michael Scott from continue the way it’s been going,” the you look at it. The Office is awkward. “God visits him in master of on-screen mortification figures. Washington, D.C., and instructs him to “I think I have a fairly good perspective on Bob Strauss is an L.A.-based www.playstation.ca build an ark. It gets crazier from there.” what it is right now and what it could entertainment writer. "PlayStation", "PS" Family logo, and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Internet connection and Memory Stick Duo™ may be required. famous 30 | june 2007 Player responsible for Wi-Fi fees. Compatible with UMD™ software and Memory Stick Duo™. See system manual for full details.

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interview | IOAN GRUFFUDD

“When I’m on the street and kids come up to me, they are quite surprised when I start speaking with my Welsh accent,” Gruffudd says with a chuckle. “But that’s what I’m proudest of, that I can come across believably as an American icon, an 3/C

American superhero. That’s the goal.” B Gruffudd has a chiseled chin and a lanky build that suits superhero Lycra, and G

he’s thankful for the chance to shift from R obscure foreign actor to recognizable leading man. He’s content to answer to Mr. Fantastic as long as it helps his career. “Things didn’t change in a snap after Fantastic Four,” he says. “What changed were my own confidence and personality and my own desires regarding work. There was a change in my responses at meetings that showed how committed I am to my career,” Gruffudd says. Still, he makes a point to emphasize his many years in British television, including

the Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Cwm (People of the Valley). Fame did not come easy, or overnight. He worked hard for it. Just like he worked diligently for years to gain a credible American accent. He also knows that his newfound fame could just as easily vanish, so happily returned to the role. This time the story features the comic book’s very popular Silver Surfer, a futuristic messenger who answers to the evil outer-space master Galactus, who gains power by consuming

the planets the Silver Surfer has scouted 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 for him. Stretching “If you know the comics, then you know the background of the Silver Surfer and for a role how he’s not a bad guy,” says Gruffudd. “You know he’s the herald for Galactus…. He’s Welsh, usually takes serious parts, and has rarely been the leading A lot of the film’s effects are going man. But Ioan Gruffudd is getting quite a kick out of playing the elastic towards representing him because every superhero at the centre of the Fantastic Four movies I BY STEVE RAMOS shot of him is an effect shot.” That’s because the character is mostly animated, with the voice and movements or the first time in his life, children of C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower provided by actor Doug Jones, known for yell out when they see Welsh actor novels, his co-starring role in director doing similar work in another comic book FIoan Gruffudd (pronounced Yo-an Michael Apted’s Amazing Grace just last adaptation, Hellboy, and the Oscar-winning 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Griffith) on the street. They call him year, and key supporting parts in Black Spanish film Pan’s Labyrinth. Mr. Fantastic thanks to his role as leader Hawk Down, King Arthur and even Titanic Asked if he’s envious of all the effects of the superhero team the Fantastic Four don’t matter as much. It’s the price of and attention being lavished on the in the popular 2005 blockbuster. his marquee moment; one he not only Silver Surfer, Gruffudd laughs. Those children know little about understands, but also graciously accepts. “I thought they did a good job with the 33-year-old actor’s work prior to When making Hollywood movies, your Mr. Fantastic. It’s the hardest effect to Fantastic Four, and let’s be honest, neither worth, your clout regarding future achieve to make one stretch and to make do most of their parents. All they see is projects, is only as strong as your biggest it look plausible. I know some of the fans Gruffudd as Reed Richards, a scientific success. Luckily for Gruffudd, as well as I meet at comic book conventions weren’t genius with the ability to stretch and his superhero co-stars Jessica Alba, Chris happy, but I’ve learned that you can’t The Ford Focus GFX sport package. Looks and performance inspired shape his body like Silly Putty. Evans and Michael Chiklis, Fantastic Four make all the fans happy so I don’t try.” by Ford Focus. Winner of the 2006 World Rally manufacturer’s title. The rest of his impressive career, the was a smash, spawning this month’s sequel, 100 2 5Stay 25 50 75 95Focused. 98 title role in the acclaimed TV adaptations Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Steve Ramos is a Cincinnati-based film writer.

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n 2001, George Clooney and a few of his closest friends Who’s the main gal this time? “It’s Ellen Barkin. She is an remade the Rat Pack caper flick Ocean’s Eleven and audiences absolutely dynamic actress and a wonderful addition to this Iand critics agreed, the slick pic about a Las Vegas heist was a crazy group of guys.”

far cry better than the hokey original. 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Clooney’s suave Danny Ocean and his band of thieves — Does she play your love interest? “No, no. She and Al Pacino’s

including magician Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), pickpocket Linus character work together, and she and Matt have a very funny 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Caldwell (Matt Damon) and pyrotechnics expert Basher Tarr sequence together.” (Don Cheadle) — reunited for Ocean’s Twelve in 2004. That job took them from Vegas to Europe, where they had to steal What does Al Pacino add to the mix? “Man, oh man, what a blast! enough money to pay back Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), the Al is a guy who just truly loves acting. I think that most actors get victim from the first movie, who had since discovered their iden- to a certain age where they really just want to, like, collect a tities. Even Clooney admits that film wasn’t as good as the first. paycheque or they don’t give a damn. Not Al, he just loves it. But that didn’t stop him, director Steven Soderbergh and the He’s into it. He’s always exciting to be on the set with.” rest of the gang from barrelling ahead with Ocean’s Thirteen. As the movie begins, one of the original crew, Reuben Tishkoff How many Ocean’s movies are all of you planning to do? “I think that (Elliott Gould), has just been double-crossed and badly injured we’ll stop after this one because we had a good reason for by slimy casino owner Willie Bank (Al Pacino). Ocean’s crew is making this one. But there is no telling if 10 or 15 years down 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 nothing if not loyal, and immediately decides that Bank must the road, when we need to do another one, we might just all pay. But instead of doing physical harm to him, they opt to rig come back together again.” 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 several games at his casino on the same night, thus robbing him of an enormous amount of cash. Getting back to its roots, the How was the approach different this time? “Actually, it’s sort of the action once again takes place under the bright neon lights of natural progression from the first two. It’s that we really planned the Vegas Strip. it out. We decided to do it and did it. We weren’t forced into the On an early morning in New York, Clooney sat down with situation where we had to do it, and then, all of a sudden, we’re Earl Dittman to talk about the movie. on the defensive and it’s a completely different set of rules.”

What made you want to push this franchise to a third film? “Well, first It seems these movies depend on good camaraderie, not just between of all, we felt like Twelve didn’t quite catch it. We felt like it was the cast members but the characters in the film, too. “Sure. I think

two-thirds of a good film, and then it sort of fell short in a that in almost every good caper movie, the caper is the least 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 couple of places. We wanted another crack at it. So we came up important part. In Ocean’s Eleven, the caper wasn’t the most

with a really good idea, which is revenge. That’s always good. It’s important part. It was sort of the camaraderie. You want to have 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 not about making money. We thought that this one could be a a good story and you want to have a good fun caper, but I don’t

really fun film to make.” think that the caper is as important. I think that the mistake M M M

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What was a typical work day like on Ocean’s Thirteen? “We go to work Why can’t you? “You could, but they really don’t care at all. It’s at a decent hour. We would work for eight or nine hours, some- still just as difficult to get a $7-million film or a $70-million film 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 thing like that and then start drinking. It was a tough job [laughs].” made. It literally makes no difference at all. The studio is happy for me because they’re my friends, but they couldn’t give Are you really planning to remain a bachelor the rest of your life? “I a damn. It doesn’t make much of a difference. But it was a hell did that Barbara Walters interview ages ago, and I’ve been of a night. It was really fun, and I really enjoyed it.” paying for it ever since. I should’ve cried, it would’ve been so much easier [laughs]. It was a conversation that probably Earl Dittman is a Houston-based entertainment writer. shouldn’t have taken place when it did, because the truth is that I’m really not planning on being a bachelor the rest of my life. SEARCH BY: THEATRE AMENITIES, THEATRE TYPES. FIND MOVIES AND THEATRES BY POSTAL CODE. Want to read more about Ocean’s Thirteen? When I said it, I just happened to have gotten through a divorce PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE, NAVIGATION IS SIMPLE AS CAN BE. ENHANCED MOVIE SHOW-TIME SEARCH CAPABILITIES. and thought, ‘I don’t want to do this ever again.’” Check out our web-exclusive interview with George Clooney’s co-star Matt Damon at MAPS. MOVIE AND ENTERTAINMENT NEWS. BIG SCREEN PROGRAMMING: OPERA, HOCKEY, WRESTLING. USER RANKINGS. You’re one of the few people who’s made it in movies after doing 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 FAMOUS MAGAZINE NOW ONLINE. BOX OFFICE REPORTS. MMVII TV. At this point, do you have enough perspective to see how lucky you cineplex.com g are? “I think if you look at it, there is an awful lot of people who NOW PLAYING EVERYWHERE famous 36 | june 2007

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