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In Select Cities September 30th In Theatres Everywhere October 7th DOMINO FamousMagazine9/2/0512:40PMPage1 IN THEATRES OCTOBER 14 IN THEATRES 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 R G B 3/C contents Famous | volume 6 | number 10 24 20 28 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 20 BLOOM COUNTY 06 EDITORIAL 44 NAME OF THE GAME ORLANDO BLOOM puts down his Jaws Unleashed surfaces sword and picks up a road map to 07 LETTERS star in director Cameron Crowe’s 46 VIDEO AND DVD meaning-of-life pic Elizabethtown 08 SNAPS The dark allure of Batman Begins I BY BOB THOMPSON Jennifer Aniston, Frisbee queen 48 HOROSCOPE 24 DIAZ’S NEW SHOES 10 SHORTS CAMERON DIAZ hasn’t shown her Pop-culture candy 50 FAMOUS LAST WORDS lovely face on screen in more than Anthony Hopkins tells you what two years. Here the blond beauty 12 SPOTLIGHT to read explains how a great role in the Lauren Collins, Degrassi grad chick flick In Her Shoes got her COVER STORY back in front of the camera, and at 14 THE BIG PICTURE a bargain basement price 32 THE RETURN OF ZORRO I BY EARL DITTMAN 18 THINGS Seven years after he carved a Z in Back in black the hearts of moviegoers, The Mask 28 EXTRA-LEAN BACON of Zorro’s ANTONIO BANDERAS There’s no fat on him or his acting. 36 COMING SOON reappears as the swashbuckling KEVIN BACON bares all for Atom hero in the sequel, The Legend of Egoyan’s steamy, controversial 38 TRIVIA Zorro. It’s a return to all-out action thriller Where the Truth Lies. And for the Spanish star who recently while he rises to the occasion, the 40 BUCKLE UP! conquered his final professional 47-year-old actor reveals he’s ready Looking for your first set of wheels? hurdle — Broadway to take on a less disturbing role Check out our FIRST-TIME CAR I BY EARL DITTMAN I BY INGRID RANDOJA BUYER’S GUIDE famous 4 | october 2005 •Ads check9/6/0511:39AMPagex2 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 R G B 3/C editorial | ELASTIC BANDERAS October 2005 volume 6 number 10 augh if you will, but I’m going to go out PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR on a limb and declare Antonio Banderas Lthe most eclectic actor working today. EDITOR MARNI WEISZ Seriously. INGRID RANDOJA I know for many of you the idea seems DEPUTY EDITOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR DANIEL CULLEN ludicrous, especially since the star of the new PRODUCTION MANAGER SHEILA GREGORY sequel, The Legend of Zorro, has developed PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA a reputation as a bit of a one-note, lusty, romantic Spanish caricature. Perhaps you’re CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMAN even thinking of the caricature Chris Kattan SCOTT GARDNER SUSAN GRANGER used to do of him on Saturday Night Live, LIZA HERZ squeezed into tight leather pants, spouting DAN LIEBMAN breathy lines like, “I am, how you say, a-sexy.” BOB THOMPSON But think about. There are very few actors who can jump from genre to genre like Antonio. In fact, my favourite Banderas ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS IS HANDLED BY FAMOUS PLAYERS MEDIA INC. performances create almost a cross-section of genres. 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OF MARKETING & SALES, BETH SCOTT (ext. 249) MAGAZINE DIVISION his comic edge in the Spy Kids movies; had the sense of humour to ACCOUNT MANAGERS ZOLTAN TOTH (ext. 233) parody his own commanding Mask of Zorro performance as Shrek 2’s JENNA PATERSON (ext. 243) adorable Puss-in-Boots; and he’s currently preparing for one of the BEN MUNGER (ext. 235) most epic performances of his career, as Roman emperor Hadrian SALES & MARKETING CAROL BRATHWAITE (ext. 256) in a historical drama from Deliverance director John Boorman. CO-ORDINATOR The fact that he can never really lose himself in a role — in “Zorro BRITISH COLUMBIA 604.904.8622 Rides Again,” page 32, Banderas admits “every American recognizes WESTERN SALES MANAGER DIANE RAJH my voice. I can disguise it any way I want, and they still go, ‘Oh, that’s Antonio,’” — somehow makes his versatility even more impressive. ALBERTA 403.266.4412 Another thing about Banderas…he’s a workhorse, appearing in WESTERN SALES MANAGER ELIZABETH D’ARTOIS 26 movies in his native Spain before most of us had ever heard of QUEBEC 514.868.0005 him, and another 26 since that 1992 English debut in Mambo Kings. DIRECTOR OF SALES SOPHIE JODOIN (ext. 222) The same can’t be said of all actors. In Her Shoes, for instance, is ACCOUNT MANAGER ZOÉ LAFOND (ext. 224) Cameron Diaz’s first movie since her voice role opposite Banderas in SALES CO-ORDINATOR PATRICIA CARPENTIER (ext. 223) last year’s Shrek 2, and marks the first time she’s actually appeared on screen since 1993’s Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. In “Diaz Finds SPECIAL THANKS MATHIEU CHANTELOIS JOAN GRANT the Right Fit,” page 24, the actor explains why she needed a break, JEAN-FRANÇOIS LÉGARÉ and why the Curtis Hanson-directed dramedy was enough, not only CATHY PROWSE to pull her back, but for relatively little money. SUSAN REGINELLI Orlando Bloom also alludes to needing some time off in our JEFF RUSH interview for his first big departure from swords and sandals epics, Elizabethtown. In “Modern-day Orlando,” page 20, the 28-year-old Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by 1371327 Ontario Ltd. heartthrob says that, after he finishes the two Pirates of the Caribbean Subscriptions are $32.10 ($30 + GST) a year in Canada, $45 a year in the U.S. sequels, he “might decide that taking a little bit of time to recover and $55 a year overseas. Single copies are $3. Back issues are $6. All subscription inquiries, back issue requests and letters to the editor should is needed, to regroup the troops as it were.” be directed to Famous magazine at 102 Atlantic Ave., Ste. 100, Toronto, And while Kevin Bacon doesn’t think he needs a break from Ontario, M6K 1X9; or 416.539.8800; or [email protected] moviemaking, he does think he needs a break from the grave, Publications Mail Agreement No. 40708019 disturbing films he’s been drawn to recently. The latest one, Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Atom Egoyan’s twisty whodunit Where the Truth Famous magazine, 102 Atlantic Ave., Suite 100, Toronto, Ont., M6K 1X9 Lies, arrives in theatres this month. After that, 500,000 copies of Famous magazine are distributed through Famous Players Bacon says, he’s just gotta find a nice light and Alliance Atlantis cinemas, and other outlets. Famous magazine is not respon- romance or an action pic. Read all about it in sible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or other materials. No material in this magazine may be reprinted without the express written “Bacon’s Greasy Role,” page 28. consent of the publisher. © 1371327 Ontario Ltd. 2002. Now I want all of you to go think about taking some time off, but remember, chances are you don’t make millions and millions of dollars for a few months’ work. So keep it short, eh? —MARNI WEISZ famous 6 | october 2005 letters | WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CAROLINE DHAVARNAS? In July 2003 you published a great article in your “Shorts” section on French-Canadian actress Caroline Dhavarnas.