CARLA COLLINS DISHES ABOUT HARRISON FORD AND CAMERON DIAZ may 2002 | volume 3 | number 5 canada’s #1 movie magazine in canada’s #1 theatres $3.00 SENSATIONAL SUMMER MOVIE GUIDE * RICHARD GERE UNVEILS UNFAITHFUL * SPOTLIGHT ON: HUGH GRANT & KIRSTEN DUNST * CHATTING WITH MOBY RISING FORCE Canadian Hayden Christensen talks Attack of the Clones plus NEW VIDEO + DVD | H OROSCOPE | MUSIC | VIDEOGAMES contents Famous | volume 3 | number 5 | 16 28 FEATURES COLUMNS 16 SUMMER PREVIEW: SPY VS. SPY 10 HEARSAY Aren’t spies supposed to be invisible? Carla Collins reveals Penélope Cruz’s Because this summer they’re every- somniferous secret where youlook. From Matt Damon’s The Bourne Identity to Mike Myers’ 38 CUI-SEEN Austin Powers 3, secret agents are the 26 Harrison Ford salivates over salad hottest thing in summer theatres since air conditioning became standard. Get 40 LINER NOTES a sneak peek at all the covert ops, in DEPARTMENTS Moby looks forward to more time with this comprehensive guide sleazy people in trendy nightclubs 06 EDITORIAL 28 GERE PONDERS MARRIAGE Hayden Christensen — kiss your 42 NAME OF THE GAME No, not his own. In fact, Richard Gere anonymity goodbye Soccer without the hooligans is quite content to live in sin with his longtime girlfriend. It’s the deteriorating 09 LETTERS nuptials in his new thriller Unfaithful What’s that movie? The one with the that has Gere pontificating about “love, girl? And the food? 40 obsession, guilt and the sanctity of marriage” By Earl Dittman 12 SHORTS Dennis Quaid and Bo Derek do dinner COVER STORY 26 THE PLAYERS 32 DARTH WARMED OVER Catching up with Hugh Grant and Before Darth Vader became the most Kirsten Dunst reviled figure in the Galactic Empire he actually wasn’t such a bad guy. There 36 ON THE SLATE was this girl he liked, and he had friends. Prepare to swoon ladies. Heath Ledger’s But as Yoda once said, “Hard to see, playing an Australian outlaw the dark side is.”Now imagine playing the conflicted knight as he’s about to 44 VIDEO AND DVD turn bad. Canadian Hayden Christensen Harry Potter and Corky Romano fills you in on the role of a lifetime — or make it to video as much as George Lucas’s lawyers will allow By Sean Daly 46 HOROSCOPE ON THE COVER: Hayden Christensen If you want to meet people, Taurus, stay at home famous 5 | may 2002 editorial | PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR EDITOR MARNI WEISZ ALMOST FAMOUS DEPUTY EDITOR SEAN DAVIDSON ART DIRECTOR VADIM MOSCOTIN wonder what Hayden Christensen is doing PRODUCTION MANAGER SHEILA GREGORY Iwith his last few days of anonymity. Hanging out at the mall? Taking a walk in the park? Going CONTRIBUTORS CARLA COLLINS SEAN DALY to a ball game? EARL DITTMAN On the day this magazine arrives in theatres, SUSAN GRANGER the boyish Canadian actor is still something of an DAN LIEBMAN unknown. Sure, since nabbing the coveted role of MARK MAGEE MICHAEL WHITE Anakin Skywalker he’s been named to a few Hollywood hot lists. But if we employ the custom- FAMOUS IS REPRESENTED BY FAMOUS PLAYERS MEDIA INC. ary barometer for testing celebrity — he can still walk the streets without being mobbed. ADVERTISING AND SALES On May 16, all that will change. That’s when HEAD OFFICE 416.539.8800 Attack of the Clones is made available for mass consumption and, whether VICE PRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER D. 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JOAN GRANT In the immortal words of 1979’s Meatballs, “Are you ready for the ROB JOHN summer? Are you ready for the good times?” If not, our annual summer CATHY PROWSE preview, on page 16, is a good place to start. Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by 1371327 Ontario Ltd. There are spy flicks aplenty — whether you like your secret agents Subscriptions are $32.50 ($30 + GST) a year in Canada, $45 a year in the U.S. and $55 a year overseas. Single copies are $3. Back issues are $6. serious (Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity), agile (Jackie Chan in All subscription inquiries, back issue requests and The Tuxedo), juvenile (Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega in Spy Kids 2) or just letters to the editor should be directed to Famous magazine at 102 Atlantic Ave., Ste. 100, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 1X9; plain wacky (Mike Myers in Austin Powers 3). or 416.539.8800; or [email protected] Then you’ve got your cartoon heroes-turned-film stars, like that acrobatic Canada Post Publication Agreement: No. 1716344 arachnid Spider-Man and those meddling kids from Scooby-Doo. And, of course, there’s the aforementioned fifth instalment of the Star Wars fran- 500,000 copies of Famous magazine are distributed through Famous Players, Alliance Atlantis and Galaxy cinemas, and other outlets. Famous magazine is not chise. Jennifer Lopez has a new one, as do Al Pacino, Tom Hanks and Tom responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or other materials. Cruise… I could go on, but that would just be wasting your time, which No material in this magazine may be reprinted without the express written consent of the publisher. © 1371327 Ontario Ltd. 2001. could be better spent reading the preview. — Marni Weisz famous 6 | may 2002 hearsay | CARLA COLLINS HAS THE SKINNY ON FORD’S NEW SQUEEZE, WHY DIAZ WON’T DIG INTO PIG AND HOW SLY SAVED THE DAY, FOR REAL THAT’S QUITE BEST IN SHOW BIZ Awards shows can sometimes THE SIESTA, SISTA get hairy, but the real dogfights are at the annual Jeannette Wells All Star Animal Awards. The main mutt at this reports in The Scoop year’s event, nicknamed the “Animal Oscars,” is that Penélope Cruz Lou, the puppy star of Cats and Dogs. The sleeps as much as 15 canine has been nominated for three awards, hours a night. Cruz including Best Real Animal in a Film, Best Animal claims, “Sleep is the Action Sequence (for his battle with 3 ninja cats) best way to happi- and Cutest Animal of the Year. Oddly, Russell ness and beauty. Crowe managed a nomination for Best Hound while Once my sister slept for three days straight. My Halle Berry was recognized for Best Puppies. record is 18 hours.” She’d just watched the director’s cut of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. LIFE IMITATING...WELL, NOT EXACTLY ART I THOUGHT MEN Sylvester Stallone recently came to the rescue WERE PIGS A STOCK-ED CAR A red 1966 Ferrari once of Larry King, Mira Sorvino and a dozen others Cameron Diaz gave owned by Dean Martin has been placed up when they were all stuck together in an eleva- up eating pork when for auction on eBay. Scottish collector David tor. Things went awry at L.A.’s Kodak Theatre she was told pigs Reid assures London’s Daily Telegraph that during the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s have the same the vintage automobile, previously registered Love Rocks concert, when workers accidentally mental capacity as to “Dean Martin, actor and chanteur,” cut off the power to a backstage elevator. three-year-olds. The remains “in great condition.” If what they Peoplenews.com reports that, not content to star of The Sweetest say about cars reflecting the personality of wait for help, Sly “stripped off his Armani jacket Thing tells Esquire their owners is true, then the kitschy car is and manually that she used to sure to be environmentally friendly — no pulled the lift up turn to bacon as a doubt it runs on alcohol. to the next floor hangover cure but where, having gave up on the pried open the other white meat INDIANA BONES’ LATEST CRUSADE Harrison doors with his after she was Ford is apparently in the midst of a mid-life crisis. bare hands, he informed of a pig’s childlike brain. “I The aging action star, who is in the process of helped everyone thought ‘Oh my God, it’s like eating my divorcing his wife of 18 years, had a much to freedom.” All niece.’” I guess she’s got sympathy for the publicized, short-lived affair with Minnie Driver.