David Harbour as Brian in Every Day (2010): the Rival in the Writers’ Room
David Harbour plays Brian, the envelope-pushing fellow screenwriter in Richard Levine’s 2010 dramedy Every Day, a small role in a film about a TV writer at a crossroads.
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Jacob Ericksson as Christer Malm in The Girl Who Played with Fire
Jacob Ericksson played Christer Malm in The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009). A look at the role, the stage-trained actor behind it and what the part meant for his career.
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Cameron Diaz as Amanda Woods in The Holiday (2006): the trailer-maker who learned to slow down
Cameron Diaz plays Amanda Woods in Nancy Meyers’s The Holiday (2006): the workaholic trailer-maker, her Dior shearling coat, and what the role meant for Diaz.
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Ivana Baquero as Ana in Romasanta (2004): A Child Actor’s First Screen Credit
Ivana Baquero’s first film role was Ana in Paco Plaza’s 2004 horror drama Romasanta. How the part launched the girl who became Pan’s Labyrinth’s Ofelia.
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Giovanni Esposito as Interpreter Coppa in The Tourist (2010)
Giovanni Esposito plays Coppa, the interpreter in The Tourist (2010), a Venice-set spy romance with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. The part and the film around it.
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Rhys Darby as Angus “The Nut” Nutsford in The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Rhys Darby plays Angus ‘The Nut’ Nutsford, the ship’s fool on Radio Rock, in Richard Curtis’s 2009 pirate radio comedy The Boat That Rocked (Pirate Radio).
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William Daniels as Commissioner Ebbers in Blades of Glory (2007)
William Daniels, the original voice of KITT, plays Commissioner Ebbers in the 2007 skating comedy Blades of Glory. See where it sits in his career.
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Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible II: The Sequel That Made the Franchise a Habit
Tom Cruise returned as Ethan Hunt in John Woo’s Mission: Impossible II (2000). How the role changed, what the film asked of him and what it led to.
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Jeff Bridges as Burt Vickerman in Stick It (2006): A Gym Coach Built from Observation
How Jeff Bridges built Burt Vickerman, the hard-nosed gymnastics coach of Stick It (2006), from observing real coaches, and the scenes that define the role.
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Tom Hanks as Congressman Charlie Wilson in Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
Tom Hanks plays Texas congressman Charlie Wilson in Mike Nichols’s Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), with Om Puri as Pakistan’s President Zia ul-Haq.
