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New book reveals top actors' movie inspirations
It’s not just everyday folks like you and I that are inspired by the movies as even the great and good turn to the big screen for a little guidance. How do we know this? Well, it’s not just our psychic powers (which are pretty impressive) that have lead us to this conclusion but a new book by Robert Hoffler, senior L. A. editor at trade bible Variety. Hoffler conducted a survey with many of Hollywood’s top names, asking them to name and explain their silver screen influences and has collected his findings into a new book, Variety’s the Movie That Changed My Life: 120 Notables Pick the Films That Made a Difference (for Better or for Worse). So, which star had their eyes opened by Pretty Woman? Click over to read more.
The book, due to be published in the UK next January reveals sexual awakenings. “It was the first naked woman’s breast I ever saw, and that completely changed my life,” admits Steve Carell on 70s drama Ryan’s Daughter, while for his Get Smart co-star Anne Hathaway Pretty Woman’s sexual story was shocking: “When I was 17 . . . I [realized], “Oh my God, she’s giving him a ======= in that scene.” For others, such as US comedian Bill Maher movies resonated for more traumatic reasons such as an unexpected death in coming-of-age saga Where The Boys Are.
The interviewed celebrities also attest to the productive powers of movies. Screen legend Jack Nicholson learned from watching On The Waterfront that his acting had to take a different direction to that of his idol, Marlon Brando otherwise he “wouldn’t get anywhere”. And current comedic hot property Seth Rogen felt in-tune with Clerks as “it was the first movie I saw where the characters were talking like me and my friends.”
To find out more about the inspirational force of yesterday’s films on today’s stars, pre-order your copy of Variety’s the Movie That Changed My Life: 120 Notables Pick the Films That Made a Difference (for Better or for Worse) here.
[via Thiandian]
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