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I'm pretty sure she spells it this way: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1679669/

Thanks.

Does it seem like RDW is a little snippy with Poland at the very beginning? He's working in his wry humor and very friendly banter, just loosening the mood and giving her some props, and she seems a little tense and tentative.

Could be she'd just taped an interview with a real jerk, and needed a few minutes of exposure to David's charm before she realized that he wasn't another jerk. I used to run into that problem all the time when I was doing TV interviews on studio junkets. I remember once, on the "Rush hour" junket, walking into the hotel room to tape an interview with Tom Wilkinson, only to find him practically snarling after an unpleasant encounter with the previous interviewer. Fortunately, I was able to change his mood fairly quickly -- but I wasn't always that lucky.

Leydon, I would think your BOLO TIES would instantly lower any interviewee's defenses.

On a related note: TOM WILKINSON is in RUSH HOUR?

LexG: Yeah, and here's the really funny part: I think he got pissed at the previous interviewer because she had absolutely no freakin' idea who he was. None at all. And, mind you, this was after The Full Monty (and Oscar and Lucinda) had been out for quite a while.

And apeaking of weird early credits: the other night, while in a sports bar/restaurant, I saw on one of many TV screens there that Spike TV was showing an early Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, Bloodsport. And lo and behold, who did I spot in a supporting role but... future Oscar winner Forest Whitaker.

That's the awesome thing about character actors. Movie "stars" we all kind of follow from pretty early on when they break, and all their early shit inevitably gets brought out with their mug plastered all over the cover even if they're barely in it. But character actors fall in and out of favor so much it's easy to forget some of these guys who are "hot" now have been around for decades. Guys like Wilkinson and Brian Cox and Brenden Gleeson and Ray Winstone turn up in so much stuff now it's easy to think of them as somehow "new"... then you IMDB them and see them in movies from THIRTY YEARS AGO.

I know I was sure surprised to see a baby-faced RAY WINSTONE kickin' it with Diane Lane in that *1982* Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains movie.

I was channel surfing tonight and clicked past Angels in the Outfield, did a double take because I was pretty sure I saw a young Adrien Brody in the dugout. By the time I clicked back to it, the scene had changed, but I'm pretty sure it was him. Too lazy to check imdb right now.

Yup, Brody was in Angels in the Outfield along with a still unknown Matthew McConaughey. Brody played the character who couldn't hit for shit and Matt played the guy who was lifted by one of the angels. Even the reliable Neal McDonough played a pitcher in that movie who couldn't pitch.

Thanks, Daniel. Yeah, I saw McDonough when I surfed back to the movie.

The main thing I remember about that movie was the odd premise of God helping a baseball team cheat. I'm not particularly religious, but it seemed offensive to me, and weird. It's not like the other teams were depicted as overly evil or anything. And even a movie God should have better things to do. Not sure if this was handled any better in the original version.

She couldn't be more charming and interesting. I'd listen again if I could xfer it to my mp3 player.

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