Josh Brolin Loves Making Marvel Movies Just as Much as Prestige Drama — and It’s Not About The Money
In 1989, Josh Brolin starred in the ABC western series “The Young Riders.” Then recently married with a kid, the 21-year-old actor began attending AA meetings while shooting on location in Tucson. There he met fireman Danny Martin, who would become his close friend of three decades.
“He introduced me to an incredible community [of firefighters] that I am still very close with,” said Brolin. “I just spent a lot of time with firefighters since my early 20s. I love the ribbing, I love that you have to man up. They challenge you and if you can’t hang you won’t hang, they won’t let you hang.”
So Brolin was extremely skeptical when director Joseph Kosinski (“Tron: Legacy”) approached him with a script about the famed Granite Mountain Hotshots — the heroic Prescott, Ariz. fire crew that battled the Yarnell Hill fire in 2013 and tragically lost 19 members (many of whom Martin knew...
“He introduced me to an incredible community [of firefighters] that I am still very close with,” said Brolin. “I just spent a lot of time with firefighters since my early 20s. I love the ribbing, I love that you have to man up. They challenge you and if you can’t hang you won’t hang, they won’t let you hang.”
So Brolin was extremely skeptical when director Joseph Kosinski (“Tron: Legacy”) approached him with a script about the famed Granite Mountain Hotshots — the heroic Prescott, Ariz. fire crew that battled the Yarnell Hill fire in 2013 and tragically lost 19 members (many of whom Martin knew...
- 10/20/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
In 1990, when Richard Parker faced an accusation that he'd burned down a cabin he was renovating for another couple, attorney Jon Setzer believed in his son-in-law's innocence and helped to defend him. "He felt that the suggestion that Richard had been guilty of arson was not justified," attorney George Cate said of his former longtime law partner, in an interview with the Associated Press. "He was supporting his son-in-law at that time." In a plea deal, Parker eventually was given four years' probation and paid $40,000 restitution. But the cabin's owners, Danny and Rosemary Martin, never forgot that incident - and...
- 2/18/2014
- by Jeff Truesdell
- PEOPLE.com
Love is in the air, but unfortunately there's garbage At the Movies this Valentine's Day weekend. Of course Peter Travers knows your perfect date involves a film and maybe pizza afterwards – because let's face it, you couldn't get a reservation at a restaurant either – but Hollywood's offered up some seriously slim pickings for you and your special someone this year.
16 Romantic Movies That Every Man Should Watch
First up is Endless Love, a remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields film of the same name (that's also essentially Romeo and Juliet) that...
16 Romantic Movies That Every Man Should Watch
First up is Endless Love, a remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields film of the same name (that's also essentially Romeo and Juliet) that...
- 2/13/2014
- Rollingstone.com
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