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Matthew Fox Talks About Vantage Point

Tuesday February 19, 2008
Lost star Matthew Fox plays Secret Service Agent Kent Taylor in the action drama Vantage Point co-starring Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, and William Hurt. Unfortunately, Secret Service agents are a secretive bunch and so Fox didn’t have the opportunity to work one-on-one with a real agent in order to get into character. “It was always very important to [director Pete Travis] that we pull off the logistics of what we were doing as Secret Service agents and as that whole team, that the real physical elements of it, where guns are carried, how voice things are used, the structure of getting in and out of cars, that that was accurate. We did have consultants,” explained Fox. “We had consultants that were affiliated with them enough to give us advice that was accurate, so I hope that any Secret Service agents that see the movie would feel like we didn’t make any glaringly bad mistakes.” Read On...
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New on DVD - American Gangster
Two of the best actors working today, Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington, reunite for American Gangster directed by Ridley Scott. Crowe and Washington worked together in the '95 thriller Virtuosity and had always wanted to team up for another film, and American Gangster provided the perfect opportunity for the two Academy Award winners to share the spotlight again. American Gangster 2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition DVD Review

More on American Gangster
  • Interview with Russell Crowe

  • Interview with Denzel Washington

  • American Gangster Photo Gallery

  • (DVD Art © Universal Studios Home Entertainment)

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