BRODY IN MOTION

Vanities

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Name and occupation: Adrien Bordy. actor. Age: 26. Provenance: York City. Previous indie hits: The Last Time I Committed Starring. starrint! Keanu Reeves. and Steven Soderbergh's King of the Hill. Soon to be playing with the big boys in: Terrence Malick's World He epic. The Thin Red Line. wth Sean Penn. John Tra~ olta. and (ieoGeorge Clooney. Your role in The Thin Red was one of the most sought-after in Hollywood. How did you edge out the competition? "Most of the feedback get when I don't get a part is that I'm too ethnic-looking. And this is a role whwhich is typically given o the all-American-looking boy, But Terrence was wonderful he e~ en had me read fbr a southesouthern character." How Brody's first week in the set resembled a plotline from Private Benjamin:"! went straight to boot camp and slept in the jungle tbr seven nights. The extras I shared a tent with kicked me out because I snored too loud. So I had to sleep in a little pup tent h~ myself ith the spispiders." Will The Thin Red Line steal any thunder this year's other World War II drama, Saving Private Ryan? "The first and the last scenes of Saving Private Ryan are sonic of the most amazing I've ever seen. There ar~me at performances. but you don't walk away emotionall~ in~ol~ed ith the characters. Thin Red ne is come to he extremely diffrent."