ACTORS AND LITERATURE: Ethan Hawke, Hugh Laurie and Viggo Mortensen

Posted by zoey on Feb 23, 2010 in Movies and Actors |

Don’t you like actors when they are multi-dimensional? It must be much more fun to be able to write a novel when they don’t have to pay the bills with its sales. Sure, they would love to have many readers. What author doesn’t? But art is much more fun when you don’t have to worry about selling it. I did talk about actors making music before.

For Kevin Bacon and Keanu Reeves: http://pinartarhan.com/blog/actor-musicians-and-musician-actors/

For Shane West: http://pinartarhan.com/blog/actor-musicians-and-musician-actors-part-3/

For Bruce Willis and John Travolta: http://pinartarhan.com/blog/actor-musicians-and-musician-actors-part-2/

Now, it is time for novels and poetry:

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke writes,directs and stars in movies. Plus, he writes novels. Gotta appreciate a multi-talented actor.

Well, we know Ethan is no stranger to writing scripts and we do love what he did with Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater, co-writing Before Sunset (The sequel to the amazing romantic film Before Sunrise). But he also writes novels. His first novel is The Hottest State. He later directed this into a movie of the same name in 2006. He also wrote the script and has a small but an important role in the film. Not an amazing film, but pretty good in all standards and I do love a multi-tasking actor.

His second novel was released in 2002 and it is called “Ash Wednesday: A novel”

For reviews/pictures of the lovely Before Sunrise and Before Sunset:

http://pinartarhan.com/blog/before-sunrise-1995/

http://pinartarhan.com/blog/before-sunset-2004/

And just in case you want more on Ethan; Ethan guest-appears in the great thriller of a TV show Alias: http://pinartarhan.com/blog/alias/

and check out this lovely yet cynical 90s romantic comedy Reality Bites: http://pinartarhan.com/blog/reality-bites-always/

Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie is just superb as Gregory House, speaking in such a great American accent that even fooled the producers. I love this guy. And he is a writer too!

In addition to being a terrific actor, both comedic and dramatic, he is an apt musician. But as if talent and the British charm isn’t enough, Hugh is a writer too. His first novel The Gun Seller was a critically acclaimed crime novel. Another one called The Paper Soldier is on the way. Don’t you just love Hugh?

More on Hugh and House: http://pinartarhan.com/blog/house-better-than-sherlock-holmes-and-csi-combined/

Viggo Mortensen

OK, you caught me. I am not the biggest fan of the Middle-earth and its creatures. But I have always loved a smart,strong fighter. I just can't believe they almost had another actor playing Aragorn.

I first saw Viggo in a hugely underrated TV movie called Vanishing Point. It is fast, fun and interesting. Then I watched A Perfect Murder with Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow, where he played Gwyneth’s lover. The movie was a good remake and he does make a good bohemian artist with some shady intentions. So by the time he was Aragorn in Lord of the Rings, I was already a fan. But when I dug deeper into his history, I realized the guy was even more interesting than I gave him credit for. I’ll get into the details later but let’s just say that he writes poetry and does own a publishing house. Damn, the guy is hardworking.

I love all three actors and I have to admit I haven’t gotten to read their works. Yet. But I’ll. I just hope I have half the luck and talent these guys have…

Related Posts

The Best Man starring Richard Coyle, Keeley Hawes and Toby Stephens [/caption] Mike (Richard Coyle) tries to kill himself. From the beginning of the movie, we are given hints here and there through flashback that he and his best friend Peter...
The Woodlanders: A Gorgeous Rufus Sewell in an Awful Movie 3) The ending. Oh please…I wasn’t asking for a “let’s ride towards the sunset” type of ending but this is even worse. Pro: 1) Rufus Sewell is really pretty here....
The Nines (2007) [/caption] the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5mFAc1OTVM Prepare yourself for a weird, compelling and interesting story. Well, stories actually. The movie consists of three parts, all interconnected somehow but even though they provide some...

Related Websites

My Three Word Memoir: Be About It Be About It It's pretty simple. Be About It. Don't talk about it. That's my three word memoir if I...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07 kjwriteleft.com Poem: 'Girls With Guns' http://kjwriteleft.com/beta/creative-writing/poetry/916-poem-girls-with-guns.html # kjwriteleft.com Poem: "Resolute" http://is.gd/9yU8Z # Have not had time to tweet lately, but...
Google Sitemaps :: Are They Or Aren't They Lucrative SEO Tools? Google has had a feature out for some time which allows webmasters to create a sitemap file to help Google's...