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DECEMBER 01, 2011
15
ANew
Mission
Lost
star
JOSHHOLLOWAY
keepsourpulsespounding
withhis latest action-packed role.
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Don’tworry,
Lost
fans:
JoshHollowaymade it off the
island. In fact, themanbehind
smolderingconmanSawyer
not onlymade it to themainland,
he’snowkeepingcompanywith
the likesof TomCruise in this
month’s
Mission: Impossible—
GhostProtocol
. The42-year-old
fromFreeHome, Ga., fillsus in
onhowhegot the jobandwhere
he’ll go fromhere.
AMERICANWAY
:
Theplot for
M:I4
isveryhush-hush.Canyoushare
any infowithouthaving to take
usout?
JOSHHOLLOWAY:
I can say that
I’man IMSagent. And I can saymy
part is small but poignant—and
action-packed.
AW
:
Soyou’vegone fromplaying
aconman toacovert international
agent.Howdid thathappen?
JH:
Well, it startswith [
M:I4
producer and
Lost
creator] J.J.
Abrams. I’d just spent 18days in
Georgiawithmy family, drinking
beers, looking likea redneck. I had
togo toNewYork formeetings, so
I cleanedmyself upandwhile Iwas
there, I got a call [fromAbrams,
who said], “Areyouavailable?Can
you fly toPrague in twoweeks?” I
was, like, “Yeah, I can, actually!”
AW
:
So,didyougo toe-to-toe
withTomCruise foryour stunts?
JH:
Oh, I dida lot of stuntwork,
and itwasquite fun. For stuntson
Lost
, theygaveyou 10minutes and
basically said: “Now, go!”But that
wasdivingoffwaterfalls, fallingoff
ladders. Nothing crazy like
Mission:
Impossible
. For this, theybringyou
out early forweapons and stunt
training.
AW
:
What’snext foryou?
JH:
I’mkindof playing chess at the
moment andwaitingandwatching.
Businessnever happens as fast as
youwant it to. That’s thehardpart
forme: havingpatience.
AW
:
Wemustdiscussyourhair—
ithasbeenchoppedoff!Doyou
love itorhate it?
JH:
Noone recognizesme, and
that’sgreat! I get ahaircut and
shavemybeard, and I getmy
anonymityback. But since thehair
isgrowingout now…
AW
:
You’regrowing it longagain?
JH:
[
Laughs
]Oh, I don’t knowwhat
I’mdoing.
I,Spy
Now thatHollowayhas joined the iconic
Mission: Impossible
franchise, he shares
his favorite thrillers fromwhenhewasgrowingup.—A.W.S.
SonicSecret
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Thename
HarryGregson-
Williamsmaynot ringabell, but
numerousHollywooddirectors and
production studiosowehimadebt
of gratitude. The low-keyBrit’s
musical scores— featured in flicks
from
SpyKids
to
GoneBabyGone
—have transformed themovies in
which they’veappeared. Speaking
fromhis recording studio inVenice
Beach, Calif., theHansZimmer
protégé recentlydiscussedhis
diverse filmworkwith
American
Way
, includingmusic for the
current 3-Danimatedholiday
adventure
ArthurChristmas
.
ARTHURCHRISTMAS
(out now)
“Due toa clerical error, one childwon’t
receive theChristmaspresent she’d
wished for, andSanta’s youngest son,
Arthur, attempts toput things right.
As such, themusic isoften inahurry,
aswas I,whohad twoweeks to score
the film.”
COWBOYS&ALIENS
(2011)
“It took sixmonths to complete
this score,whichallowed time
for discovery. Somewould say
prevarication.”
The
SHREK
series
“Theanimated features I’vedonehave
remindedme thatmusicmust be
perfectly in syncwith the imageson
screen.”
THECHRONICLESOFNARNIA:
THELION, THEWITCHANDTHE
WARDROBE
(2005) and
PRINCE
CASPIAN
(2008)
“[This]was adream. I had read the
book series andwas thrilled tobe
involvedwith suchmagical projects.”
KINGDOMOFHEAVEN
(2005)
“RidleyScottmadeabeautiful film
that affordedme theopportunity
to composemusic for a three-hour
feature.”
BLADERUNNER
“Amazing concept, amazing cast.
RidleyScott hadan incredibleability
to createa futuristicworld.”
THE
JAMESBOND
FRANCHISE
“I grewupwatching themwithmy
brothers anddad.”
THE
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
FRANCHISE
“It’s surreal tonowbeapart of it.”
