Biography about steve carell foxcatcher interview

Once upon a time, all it took to be a leading man in Hollywood was a great jawline, a raging cocaine habit and the ability to run and fire a gun at the same time.

But in this anxious age, we require a little more from our movie stars: we want them to be decent, down-to-earth, smartly dressed, happily married (human rights lawyers are very in at the moment) and even – perhaps trickiest of the lot – ordinary.

All of which might explain why Steve Carell represents the bleeding edge of modern Hollywood cool.

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The father of two has been with his wife Nancy for almost a decade, with nary a hint of marital strain. He doesn’t yell at paparazzi. He’s never fallen out of an LA nightclub at 6am. You could take him home to meet your mother and they’d end up chatting about comfy jumpers and the best way to retile a bathroom.

But isn’t that all a bit, well, boring? In Carell’s case, not remotely.

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