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Chris Pine - Film
By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
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Chris Pine
Raises The Stakes In New
Spy Thriller!
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| Chris Pine as Jack Ryan |
Snagging a lead role in a movie franchise is
a lofty career break for any actor but having lighting strike twice with a
second franchise lead is a rare blessing indeed. Chris Pine is now in this
coveted position with his latest movie “Jack
Ryan: Shadow Recruit.” Fans of this young, handsome leading man have
followed his early career through films like the Denzel Washington runaway
train thriller “Unstoppable,” “Just My
Luck” opposite Lindsay Lohan and “Princess
Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” opposite Anne Hathaway to name some. But the
real boost to Pine’s career was his portrayal of James T. Kirk, Captain of the
Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise in the last two “Star Trek” movies which are sure to spawn more sequels.
Now Pine is now reprising the role of Jack
Ryan, the ordinary super spy character created by master, best selling spy
novelist Tom Clancy. Hollywood brought Jack Ryan to the big screen first in “The Hunt for Red October” and again in “Patriot Games,” both movie
blockbusters. Now Pine brings us a young and 2014 version of the character in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.” This film
does not disappoint and has all of the elements of a spine tingling, action spy
thriller. Obviously people are curious as to the differences for Pine as Kirk
in the future and Ryan in the present. Pine explains, “The great thing about
the Jack Ryan films is that the plot and the stories kind of always take center
stage and I think if you’ve done your job as the actor portraying jack Ryan,
you are present enough to make an impact but you kind of let the story shine.
We had a great story that David Koepp came up with. Obviously with Kirk,
Shatner (William) made such a deep impression that it’s a whole different thing
entirely.”
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| Jack Ryan in hot pursuit |
Pine showed his daringness by doing his
own stunts. He elaborates on that; “I did plenty of my own stunts. I enjoyed
doing them. I think most actors do it. You get to live out boyhood fantasies
and you have people making sure that you do it safely.” Like the James Bond
films with many actors that have played Bond, Jack Ryan has two predecessors in
Alec Baldwin (Hunt For Red October) and Harrison Ford (Patriot Games).
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| (R) Ryan (Pine) is recruited by CIA Agent William Harper (Kevin Costner) | | |
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| Ryan's lady Cathy Muller (Keira Knightley) |
How does
this affect how Pine
approached playing his version of Ryan? He smiles, “I’ve always loved the
series, I’ve always loved the spy genre, fiction and films so I just kind of
well versed with the Clancy universe having watched the films growing up. And
looking at the character and re-watching the films, what I most enjoyed for me
was the difference in what I saw in how Alex portrayed and how Harrison
portrayed the character. With Alex in “Hunt” you have this, what Alex does
really well; confident, intelligent, analytical man who knows what he knows and
is not afraid to say it. With Harrison, with his tweed coat and his Volkswagen
Jetta, he’s the humble intellect and the classic reluctant hero. And I thought
somewhere in that was kind of a great way to being looking at the character.”
Unlike the Bond films where 007 wears the
latest of suits, jewelry and drives expensive sports cars, Jack Ryan is a laid
back ordinary guy. What was Pine’s take on this image? He laughs, “In the
beginning there was a big discussion about suits so the costume designer
brought in all of these beautiful Ralph Lauren suits and very kind of banker
suits that looked awesome but the image I kept going back to was Harrison
Ford’s look and that to me was the character. He didn’t care about suits or
fancy watches; he had a 10 dollar haircut. That’s who he is.
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