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 Aaron Eckhart
Spotlight By: Rocco Passafuime
Aaron Eckhart is not your typical actor. He does not seem as enthralled with the Hollywood glow many of the great actors are advertently or inadvertently sucked into. He’s enjoyed a fairly lengthy career mostly by and large under the radar, playing roles that he feels that he will most enjoy. His noteworthy films include In The Company Of Men, Any Given Sunday, Erin Brockovich, and Thank You For Smoking , which he won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical Actor. His latest role is Nick, a rival chef to Catherine Zeta-Jones character, in the film No Reservations. Eckhart, when we interviewed with him, explained that he had a rather spiritual attraction to the film. “What struck me about this was, Scott [Hicks] said, ‘So many things about this movie, so many layers between the food and the love and the loss, the healing, how food can help you heal, music, and philosophy of life,’” explains Eckhart, “My character is so breezy and fluid and just has a more relaxed way of life as opposed to Catherine’s character Kate and how we can help each other and how that is all intertwined. And then Scott directing it, that was just a perfect fit and Catherine, of course, the whole package was, for me, I was really happy to be in this film for all those reasons and I still am.” Unlike most actors, Aaron was quick to add that he had no reservations, pardon the pun, at all about acting in a romantic comedy. “That’s why I loved the script and wanted to do the movie,” he stresses, “Because I felt like it’s not even how I’m perceived as an actor, as much as what I want to go to work and do. I would like to go to work and try to make people happy as opposed to backstabbing somebody and whatever it is.” “And I found that very refreshing,” he adds, “I felt like going to work on this film was a lot of times, not even like working. You go there and do your thing and make some people laugh and you cook some food and it was a good day’s work. Whether or not it would help to take off the edge, I don’t know because it just seems like that I can’t get away from Chad [in In The Company Of Men] or things like that. But I do like playing romantic comedy roles and I had a lot of fun doing it.” The film is a remake of the 2001 German film Mostly Martha. When we mentioned this, he responded by saying that any concern about living up to the source material was far from his mind. “My characters are so different,” Eckhart explains, “Besides, when you’re making a film, you really are focused on what you’re doing that day. I mean there were other issues to deal with such as chopping, sautéing, opera, ... |
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