Poor old Ryan hasn’t seen his career take off quite as he might have liked after his decent turn in 1999’s Cruel Intentions,with his (soon to be ex-) wife Reese Witherspoon having gained all the glory. That could all be about to change with his starring turn in this week’s Flags of Our Fathers, however – and his lack of career success is part of the reason why he got the role, as director Clint Eastwood didn’t want any big names to add to the authenticity.
Next up, he’ll be starring opposite top-notch character actor Chris Cooper in Breach, a true story tale of a young FBI man’s clashes with his boss who, it turns out, was a Soviet spy.
He’ll then be taking the lead in an as-yet untitled drama about a soldier returning from the war in Iraq who decided to take on the US government in court to prevent them from sending him back for another tour of duty.
Finally, and keeping on the political theme, he’ll also be starring in Tlatelolco: Mexico 68, alongside John Leguizamo, as an American journalist who gets caught up the 1968 student revolts, which ended in the massacre of hundreds of students by government forces. Politics being big in Hollywood at the moment, this new-found activist streak could well prove profitable for the young actor.
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