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N THE MARCH ISSUE
of GQ, the great Mark
Harris debunks one
of the most prevalent
theories in Hollywood today:
that movies stars are dead, replaced by recognizable characters like superheros, YA heroines
and even pirates.
As Harris writes: “We still need
movie stars. And perhaps more
surprisingly, we still have movie
stars — lots of them, and arguably a more talented and interesting variety than at any time in the
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Magic Mike was the first
film that sold Tatum as
‘Channing Tatum, Movie Star.’”
past thirty years. But they play by
new rules, and they have to navigate an industry that often seems
hostile to their very existence.”
Harris brings up the shipspassing-in-the-night careers
of Channing Tatum and Taylor
Kitsch, two nouveau stars who
were everywhere in 2012. Last
year, Tatum was the focal point
of three wildly different genre
films — The Vow, 21 Jump Street
Channing
Tatum earned
critical acclaim
when he
starred in the
Soderberghdirected film
Magic Mike.