People: May 22, 2006

Q&A; WILLIAM HURT Hurt next appears in the indie film The King, playing a well-to-do Christian minister in Texas whose life takes a sudden turn toward the unholy.

It's safe to say this movie isn't an easy, feel-good experience. I'm more relieved by a film that speaks truth than an entertaining film that lies to me completely. Entertainment used to mean "entertain an idea." Now it means evade your life.

But there's value in going to see a movie that lets you escape. But the problem is that some of those escapes are dangerous and some of those are wonderful. You...

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