Paul Bettany's Short List

He has played Chaucer, a Wimbledon contender and the voice of Jarvis, Iron Man's all-knowing computer. He has appeared in the movie versions of such best sellers as A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander, The Da Vinci Code and now Cornelia Funke's Inkheart, in which he plays a guy who can make fire with his hands. After all that culture, what does Paul Bettany turn to for entertainment?

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy For me, it's a poem about the unimaginable love a man can feel for his son and a tale about American isolationism and the need to risk and...

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