Despite Zack Silva's second-degree black belt in kenpo, a Japanese-Hawaiian form of martial arts, he has yet to play an action hero. He has, however, played good guy Alex Thomas on MyNetworkTV's limited-run series "Desire" and is currently playing the morally ambiguous figure Gavin on FX's crime drama "Terriers."These nonaction roles are far from the Jean-Claude Van Damme types that Silva fantasized about playing when he was a kid. But his background has served him well even in roles that don't require leaping and kicking. Besides skill and dexterity, martial arts demand plain old showmanship, he says, especially at the kind of demonstrations and tournaments that Silva participated in throughout adolescence. "Doing martial arts gave me a firm foundation, confidence, and strength as a performer," he explains. "The idea of discipline was instilled in me, and I approach acting with the same discipline I learned in martial arts.
- 10/20/2010
- backstage.com
-- Empire Online isn't technically a blog, but they do put together some reaully fun features. Features like "The 50 Greatest Movie Sequels," which pretty much speaks for itself. "Shrek 2" closes out the list, but the number one pick? Beating out "Godfather Part II" at number two, "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" at number six (Blasphemy!!!!) is James Cameron's "Aliens." Cameron gets two in the top 5, with "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" coming in at number three. (Empire Online)
-- Cinematical launched a new regular feature, Shelf Life, which takes a look back at movies that are more than five years old to judge whether the good ones hold up and whether the bad ones got an unfair condemnation. Their first pick? Sensibly (what with "Avatar" on the way), James Cameron's "Titanic." The verdict? You'll have to read the writeup to find out. (Cinematical)
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-- Cinematical launched a new regular feature, Shelf Life, which takes a look back at movies that are more than five years old to judge whether the good ones hold up and whether the bad ones got an unfair condemnation. Their first pick? Sensibly (what with "Avatar" on the way), James Cameron's "Titanic." The verdict? You'll have to read the writeup to find out. (Cinematical)
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- 9/3/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
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