This Actor’s Real-Life Journey Is Even More Remarkable Than His Films

“I didn’t really go to class,” he admitted, reflecting on his lack of discipline and readiness for the academic demands of college, a choice that unexpectedly set him up for an early Hollywood breakthrough.

Shortly after being dismissed from NYU, he responded to an open casting call for the film Class, which starred Jacqueline Bisset, a role that would suddenly launch him from anonymity into cinematic recognition.Movies

“I waited for hours with 500 other kids, and they called me back. One week I was in school, the next I was acting alongside Jacqueline Bisset,” he recalled, astonished by the rapid turn of events.