THE TWO BILLION DOLLLAR MAN; Forget Cruise and Hanks - Hollywood's man with the Midas touch is British-raised actor Hugo Weaving. He tells Rebecca Hardy about serial infidelity, how he bagged the movie role of 2006 and blowing up Westminster. From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: March 6, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: REBECCA HARDY

Hugo Weaving doesn't look at all cool when we meet.

For a start, he's grown a huge beard. It's an unkempt bush of a thing that seems to have taken root on his famously granite-smooth chin. Then there's the glasses - not the super-cool Matrix shades copied the world over following the phenomenal impact of Weaving's nefarious Agent Smith in the blockbusting trilogy. No, these are little brown-framed spectacles, folded up and dangling from his shirt pocket - and the shirt isn't particularly hip either. In fact, I'm reminded more of a scrubbed-up miner ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Cover story: BATTLE OF THE SUPERHEROES; THE CLIMAX OF THE MATRIX IS AN INCREDIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN NEO AND AGENT SMITH.(Features) ; ...good and evil - Neo and evil Agent Smith - fight to the death in the...than normal movie rain. Hugo Weaving, who plays a stronger, liberated Agent Smith, says the sequence was the...Reeves) and Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) battle it out
	Weaving lesson provides 'illoominating' experience ; ...Bergman and her genius for planning. Weaving, she said, is all about planning...suggestion that I try my hand at weaving, a skill I know little about and...tried. My closest encounter with weaving was when as a child I wove potholders...
	Fed: Home is where the heart is for Weaving ; ...Australia) 07-08-2004 Fed: Home is where the heart is for Weaving By Jonathon Moran, National Entertainment Writer SYDNEY, July 8 AAP - Home is where the heart is for Hugo Weaving. The Australian actor has played characters in some...The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert got Weaving noticed in ...
	A SUCCESSFUL YARN; NORTHWIND YARNS AND WEAVING OFFERS MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT, CLASSES AND HANDMADE ITEMS FOR SALE.(Neighbors Oswego) ; ...Name of Business: NorthWind Yarns and Weaving Co. Hours and Days Open: Monday through...and workshops for knitting, spinning and weaving. We also have handcrafted and handwoven...typical day: I spend most of my time in the weaving studio working with students or weaving...
	Dream Weaving ; Dream Weaving Australian actor iconic in 'Matrix,' dignified in...STRAUSS Los Angeles Daily News Sunday, May 18, 2003 Hugo Weaving is the only actor who can lay claim to key roles in...Matrix") "X-Men" series for his second annuity. Granted, Weaving, 43, may not be the top-billed member of either ...
	NSW: Hugo Weaving collapses on stage ; ...General News (Australia) 08-18-2000 NSW: Hugo Weaving collapses on stage Actor HUGO WEAVING collapsed on stage last night during a performance...Theatre Company involving a strangulation scene. WEAVING, who has starred in hits like The Matrix and...
	Fed: Hugo Weaving criticises NSW govt for lack of film support ; Fed: Hugo Weaving criticises NSW govt for lack of film support...Sept 11 AAP - Award-winning actor Hugo Weaving has taken a swipe at the NSW government...same manner as its southern counterparts. Weaving's latest film, The Tender Hook, was shot...
	Keeping the art of weaving the Punjabi bed alive ; ...Straits Times 09-19-2004 Keeping the art of weaving the Punjabi bed alive Byline: Jaspal Singh...on any one of the bed's four corners weaving then becomes quite easy," she said when...the traditional manjaa. The art of of weaving the traditional beds is termed as manjaa...
	Weaving a tale of intrigue ; ...drama The Interview, Australian actor Hugo Weaving says he now has much more sympathy for...homework before they can pull a man in,'' Weaving says by phone from Sydney. ``They have...his role of the man being interrogated, Weaving studied lengthy tapes of actual police...
	Weaving's significance to Ibans ; Letitia Samuel New Straits Times 09-02-2000 Weaving's significance to Ibans Byline: Letitia...weddings and other festivals. Although the weaving process does not involve much technical...Janet. The fuss in preparing the yarns and weaving the textiles is one of the few reasons...

For more facts and information, see all results