Double Jeopardy
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Greenwood’s the answer in pivotal ‘Jeopardy’ role
Thesp to star opposite Judd, Jones in action thriller
By ANDREW HINDES, July 15, 1998 Bruce Greenwood has been tapped to star opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd in Paramount Pictures’ action thriller Double Jeopardy. Greenwood will play Nick, the husband of Judd’s character, in the Bruce Beresford-helmed pic that starts shooting today in Vancouver.
While Jones and Judd have been on board since early April, finding a thesp to portray Nick a pivotal character in the pic’s twisty plot had proved elusive. Early on, Greg Kinnear was approached for the role. Greenwood was given the nod after his recently screen test along with Billy Baldwin and Dylan Walsh.
The film concerns a woman who is released from prison after serving time for a murder she did not commit. Jones plays the parole officer assigned to her case. Jeopardy is produced by Leonard Goldberg; David Weisberg and Douglas S. Cook wrote the script. Annabeth Gish and Roma Maffia co-star.
Greenwood, who stars in the upcoming MGM chiller Disturbing Behavior, recently wrapped the Scott Sanders’ indie Pic Thick as Thieves. His previous roles include Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter and Exotica, as well as Fathers’ Day and Passenger 57.
He was repped in the deal by the Gersh Agency’s Bob Gersh and Lorrie Bartlett, as well as manager Chuck Binder.
Greenwood's the answer in 'Jeopardy' role By Andrew Hindes HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Bruce Greenwood has been tapped to star opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd in the action thriller "Double Jeopardy."
The film concerns a woman (Judd) who is released from prison after serving time for a murder she did not commit. Jones plays the parole officer assigned to her case. Greenwood will play Nick, the husband of Judd's character.
His previous roles include Atom Egoyan's "The Sweet Hereafter" and "Exotica," as well as "Fathers' Day" and "Passenger 57." He stars in the upcoming chiller "Disturbing Behavior," and recently wrapped the indie "Thick as Thieves."
Director Bruce Beresford was scheduled to start shooting the Paramount project Wednesday in Vancouver.
While Jones and Judd have been on board since early April, finding an actor to portray Nick -- a pivotal character in the picture's twisty plot -- had proved elusive. Early on, Greg Kinnear was approached for the role. Greenwood was given the nod after a screen test along with Billy Baldwin and Dylan Walsh.
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July 15, 1998
Greenwood scores another major part The Province Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood this week scored another major part, in a big-budget thriller that's just started filming in Vancouver. Greenwood and U.S. actress Ashley Judd will play husband and wife in the action thriller Double Jeopardy. Also starring in the movie is granite-faced actor Tommy Lee Jones. The movie was filming for three days this week in an unused part of the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre. Judd, playing a prisoner, was surrounded by 130 extras also in prison garb. The production moves next week for 2 1/2 months of shooting in the Lower Mainland, which will double for various U.S. cities. At the helm is Australian director Bruce Beresford. Greenwood's role is the latest in a run of good news for the actor. He won raves last year for his part as a grieving father in director Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter. This month, Greenwood will be onscreen as a creepy small-town doctor when the Vancouver-shot MGM thriller Disturbing Behavior opens in theatres.