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Apr 2, 2021 · Norton’s stunning performance in Primal Fear won the young actor a Golden Globe and netted him an Oscar nomination, an incredibly rare feat for a first-time film star. Today, though, Norton...
- Kevin Polowy
- April 13, 2017
- 11 min
Nov 1, 2019 · Norton's stunning performance opposite Richard Gere in Primal Fear won the young actor a Golden Globe and netted him an Oscar nomination, an incredibly rare feat for a first-time film star....
- Kevin Polowy
- October 21, 2019
- October 22, 2019
Nov 1, 2019 · Edward Norton told Yahoo Entertainment that his breakout role in the 1996 film "Primal Fear" came with the help of two famous friends. "I heard about it from Connie Britton," Norton said.
Aug 18, 2021 · Matt Damon and Ben Affleck both wanted Ed Norton's role in 'Primal Fear' but neither of them came close to landing it. After Norton locked it in, the two knew they needed to make something of...
- Sarah Paris
- Grew up in planned community designed by his grandfather. Born on August 18, 1969, Edward Norton spent his formative years in Columbia, Maryland, a planned community sandwiched between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
- Edward Norton graduated from Yale with a history degree. Although Edward Norton began acting at an early age, he didn't choose to pursue the craft professionally until after he graduated from college.
- He speaks fluent Japanese and lived in Japan. While Edward Norton was at Yale, he also studied Japanese, becoming fluent in the language. His grandfather, James Rouse, had established a branch of his non-profit, community-building Enterprise Foundation (now known as Enterprise Community Partners) in Osaka, Japan, and Norton briefly came to live and work alongside him on a project at the Osaka aquarium.
- Norton saved Primal Fear after Leonardo DiCaprio bailed. "Primal Fear" launched Edward Norton's Hollywood career in a huge way — he was nominated for an Academy Award after his first role.
Paramount Pictures forced Norton to star in the heist film The Italian Job (2003), threatening to sue him for violating a three-film contract he had signed; the studio had previously distributed 1996's Primal Fear and 2001's The Score. [63] Norton, accordingly, refused to promote the film's release. [64]
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Oct 25, 2019 · In Primal Fear, Richard Gere plays an attorney named Martin Veil who is defending Edward Norton's character, Aaron, from a murder charge. The story reveals that Aaron suffers from...
