Growing up on a beef-cattle farm near Sandquist, Minn., population 81, half an hour’s drive from Canada, “Four Brothers” star Garrett Hedlund never seriously considered the possibility that he might become a performer.
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Actors often talk about wanting to mix it up, to play different types of roles.
So far, so good for Garrett Hedlund, who was born in Minnesota but moved to Scottsdale in the ninth grade. After playing decent sorts in such films as Friday Night Lights and Georgia Rule (opposite Lindsay Lohan), he portrays Billy Darley, a full-on bad guy, in Death Sentence, a brutal revenge fantasy starring Kevin Bacon.
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INTRODUCING
Garrett Hedlund, 20 Tyrese Gibson, 26You know them from: Hedlund has appeared in Troy, Friday Night Lights. Gibson has starred in Baby Boy, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Flight of the Phoenix.

What they’re hyping: Four Brothers (opens Friday). They play two foster brothers who use any means necessary to solve the murder of their mother.

Did you know: Hedlund was raised in Minnesota, but lived in the Valley and attended Horizon High School during his teen years. Like Gibson, Hedlund got his start in modeling. Gibson conquered modeling, has a thriving acting career and now wants to tackle the world of rap music. He says it’s his biggest challenge yet.

‘Four Brothers’

What it’s about: Four grown-up brothers return home for their adoptive mother’s funeral and decide to take revenge on the gangsters who murdered her.

Who’s in it: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard.
Rated: R.
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From “Troy” to “Four Brothers” to “Friday Night Lights,” 23-year-old heartthrob Garrett Hedlund seems like he’s been “this close” to super-stardom for darn near a lifetime. Now, with his first starring role on the horizon, the actor is being joined by a few veterans who might help push him over the top.
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From his scenic pied-a-terre in Los Angeles, actor Garrett Hedlund is on the phone, lecturing an audience of one on the art of a good death scene.

There is, of course, the moribund shiver. Or that other time-honored favorite, the “it’s so dark and cold” lament followed by a moan or perhaps a light sob. Lately, the muscle spasm has come into vogue.

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At 23, Garrett Hedlund has already appeared prominently in a big budget historical blockbuster (“Troy”), an action thriller (“Four Brothers”), a weighty sports drama (“Friday Night Lights”), a special-effects fantasy (“Eragon”) and a comedy-drama (“Georgia Rule”) in which Lindsay Lohan’s character gives Hedlund’s character his sexual initiation in a rowboat.
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Actor digs deep for role in Death Sentence

Garrett Hedlund has played a football star in Friday Night Lights and a Mormon with a crush on Lindsay Lohan in Georgia Rules, but nothing will prepare fans for his work as gang leader Billy Darley in Death Sentence.
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Garrett Hedlund makes a change from to his first bad guy role. His career starting role as Patroclus in 2004 “Troy” seems long passed and the actor’s career is blossoming with “Death Sentence” being the second of his releases this year; the first being “Georgia Rule” with Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan and Felicity Huffman.
We spoke to Garrett in a 1-1 interview on August 13th (’07) before the film’s release and the young man born September 3rd, 1984 from Minnesota talked about his new, hardcore gang leader role, helmer James Wan (“Saw”) and more.
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Minnesota’s Garrett Hedlund gets nasty.

At 23, Garrett Hedlund has already appeared prominently in a big-budget historical blockbuster (“Troy”), an action thriller (“Four Brothers”), a weighty sports drama (“Friday Night Lights”), a special-effects fantasy (“Eragon”) and a comedy-drama (“Georgia Rule”) in which Lindsay Lohan’s character gives Hedlund’s character his sexual initiation in a rowboat.
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The Kansas City Star Most young actors endure years of rejection and menial jobs before finding a degree of success in Hollywood.

 And then there’s Garrett Hedlund.
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