Hot Pick: Garrett Hedlund

Garrett Hedlund is a name that you will be all too familiar with come December 2010. The 26-year old actor who first made his acting debut in 2004′s Troy, as Patroclus, alongside Brad Pitt, has since snagged impressive roles to fill his resume.

Hedlund has appeared in Eragon, Friday Night Lights (TV), The Four Brothers (alongside Mark Wahlberg) as well as Georgia Rule (alongside Lindsay Lohan and Jane Fonda). However, his next film, Tron: Legacy, in which he plays the lead role, Sam Flynn, is what most critics and avid movie fans predict will catapult his career into mind-blowing fame and stardom.

In Tron: Legacy, Garrett Hedlund plays Sam Flynn, a rebellious 27-year-old, who is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world’s leading video-game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the old Flynn’s Arcade — a signal that could only come from his father– he finds himself pulled into a digital world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years.

About working with Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges, Hedlund said,
“I’ve always been such a fan of him and his kind of self character and his charisma and everything. And I knew I’d really get along with him and we did. It’s kind of…he’s got a very big portion of him that’s still just a kid. So it’s very easy for us…”

Tron: Legacy is scheduled to be released on 17th December 2010.

This December, Garrett Hedlund will be also be seen in Country Strong, a drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter (Hedlund) who sparks with a fallen star (Paltrow). He will be starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester and Tim McGraw, among others. The film is slated for a limited release in the US on 22 December 2010, and the wide release for the film is set for 7th January 2011.

Garrett Hedlund is also currently filming On The Road, the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s novel of the same name. Hedlund will be portraying the lead role of Dean Moriarty opposite Kristen Stewart who will play Mary Lou.

What can I say? Hedlund has a lot going for him and I’m just hoping to see other sides of him in his upcoming films. I’m glad that he wasn’t chosen for the role of Captain America (which went to Chris Evans) and instead moved on to a film like On The Road. I personally think that he is definitely in the Top 10 list of under-30 actors out there to pay attention to.

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