Show the Herald Journal SHERMANS LAGOON Djimon Housou fights rnBAUFROMV£lCOHF wmatUHPlitoMf J MEGAN MAS Logan Utah Saturday September 21 2002— B7 IT against the chains NEW YORK (AP) — Djimon Hounsou's first big break came playing a slave in a historrole was as a ical epic His next high-profislave in a historical epic His latest film? A slave in a historical epic It's a pattern that hasn't been lost on Houn-so- u who fears Hollywood wants him only portrayed in chains “I've come to terms with it I've come to terms with my fears about the industry" he says “I Can't take those things personally any more The reality is that you are being offered a job” Hounsou's first gained fame for his Golden portrayal of Cinque an African rice farmer who leads a rebellion of S3 captives aboard a 19th century slave ship in Steven Spielberg's “Amistad” That led to another captivating role in Ridley Scott's epic “Gladiator” Hounsou played Juba a slave who befriends Russell Crowe's character Maximus Two big roles two slaves “listen I’m from this period I Want to play this period" he says “I'm a regular guy I just want to play a regular guy I want to play a cop I want to do comedy Different things” first though Hounsou must return to the role of a slave In “The Four Feathers'' he plays a Sudanese captive who helps English officers fight a Muslim rebellion during 1875 He plays opposite Heath Ledger Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson OHN-soo- ) Hounsou (pronounced: his the infuses same qualities character with that made him so watchable in his other films: A sense of wisdom dignity and pathos Director Shekhar Kapur who directed the 1998 film “Elizabeth” knew he had found the actor who could fill the tricky role of Ahou Fatma after viewing Hounsou in “Amistad” “If Djimon walked in right now and sat with you he’d be laughing and joking" Kapur says “Somehow in front of the camera he becomes so totally centered in the way hie' walks and the' way he speaks Totally centered” Hounsou 38 earned that quality through a life that resembles a movie script- He’has been homeless in Paris an international fashion model a music video extra and now a Hollywood actor Bom in the West African nation of Benin Hounsou’s love affair with film began early He would join hundreds of other kids at the local movie theater every Wednesday thrilled to see the same Gary Cooper movie each week “I remember it being a cowboy movie” he says “I remember the sound I couldn’t really see the images because it was packed land I was literally parallel to the screen” says Hounsou whose name means “strong blood” “1 remember just the legs the images were just legs moving And all you hear is the sound of those boots with the spurs: chink chink chink It was commanding so much respect le CATHY DIE LOOK - MISTED 'I now anyone cm LONfrANO LEAN' Sib! 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