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By ANGELA DAWSON Entertainment News Wire LOS ANGELES -- In the 1971 horror movie "Willard," Bruce Davison played a social misfit tormented by insensitive co-workers until he found unlikely allies in an army of rats and got his revenge com/i/rt_str-e 1??PID=2333780&UIT=G&TargetID=1032920&AN=3797&PG=ENT9AQ" target="_blank"><img src="http://global Willard's situation in the human world and Ben's position among the rats grow increasingly parallel Soon, he begins feeding and training them to do his bidding "But I was around them and I held Socrates one time and breezed right through it and was fine As pressures build on Willard, the foundation of his life begins to crack and the wall separating the two worlds threatens to come crashing down "People always ask me what it's like to work with strange actors or strange directors and I'm beginning to think I'm the one who's strange or weird, because I see nothing strange about them," the one-time beauty queen says with a laugh gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_117275_RTS4" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_117275" src="http://entimg But after seeing how they were trained and cared for, his concerns were alleviated He's reclusive and doesn't often grant interviews com/i/rt_str-e His co-stars have nothing but praise for him " With so many rats running around, there was a distinctive odor in the air throughout the shoot But Frank is also cruel and takes delight in debasing and insulting the milquetoast Willard in front of the other workers " "It was hard work; I feel good about this performance," he says proudly The bigger rats, which are naturally more aggressive, were kept away from the smaller rats "This is a sad person " Ermey, a retired Marine best known for his role as the imposing drill instructor in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," admits he too was apprehensive about the rats at first "The rats are a manifestation of Willard's anger," Morgan says com/0AD0000U/628542 He sued Steven Spielberg when the filmmaker used a look-alike for him in the "Back to the Future" sequels Glover, who didn't have any experience working with rats, says he had no problems with the creatures and was impressed by their ability to follow the trainer's commands gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 3px"><span id="ctrlRateNews_117275_RT2" class="r-cap1"> Return of the Rat Pack Crispin Glover explains the emotional depth of And he doesn't do anything to dispel that image But it was a small price to pay to get the movie just right "I'm part of how it's come about," he says with a shrug Now that he's seen the original, Glover can attest that this "Willard" is a very different animal msn He recently directed a music video of the song Glover has authored several unusual works of fiction, including one called "Rat Catching "They were handled every day, bathed every day, given their shots and were perfectly healthy rats com/i/rt_str-e aspx%3fnews%3d117275&subject=MSN Entertainment - News - Return of the Rat Pack&title=Email+This+Page&type=page" class="vl">Email This Page</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding-top:20px;padding-left:15px;"><tr><td><span id="ctrlRateNews_117275" style="visibility:hidden"><input type="hidden" name="rating" value="-1"/><table class="r-outer" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img id="ctrlRateNews_117275_RTI" src="http://entimg They know where their food comes from and they won't bite the hand that feeds them "The trainers were sensitive to that and these rats did what they were supposed to do perfectly every time " "He's very intense," adds Laura Elena Harring, who plays Willard's thoughtful co-worker Cathryn Socrates, an albino Norwegian, appears to have authority over the other rats that begin to converge in Willard's cellar gif" alt="" height="13" width="71" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 3px"><img id="ctrlRateNews_117275_RTS1" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_117275" src="http://entimg Then Willard meets Ben, a menacing-looking African Gambian _ the largest rat in the world and about five times the size of the more common Norwegian rats </td></tr></table></td><td valign="Top"><table class="adtbl" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:300px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:300px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td align="Right" style="color:gray;font-size:7pt;">advertisement</td></tr><tr><td><!--BeginAd(ENT9AQ,MediumShowcase)-->="http://g Some three decades later, quirky character actor Crispin Glover portrays Willard in a remake from the executive producers of "The X-Files " He's a spoken-word stage performer, a recording artist and director-producer of avant-garde films msn He must tend to his ill, clingy mother, Henrietta (Jackie Burroughs), with whom he lives in a creepy old house "Crispin's a breath of fresh air," says R Frank keeps Willard employed because of a longstanding promise to Willard's mother "When I looked into Crispin's eyes when we were doing scenes, I could tell that he was Willard and he fooled me Ben vies for Willard's affection and for Socrates' authority over the other rats, but Willard keeps Ben at arm's length, constantly reminding him that Socrates is the top rat msn Lee Ermey, who plays his nemesis/boss in the movie "Willard" unabashedly incorporates elements of Alfred Hitchcock films, specifically "Psycho" and "The Birds msn com/i/rt_0 "They're beautiful, like thoroughbreds," he says with throaty laugh Despite his gentle exterior, Glover is no pushover Director Morgan also brought a sense of humor to the production, placing inside jokes and references to the original "Willard" and to the "The X-Files " Glover, 38, was aware of the original "Willard," which spawned a mini-craze for pet rats when it was released, but hadn't seen it until he was approached to star in the remake com/adsc/d173827/2/174900/randm gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_117275_RTS5" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_117275" src="http://entimg When she suspects the house has rats, she dispatches Willard to exterminate them None of the rats was hurt, however, and an inventory was taken each day of shooting msn gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_117275_RTS3" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_117275" src="http://entimg He collects glass eyes and antique medical equipment 13 in his hometown of Modena Report: Pavarotti to Marry in December Oct 31, 10:36 PM EST Legendary opera star Luciano Pavarotti is getting married in December to his longtime companion, according to a report published Friday The Gazzetta di Modena newspaper said Friday the marriage would take place at the Teatro Comunale in Modena, with about 500 guests His spokeswoman, Renata Meroni, confirmed that the tenor planned to marry within the next few months, but said she did not know of a fixed date "We chose it because that date works fine The ANSA news agency said Pavarotti confirmed the December date during a telephone conversation Pavarotti, 68, has three children from his marriage to Adua Veroni, who managed his multimillion-dollar business affairs " Mantovani gave birth to Pavarotti's daughter in January The opera star and Mantovani have been living together since 1996, when their love story took gossip columns by storm "There's no particular reason we chose December 13 as the date for our marriage," Pavarotti was quoted as saying Friday, shortly after his return from the United States An Italian news agency said Pavarotti will marry Nicoletta Mantovani, with whom he has a baby daughter, on Dec |
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