"25 Things You've Never Heard About...Josh Hartnett"
He's hot. He also acts and stuff. Oh, and did we mention he's hot. Here's all kinds of useless info on The Faculty's new star. Plus, Josh wallpaper.
By Amanda Rudolph (January 1999 issue of Twist)
1. The brown-eyed cutie was born in San Francisco on July 21, 1978, but was raised in St. Paul Minnesota.
2. Josh has a younger sister, Jessica, and two little bros, Jake and Joe. (Guess his parents like the letter "J.")
3. Josh almost went up the Creek. He tried out six different times for a part on Dawson's-but he never got it!
4. Brush up on your saxophone girls: Josh digs jazz music and calls himself "a poet."
5. Josh shares a special trait with Cindy Crawford. He has a beauty mark-right smack in his neck.
6. Also like Cindy, Josh has done a little modeling. He and his Faculty co-stars were in a Tommy Hilfiger ad campaign.
7. Josh likes to shoot hoops, and he's also into baseball. His favorite team is the St. Paul Saints, a minor league club.
8. What does Josh have in common with Josh Van Der Beek? They played football in high school- until injuries forced them to quit. Josh tore a ligament in his knee.
9. With his football career sacked, Josh's aunt "coerced" (his words) him into auditioning for an acting company.
10. Josh worked in a video store in high school. That's how he fell in love with movies.
11. When Josh's dad realized his son wanted to act, he sat him down to watch old movies. One movie star Josh idolizes is the late Jimmy Stewart.
12. His other inspiration? Great Expectations star Ethan Hawke. Maybe that's where the shaggy hair comes from.
13. Josh was kicked out of theatre school for protesting its policies.
14. One of Josh's first paying jobs was in a Northwest Airlines commercial. Now that's what we call friendly skies!
15. Josh auditioned for The Postman with Keivin Costner but didn't get the part.
16. His first big acting job was as a troubled kid on the short-lived show, Cracker.
17. In his first scene on Cracker, Josh sat on a toilet and talked on a cell phone. Pretty crappy, huh?
18. Josh made his mark on the Cracker set when he accidentally parked his car in the director's spot. He got away woth it because he was new.
19. He may star in 'em, but Josh is totally terrified of horror flicks.
20. Still, Josh wasn't afraid of his H20 co-star Michelle Williams. He says she's a talented actress. (Rumor has it they dated.)
21. Josh loves his blue knit cap. We thought it was glued to his head.
22. Now that Josh has gotten a few paychecks, he's bought himself a sporty Audi.
23. But Josh isn't really into the LA glam thing. He admits, "I don't know anyone from LA that's cool."
24. Josh Hair-net? For his upcoming role in The Virgin Suicides, he had to wear hair extensions throughout the whole movie 'cause it takes place in the '70s.
25. Josh is known for his messy 'do-so much that while filming H20, LL Cool J ad-libbed, "Hey, comb your hair!"
(February 1999 issue of Twist)
