"There was a golden boy from Connecticut whose epic quest began at eight months as an infant in Q-Tips commercial and was played out on film sets and sound stages the world over so that by the end of his teens he had taken direction from Steven Soderberg, Baz Luhrmann, and JamesIvory and had shared screen time with Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro,Leonardo Di Caprio, and Claire Danes.
By twenty he was juggling film courses at Columbia, scrutinizing Robert Bresson's mise-en-scene one day and racing off to L.A. to complete shooting on Michael Radford's improvisational strip club film, "Dancing at the Blue Iguana" the next.
No slouch at working hard, our hero Jesse Bradford grappled recently with leaving school and embracing acting full throttle. But the world's a luminous stage for that hero who can think as well as act on his feet. With one year of coursework left at Columbia, Bradford's epic challenge is nearly complete. The rewards, we hope, will render him a king among men."
***Thanks to Larry for contributing this article! ***
