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When she speaks Shakespearean verse, that nervy edge deserts her: She makes her face a blank and pipes her lines arrhythmically, like a clueless high-school thespian.
While a student at New York University, Alec was spotted by a talent scout and offered a spot on the soap opera The Doctors . Stephen claims he has always been a thespian, performing in regional theater and singing with the Long Island Philharmonic.
Critics call this depressing coke-fueled vision of '80s Hollywood lowlifes more an actors' showcase than a drama: It's "a tedious circus of apoplectic speeches and explosive thespian snit fits" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey both give keen performances as strung-out movie-biz sharks, but most of the film is just talk (it was adapted from David Rabe's play), with a few bits of sex and violence the only action.