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Jim Sturgess divided critics with Across The Universe, but with 21 hitting number one in the US, it seems that now is his moment. Like most men of a certain age who possess a lot of vinyl, I was pretty excited when I heard that Julie Taymor (the woman behind Titus and Frida) was directing a musical based on the works of The Beatles.
And then I saw Across The Universe. And I felt like punching everyone involved in it.
Especially Bono, when he comes trouncing through as Dr Robert, squeezing the life out of ‘I Am The Walrus’.
Last week Jim made his rounds to some talk shows and I now have caps and some clips of these appearances for you. Thanks to ‘visiontellie2′ for the Kimmel clip! This isn’t the entire The Sauce interview because it’s not available, but there is a cam version on Youtube if you wish to see it in it’s entirety atleast. He was also interviewed by Spill.com recently about 21, it’s such a priceless interview worthy of a download for sure!
MEDIA LINKS: Talk Shows: Jimmy Kimmel Live! - March 27, 2008 - Caps / Video Talk Shows: The Sauce - March 26, 2008 (Snipet) - Caps / Video Interviews - Spill.com (2008) Caps / Video
Jim Sturgess is well-aware he’s having an incredibly fortunate year. He is, after all, the unknown actor plucked from a worldwide casting call by director Julie Taymor to star as love-struck dockworker Jude in last year’s Beatles-inspired musical Across the Universe.
He followed that up with his recent turn in The Other Boleyn Girl as the loyal brother to a scheming Anne Boleyn. Now the 26-year-old Brit is headlining another impressive roster: 21, in which he stars alongside Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne. The film features Sturgess as an MIT student who takes his card-counting skills to Las Vegas, with dire consequences.
Baby-faced British actor and musician Jim Sturgess had been making the rounds of small film and TV work for the past eight or nine years, when director Julie Taymor decided he would be just right for a lead in her Beatles musical Across the Universe.
Since that film knocked him up a few rungs on the recognition ladder, he’s been busier than ever — with a feature part in The Other Boleyn Girl and a lead in 21, the based-on-fact story of the MIT blackjack team that cheated a couple of million dollars out of Las Vegas in a card-counting scheme.
What are your thoughts on so many things happening at once in your career?
Jim Sturgess was on the set of the Elizabethan drama, The Other Boleyn Girl, in which he played the Boleyn brother George, when he was first pitched the idea of playing Ben Campbell in the card counting movie, 21.
“I knew nothing about the book or the story,” he said, “but they told me it was inspired by true story which always makes my ears prick up a bit more. There’s just an extra sprinkle of interest for me when the story is based on real life.”
Sturgess read the script for 21, which tells the story of a group of MIT math whiz kids who use a card counting system to bust a Las Vegas casino, and immediately liked the ‘roller coaster’ nature of the story. He met with the director, Robert Luketic, and soon found himself trading in his tights for a sharp suit and sunglasses.
21 (2008) 
