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Danis Tanovic is making his American directorial debut with Triage.  As a native of Bosnia that country has been the topic of most of his filmography.  Danis actually spent two years on the front lines filming for the Bosnian Army at Sarajevo.  They say to write what you know and he did when he wrote the screenplay for this film.  It’s the story of a photojournalist who comes home from an assignment in the Middle East minus his sidekick and his girlfriend (Paz Vega) is trying to find out what happened.  It seems that Colin Farrell, who plays the lead in this film, has lost an alarming amount of weight for this film.  When asked about it he allegedly read a passage from the script. 

“He went to the bathroom to shave. Once his beard was gone he saw that his face had become drawn. He pressed at the hollows beneath his eyes, the pronounced nubs of his cheekbones.”

Whether that’s true or not is anybody’s guess.  But it’s not uncommon for actors to lose or gain drastic amounts of weight for certain roles.  Renee Zellwegger for Bridget Jones and Will Smith for Ali come to mind.  Naturally the tabloids are obsessed with his weight loss and are bringing up his trip to rehab three years ago.  They will probably continue to hound him until he gains his weight back which I’m assuming he’ll do before shooting his next film Dirt Music.

Triage will be out sometime next year.  So catch Colin in In Bruges to hold you over.
 

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