My Favourite Actors
My favourite actors are Mel Gibson and Whoopi Goldberg.
Whoopi Goldberg came a long way to her present international
success. Her mother was divorced and poor. Whoopi chose a
very difficult career for a black woman. She started as a
theatre actress and did very well. In the end she had a show
on Broadway. Film producers saw her show and a new career
in cinema began. She almost got an "Oskar" in Steven
Spielberg's film. Whoopi can be a very serious actress. But
she can be very funny too.
Mel Gibson, one of eleven children, was born in New York.
But his family moved to Australia when he was twelve. He is
a traditional Hollywood man of action in some ways; he is
strong and handsome with bright blue eyes. But in his films
he can be funny and shy like a little boy. Gibson became famous
in the "Mad Max" film, made by the Australian director George
Miller. Max lives in a desert after a nuclear war. People drive
incrediable cars and lorries and wear strange clothes. It is a
fantastic mix of past and future. Mel Gibson is now also a
film director. His first film as director was "The Man without
a Face".
Questions:
1. What are your favourite actors?
2. Was it easy for Whoopi Goldberg to become a star?
3. What films with Whoopi Goldberg do you know?