CHRIS PINE DOES MENS HEALTH
Too much Chris Pine is never enough :-) Thanx to the intensive promotions actors have to do today, we get to see a lot of the actors we like, and the others but then we don't have to talk about them ;-) So just like Hugh Jackman for Wolverine, Zac Efron for 17 Again, Chris Pine is kind of all over the press lately. His latest appearance is on the cover of Men's Health. As always a cover a little too retouched for my taste but if that's what straight men likes ... Men's Health is for straight men right!?
Star Trek's Chris Pine was looking for a challenge. Then two of them arrived. Making the decision helped him clarify his goals -- and changed his career.
How can a man choose between self-satisfaction and well-being? Between two different versions of success? Two jobs, two women, two investments: It's always like this. The two elements you most desire, split down different paths.
Chris Pine had a week to decide between the two jobs. And the 28-year-old actor agonized, because, well, the pinnacle of his career to that point had been The Princess Diaries 2. Not even the original! But now two movie studios wanted him: He could take a role as a disgusting, chemically imbalanced detective in the kind of gritty, actor-driven gig he'd dreamed of. Or he could play James T. Kirk in a Star Trek prequel. The character is uncomplicated. William Shatner already claimed it. Pine would be wearing spandex. But man, it's a big movie. Big and career changing. [Read more on Men's Health]