Michael Fassbender
The Best Irish Import Since Guinness
Not only did Michael Fassbender starve himself to the weight of a bicycle to play IRA martyr Bpbby Sands in director Steve McQueen’s Hunger, but his feral performance could have given Christopher Hitchens religion. So we already know that the British Isles’ latest acting-genius-in-the-making can do that grimly committed Christian Bale-Daniel Day Lewis thing as well as anybody. But guess what: As the lucky folk who saw Fish Tank at this year’s Cannes Film Festival discovered, Fassender can also do that dangerously seductive Albert Finney-Richard Burton working-class thing like he was born to it, believably turning the teen heroine’s head when she gets all itchy in the Adidas about Mum’s new Adonis. And in case you’re wondering whether he can pull off that dapper but dashing David Niven-James Mason thing in the bargain, get ready for Fassbender’s very funny performance as Lieutenant Archie Hicox - the ultimate gallant British commando, as if you couldn’t guess just from the name–in Quentin Taratino’s imminent Inglourious Basterds. Calling this dude a triple threat is just our way of hoping we don’t run out of fingers before he’s through. If it turns out he can sing, your significant other is so over you, it’s not funny.
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