Paul bettany

Physically Paul Bettany is a haunting guy. He has blonde hair that defines his face, as it also ends up inferring in his eyes. They are a very light sky blue. But it’s not the color, but the way he looks that is disturbing, and it’s that Paul’s eyebrows are barely noticeable due to the light color of his hair. These features mean that he does not inspire confidence, although it is also true that they cause a kind of magnetism over his person. As he himself has said on several occasions, he is a guy who likes to do all kinds of roles. But the fact is that what has been repeated the most in his filmography are the religious characters. It is perhaps because of this peculiar face that makes it seem like from another world. But his haunting presence has not exactly led him to the side of holiness, quite the opposite.

Paul was born on May 27, 1971 in Harlesden (London). The son of actor parents, he showed no interest in acting until he turned 19 and entered the London Drama Center. His childhood is marked by a crucial event such as the death of his little brother when Paul was 16 years old. Shortly after the accident that killed his brother, Bettany left his sister and her parents and went to London. Until he found his vocation on the stage, he dedicated himself to earning money playing the guitar on the streets of the English capital. After studying acting, Bettany made her Aldwych Theater debut in Stephen Daldry ‘s “An Inspector Calls” . In 1994 he made his debut on the small screen in a chapter of the television series Wycliffe. His first opportunity in the cinema did not come until 1997, when he was in high school in Bent , a romantic drama starring Clive Owen and set in a concentration camp. His first major role came with After the Man (1999), a new romantic drama. but this time about apartheid. A year later he worked with Stellan Skarsgård in Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) , and the two met again in  Dogville . These two encounters made Bettany fall in love with his name, so years later, when her son was born in 2003, she named him Stellan. But before all this happened, Bettany had already shown his talent in Gangster No. 1.(2000), where he played a mobster.

The turn of the millennium brought more than one problem to Paul, who at that time was too fond of cocaine. An incident with a friend, who almost lost his life, helped him become aware of the problem and give up drugs. Peter Medak , who directed him in a miniseries about David Copperfield , can attest to how bad he was . In order to change his life, Bettany not only gave up drugs but also returned to the United States, where he had already worked in a minor capacity. On this occasion, luck smiled on him and the director and screenwriter of A Knight ‘s Tale (2001), Brian Helgeland , expressly wrote for him his secondary role as Geoffrey Chaucer , companion and support of the protagonist whom he gave life to.Heath Ledger . Bettany once again showed his good work in the adventure genre in the more important title Master and Commander. To the other side of the world (2003). She also had time to offer the most courtly side of her again in Queen Victoria (2009).

Very interesting was his work on the sick mind of Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind (2001). There he met Jennifer Connelly , who two years later became his wife. He is still married to her and they are the parents of Stellan and Kai, son of the actress. Presumably this situation will not last long, since Paul has confessed on several occasions his desire to have many children. Precisely the year he married Jennifer, he worked under Lars von Trier in Dogville .(2003). He was simply perfect and it is a wonderful example of everything that has been said before about his ability to seduce and disturb. However, although roles filled with the most ruthless evil come in handy, Bettany has wanted to try everything and has also become romantic with Kirsten Dunst in Wimbledon (2004), as well as has become the voice of a computer program created by Tony Stark in Iron Man (2008), or he has gotten into the skin of the scientist Charles Darwin in the recent Creation , where he has also been the fictional husband of his wife in real life.

Separate section deserves what could be the beginning of a full-fledged specialization in religious figures far from established duties and precepts. His debut in these parts was in 2003 in The Mystery of Wells with his portrayal of a priest who was forced to leave his home after breaking one of his vows. Three years later, Ron Howard came back into his life after A Beautiful Mind to turn him into Silas, the monk hitman from The Da Vinci Code . He has recently filmed Legion, where a God very angry with men decides to unleash the Apocalypse. Luckily there is the good Archangel Michael (Bettany) who is willing to lend a hand to humanity. Despite the fact that in this story Paul plays the good guy in the movie, it’s still curious to see that he always plays a religious man who doesn’t do what he’s supposed to do, because in this case he goes against God himself. In this peculiar race towards the flames of hell, Bettany takes air with a new title that places him even closer to his fallen position. He is scheduled to shoot Priest , where he will play a priest who turns his back on the Church to fight vampires.