ed norton

On any credible Venn diagram of high-school social groups, the circles labeled “jocks” and “theater geeks” overlap even less frequently than the ones tagged “girls” and “that creepy kid with the samurai sword.” But in Hollywood, professional athletes routinely cross over into the acting realm, and sometimes even dominate it, as anyone familiar with the ouevre of former Oakland Raiders linebacker Carl Weathers could tell you. Sadly, the door doesn’t usually swing both ways. As uplifting as it would be to watch Adam Sandler use a putter shaped like a hockey stick to ...