‘Restless’ Lead Henry Hopper Is In No Hurry to Be a Star

Henry Hopper (Photo: Dominique Charriau/Wireimage.com)

Henry Hopper, son of Dennis Hopper, stars in Gus Van Sant's latest movie, "Restless." This is his first film, though you wouldn't know it based on his performance. He has the intensity, wildness, and vulnerably that is reminiscent of, well, a pre-"Easy Rider" Dennis Hopper. He has that rare ability to connect with the camera.
Yet, despite his talent, pedigree (his mother is actress Katherine LaNasa), and movie-star good looks, the 21-year-old was initially reluctant to enter the family business.
"I resisted being an actor for some time," Henry Hopper told a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Instead, he went to CalArts to study painting before dropping out to join an artist commune in Berlin. Yet the acting bug proved to be hard to resist: he started performing in the odd play stateside. Soon, he started getting offers for movie roles, but was unimpressed for the most part.
"The parts were sort of middle-of-the-road, ambiguous, teenage roles," Hopper told "Details" magazine. "I'm more into the avant-garde, more into the strange. But as a young actor, they take you while you're stupid and mold you into whatever shape they think is appropriate."

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