From The Archives: Aaron Eckhart – Thank You For Smoking0
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“This movie has heart which is important for a comedy because ultimately you have to laugh and walk out of this movie feeling good about yourself.”
– Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart scared a generation of filmgoers with his misogynistic character in the seminal independent film In the Company of Men. Since then hes played such roles as the sympathetic biker in Erin Brockovich to a fast talking shyster in Paycheck. Now he’s playing the be all end all of shysters; a tobacco lobbyist in Thank You For Smoking.
Nick Naylor is the chief spokesman for Big Tobacco. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator who wants to put poison labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes on TV talk shows and enlisting a Hollywood super-agent to promote smoking in movies.
Read our exclusive interview with Aaron Eckhart on SuicideGirls.com.
