Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Fanlisting

Cast

Sonora Webster - Gabrielle Anwar

Born on Feb. 4, 1970 in Laleham, Middlesex, England, actress Gabrielle Anwar had been working steadily on both sides of the Atlantic ever since her memorable tango with Al Pacino in “Scent of a Woman” (1992). Anwar was reared from birth into the film business – her Persian father, Tariq Anwar, was an Oscar-nominated film editor, and her mother was British-born actress. Her desire to avoid going to school led Anwar to acting – being kicked out of one for fist-fighting helped kick-start her career, leading to her being cast in the BBC miniseries “Hideaway” (1986) when she was just 15. She spent the ensuing years bouncing from one acting job to another while cleaning apartments in between to make ends meet.

Anwar landed a small part in the sci-fi thriller “First Born” (A&E, 1989), following up with wider exposure in minor features, including “Manifesto” (1988) and “If Looks Could Kill” (1991). She took the lead role in “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken” (1991), playing the real-life stunt rider Sonora Webster, whose famous trick was diving into a tank of water on horseback. In “Scent of a Woman,” the coming-of-age story about a young student (Chris O’Donnell) being forced to accompany a blind Army officer (Pacino) on a hedonistic trip to New York City, Anwar danced a romantic tango that – though lasting only seven minutes on screen – made a lasting impression with critics and audiences. Many stood up and took notice of the ethereal beauty, leading to bigger and more promising roles.

Turning to television, Anwar was an ice skater taken by Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley) on an episode of “Beverly Hills 90210” (Fox, 1990-2000), before playing the dead wife of a hard-boiled detective (Gary Oldman) on Showtime’s noir anthology series, “Fallen Angels” (1992-96). She made another memorable appearance – this time as Queen Anne in Stephen Herek’s modern take on “The Three Musketeers” (1993). Anwar continued her climb to stardom with a leading role opposite Michael J. Fox in the romantic comedy “For Love or Money” (1993), playing the mistress of a wealthy hotel patron (Anthony Higgins), who leaves her in the care of the hotel’s brash concierge (Fox). Unsuspecting romance and complications ensue. Anwar followed with the little-seen remake of the horror classic “Body Snatchers” (1993), then returned to the small screen with an appearance as the journalist daughter of an Army colonel (Rod Steiger) in the docudrama “In Pursuit of Honor” (HBO, 1995).

In the Quentin Tarantino-inspired comic thriller “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead” (1995), Anwar glided across the screen as the love interest to a retired gangster (Andy Garcia) pulled back into the game by his ex-boss (Christopher Walken). After playing an upper-class English sibling accused alongside her brother (Stephen Dorrf) of murder in “Innocent Lies” (1995), Anwar portrayed a woman with a mysterious past who helps her ex-con ex-lover (real-life longtime companion Craig Sheffer) unearth a hidden treasure in “The Grave” (1996). A leading role in the submarine thriller “Sub Down” (USA, 1997) was followed by “The Ripper” (also 1997), where Anwar played a key witness who fears she is the next victim of Jack the Ripper. Anwar received her first producing credit with “Nevada” (1997), an independently financed character study about a mysterious woman (Amy Brenneman) who swoops into an isolated Nevada town seemingly populated only by women.

Continuing to appear in several films a year, Anwar journeyed to the Czech Republic to film the period comedy “The Manor” (1999), then traveled to Vancouver to play an assistant sexually abused by her lawyer boss (Bill Pullman) in the straight-to-video thriller “The Guilty” (1999). In “My Little Assassin” (Lifetime, 1999), Anwar had the lead role as the real-life Marita Lorenz, daughter of a CIA agent (Reiner Schone) who carries on an affair with Fidel Castro (Joe Mantegna), but is duped into setting up her lover for assassination. Anwar took on all comers in “Kimberly” (Cinemax, 1999), playing a rowing coach who trains four young men for an upcoming competition, only to become impregnated by one of them after sleeping with all four. After small parts in “How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Story” (Fox, 2000) and “Stanley’s Gig” (2000), Anwar was seen in the festival-bound romantic comedy “North Beach” (2000), and costarred in the “Three’s Company”-like indie comedy, “If You Only Knew” (2000).

With a resume chock full of mediocre cable movies and straight-to-video releases, it was only a matter of time that Anwar worked with Rutger Hauer. The inevitable happened with “Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal” (Cinemax, 2001), a cheap thriller about the hijacking of a 747 by the fan of a rock star performing his final show on the flight. In “Flying Virus” (2001), Anwar portrayed a journalist who investigates a scientist (David Naughton) genetically engineering killer bees in the Brazilian rainforest. Returning to series television, Anwar guest-appeared in episodes of “The Practice” (ABC, 1996-2004) and “John Doe” (Fox, 2002-03), then upped her game with a co-starring turn in the revisionist Sherlock Holmes mystery, “A Case of Evil” (USA, 2002). She next starred in “Mary Higgins Clark’s Try to Remember” (2004), playing a homicide detective who returns to the town she fled after her best friend’s murder, only to find that the killer (Diego Wallraff) has been paroled and may be tied to a series of fresh bodies.

As the new millennium was taking shape, Anwar began to make strides in higher-profile projects, particularly in television. She co-starred in “The Librarian 2: Return to King Solomon’s Mines” (TNT, 2006), an action-adventure yarn where she played a brainy archeologist opposite Noah Wyle’s bookish librarian in search of the fabled mines. She then journeyed to 1920’s Egypt to help find the Emerald Tablet from King Tutankhamen’s tomb in “The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb” (Hallmark Channel, 2006). Anwar finally landed a regular series role in “The Tudors” (2007- ), playing Princess Margaret, sister to King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), in Showtime’s lavish 10-part series depicting the ruthless monarch prior to his infamous split from the Catholic Church. She next starred on the blue sky series, “Burn Notice” (USA, 2007- ), playing a gun-happy former IRA-trained guerilla helping her ex-boyfriend and former spy (Jeffrey Donovan) find out who blacklisted him.

Al Carver - Michael Schoeffling

COMING SOON

Doctor Carver - Cliff Robertson

Solid-looking, intense and earnest leading man who enjoyed success onstage in "Mister Roberts" and Tennessee Williams's "Orpheus Descending", performed on TV in the title role of the science-fiction series, "Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers" (1953-54) and moved to film in support of William Holden in the small-town melodrama, "Picnic" (1955). Brunet-haired and medium in height, with a grim, serious expression and a cultured, sandpapery voice to go with it, Robertson never achieved top star status in Hollywood, but did find a niche portraying angst-ridden but intelligent and reliable Everymen, roles which often went to Holden, Gregory Peck or the older Fredric March.

Most typically a quietly sturdy, workmanlike performer, Robertson occasionally unleashed a flashier acting style when his character's mental makeup seemed to demand it, as with his first leading role, as Joan Crawford's schizophrenic husband in Robert Aldrich's "Autumn Leaves" (1956), or his vengeful safecracker in Samuel Fuller's typically punchy film noir, "Underworld U.S.A." (1961). In 1968, in fact, Robertson won a Best Actor Oscar for a very showy performance, as a mentally retarded man briefly given increased intellectual capacities in the sci-fi weepy misfire "Charly".

More typically, though, Robertson conveyed a gritty integrity and reliability; from "The Naked and the Dead" (1958) through "Up from the Beach" (1965), "Too Late the Hero" (1970) and "The Battle of Midway" (1976), he made many war films, seeming at once average enough to identify with and commanding enough to make a heroic officer. In the early 60s then-President John F. Kennedy evidently recognized these qualities when he selected Robertson (whom he admittedly did resemble) to play his younger self in the wartime memoir, "PT 109" (1963). Robertson, ever eager to tackle a new type of role, inverted this persona with considerable success in his chilling performance as an evil politician in "The Best Man" (1964).

As Robertson aged, the edginess in his acting style which suggested the possibility of rebellion evolved into a certain gruffness suited for both drifters in Westerns and authority figures in melodramas and thrillers. He was a police chief in "Man on a Swing" (1974), a tense husband in Brian De Palma's "Obsession" (1976), Hugh Hefner in Bob Fosse's "Star 80" (1983) and a CIA executive in "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), one of the first films in which Robertson's role was smaller than another male star's (here Robert Redford's). He took a shot at writing, producing and directing and did remarkably well with "J.W. Coop" (1971), a well-observed study of a down-and-out rodeo cowboy. Robertson also made TV-movies regularly, playing the drunken father in a remake of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (1974) and astronaut "Buzz" Aldrin in "Return to Earth" (1976).

1977 would prove to be a landmark year for Robertson, but not for the most pleasant of reasons, for it was he who exposed what became known as the "Hollywoodgate" scandal. Robertson alleged that Columbia Studios president David Begelman had forged his name on a check for $10,000. Although he was eventually exonerated and his "New York Times" article about corruption in the film industry was published in the records of Congress, Robertson was for a time unofficially blacklisted in much of the industry. His most notable effort during this time was a second directorial outing, the sincere if routine "The Pilot" (1979). Since then Robertson has kept busy on TV on "Falcon Crest", in the title role of the miniseries "Ford: The Man and His Machine" (1987) and in documentary TV specials honoring war heroes. Feature work for the seasoned veteran, meanwhile, has included his wealthy yachtsman in "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken" (1991), his army officer in "Renaissance Man" (1994) and a despotic president of the USA in "John Carpenter's Escape From L.A." (1996).

His second wife was actress Dina Merrill, whom he appeared opposite as guest on the campy 60s TV series "Batman".

Clifford - Dylan Kussman

COMING SOON

Marie - Kathleen York

Kathleen, also known as Bird York, is an Oscar nominated singer songwriter (for her song In The Deep in the 2005 Oscar-winning Best Film Crash.) She has two records in release, the self-titled "Bird York" and her recent release, "Wicked Little High (EMI/Narada)". She has also written songs for films such as Happy Campers, Never Get Outta The Boat, Shelter Island and her songs have appeared on television shows such as Nip/Tuck, House, In Justice, Everwood, and entire season of Paul Haggis' show Family Law and Jake 2.0. among others. Kathleen is also a screenwriter having recently written a pilot for John Wells (Warner Brothers) and having sold a spec script she wrote to Sony Television.