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Brolin in land of ‘Milk’ and honey

Published on December 5, 2007

If actor Josh Brolin was an actual IPO back at the start of the year he'd have soared like Google has. Thanks to popular supporting roles in Grindhouse, In the Valley of Elah, American Gangster, his starring role in No Country for Old Men and his memorable clueless movie-going patron in the Coens Bros.' short in Chacun son cinema has made the actor a hot property among casting agents/producers. Now Groundswell Prods. (Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, Michael London) and Focus Features are circling the actor for the player opposing Sean Penn's take on Harvey Milk.

Written by Dustin Lance Black and directed by Gus Vant Sant, Milk (which begins filming next month in San Fran) tales the symbolic tale about the slain San Francisco politician Harvey Milk (Penn) who along with Mayor George Moscone was killed by Dan White (Brolin) in 1978. Whether he plays good or evil: Brolin already has the potential for a great 08'. Find out how he nabbed his best career role in the Charlie Rose clip below.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).