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Article: JOHN LEGUIZAMO UNMASKED ACTOR-COMEDIAN TAKES A BREAK FROM BEING THE `LATIN LON CHANEY' WITH COMPLICATED ROLES IN 2 NEW MOVIES.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2005
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Byline: Phillip Zonkel Staff Writer
John Leguizamo is taking a bite out of the silver screen.
The actor-comedian is starring in two very different films - George Romero's zombie flick ``Land of the Dead'' and Sebastian Cordero's indie film ``Cronicas.''
In ``Dead,'' he plays a mercenary evading flesh-hungry zombies. And in ``Cronicas,'' he's a relentless tabloid-TV reporter chasing a headline-grabbing story.
These roles are an acting change-of-pace for Leguizamo, who's identified with playing such characters as Tolouse-Lautrec in ``Moulin Rouge'' and the sadistic Clown in ``Spawn.''
``I'm still finding things that are ...