Article: KENNETH BRANAGH JUST YOUR ORDINARY RENAISSANCE MAN.(Preview)

Byline: Joyce J. Persico Newhouse News Service

Kenneth Branagh would like American audiences to know that he's not just another Irish Renaissance man.

Having already published his autobiography, been nominated for acting and directing Oscars for his screen adaptation of "Henry V," and just finished directing and starring in his second feature, "Dead Again," the 30-year-old Branagh wants people to know he's just an everyday kind of guy.

"I've just blown away a few cobwebs off certain notions people have about Shakespeare just being good for you," says the Belfast-born performer who has been compared to a young Laurence Olivier.

"Some ...

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