Article: KURT RUSSELL KEEPS SUCCESS IN PERSPECTIVE.(Entertainment)

Somehow over the past six years, Kurt Russell, that good-looking journeyman actor, has become a highly paid action hero. In the current thriller ``Executive Decision,'' he plays a security analyst who must save the East Coast from extermination.

Why Kurt Russell? The consensus among movie executives is that the 45-year-old ((age)) actor is sexy enough to attract women, vulnerable enough to be unthreatening to men and bankable enough to appeal to studios.

In a film world where even such mega-action stars as Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have had recent flops (``Judge Dredd'' and ``Junior,'' respectively), Russell has run up a string of ...

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