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Article: Jeremy Irons takes risks to get caught in `Ringers'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 18, 1988
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NEW YORK In a burgundy smoking jacket and black trousers, with his
hair smoothed off his high forehead, Jeremy Irons looks incredibly
elegant. He would be perfectly cast for his ideal part: "I would
love to play Cary Grant-type roles," he said.
But his new movie "Dead Ringers" (opening Friday in Chicago) is
a far cry from any role ever essayed by Grant. In the film, Irons
plays identical twins Beverly and Elliott Mantle, gynecologists in a
world-renowned fertility clinic whose love for one of their patients
(Genevieve Bujold) leads to tragedy.
Contrary to suspicions, producer Marc Boyman, director David
Cronenberg and Irons deny that "Dead Ringers" is based on the
real-life case of the ...