Bill Paxton, known to the world in several ways: a film actor, screenwriter, producer, director and artist, was born in mid-May in the family of an actor and businesswoman living in the town of Fort Worth, US state of Texas.
Childhood and adolescence
Paxton was brought up in an exemplary orthodox Catholic family, his parents are ardent followers of religion. Nevertheless, Bill Paxton grew up an ordinary child, not thinking of an acting career. After graduating from school, the young man enters the University of Texas at San Marcos. After his successful graduation, he goes to Los Angeles and, thanks to a fluke, gets the place of the designer of the creative team of film director Roger Corman. Watching what is happening on the set, a recent graduate of the design department is thinking about acting and acting career. The first step in this direction is to count on a quick move to New York and private mastery classes with specialist Stella Adler. In parallel with training, Bill Paxton begins to actively attend all the announced film castings. Without disdaining to use the available connections in the film industry, the beginning talent receives the first roles.
Saturated 80s
Until the 80s of the last century, Bill was not able to get significant roles, with the exception of Jonathan Demme's project “Crazy Mother” and a number of music video clips. But that was not what Bill Paxton wanted. Films in which the actor starred after a long break, captured him only in episodic roles: “Talking with the Tiger Rock”, “Volunteers of the will”, “Cemetery”, “Lords of Discipline”, “Night Warning”, “Great Day”, “Impulse” "And the series:" Hitchhiker "," Miami Police: Department of Morals. " Paxton brought in more prominent roles in 1984. The actor gets into the casting of two legendary action movies at once - “Terminator” James Cameron, where he played one of the gang members, and “Commandos”.
Breakthrough
The breakthrough of the actor is considered to be the role of Private Hudson, which was played by Bill Paxton in the second part of “Alien”. “Aliens” attracted the attention of not only ordinary viewers, but also figures of the film industry of all stripes. Paxton's texture and mastery of reincarnation were noticed, appreciated, and finally, the offers fell one after another on the actor. The first was the role of a vampire in Catherine Bigelow’s dramatic horror film “Almost Dark”, in which the whole story was based on the adventures of a vampire clan that traveled across the country in stolen cars, satisfying the thirst for blood. A simple plot flourished thanks to the cast of the film. From "Aliens" to the project, Catherine Bigela migrated half of the cast. It was they who managed to embody on the screen the most important element of the author’s ideas - a sense of unity of the clan, vampires, long living together. This was followed by the supporting roles in the films: “Predator-2”, “Apollo 13”, “Elena in a drawer”, “Tornado”, “True lie”. Bill Paxton, in addition to working in the cinema, starred in various TV series, took part in television shows. One of his favorite roles, according to the lyceum, for him was the character of a treasure hunter in the movie "Titanic".
Classic in its purest form
In the drama The Titanic, Bill Paxton played the role of a treasure hunter, repeatedly descending to the bottom of the ocean in search of relics from the board of the most famous ship. The unprecedented triumph of the film, which occurred largely due to the stubbornness of screenwriter, director and producer James Cameron, was not accidental. The casting of the picture played an important role in the ubiquitous and deafening success of the Titanic. Four years after the release of the drama, James Cameron and a group of like-minded people, including Bill Paxton (the films starring the actor, are not limited to the “feature” category), organize a real sea expedition to the site of the flooding of the grand liner. Later, after analyzing the captured chronicle, Cameron releases a documentary about their expedition with Paxton.
the main role
In 2006, the actor becomes the star of the television series "Big Love", which broadcasts a decent period of time from 2006 to 2011 (5 seasons). The plot of the soap opera is famously twisted around the incompatibility of the way of life of the Mormon sect and American prudish morality. All events take place in Salt Lake City (Utah). There is a sect of Mormons, famous for the tradition of polygamy. Here is one of the families of the sect and becomes the heroes of the series. The head of the family, Bill Henrikson (Bill Paxton), his official “public” wife Barbara (Genie Tripplehorn), the unofficial second Nicoletta (Chloe Sevigny) and third wife Margin (Jennifer Goodwin) walk hand in hand, fighting off enemies, solving problems together and raising common children.
Modernity
At the moment, the actor does not stop his creative activity, actively acting in diverse projects. An example is Dag Lyman’s “Edge of the Future” project, Bill Paxton starred in it with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. The picture is eventful so densely as if pressed, so the viewer does not have time even for a short respite. The plot narrative can be described with only verbs: drive, breathe, hold, run. Individual details are explained in the process. Thematic dialogs are almost completely excluded, therefore master sergeant Farrell, the hero of Bill Paxton, a soldier to the bone, thinks and speaks with continuous slogans and calls. Some flaws made by the creators are covered by the impeccable inexorable insane action component and impeccable visualization.