In 2011, Neil Berger's fascinating film, "Fields of Darkness," was released on wide screens. The actors of the picture played an intriguing plot in front of the camera, in the center of which is the theory that a person uses only 10% of his brain, and the remaining volumes of the “human computer” can be activated by taking a “magic” pill. Who starred in The Fields of Darkness and what did this mean for an acting career?
"Areas of Darkness": actors, photo. Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper over the past 5-7 years has turned into a recognizable Hollywood star. It all started with an episodic role in the acclaimed series Sex and the City 1999. The next more or less prominent role for Cooper was the character Jason Whitaker from the series Law and Order: Special Corps. Then the actor starred in pretty cute, but little-known films: “Love and Other Troubles” with Matthew McConaughey, “Midnight Express” and “Promise - does not mean to marry.” And in 2009, Cooper was lucky: he became the star of the film "The Hangover". And in 2010, filming of the "Field of Darkness" began.
The actors of the picture were mostly little-known and set off the game of two stars: Bradley Cooper and Robert de Niro. Cooper's character is Eddie Morra, who at the beginning of the film appears before the viewer as a complete loser. But soon “magic” pills get smuggled into Eddie, after taking which genius wakes up in a person. Morra quickly makes a career as a trendy writer, and then plunges headlong into the world of finance, joining the service of the financial magnate, performed by Robert de Niro. Only now the tablets tend to end, and when they end, something unimaginable begins to happen to the person.
"Areas of Darkness": actors and roles. Robert DeNiro
Robert de Niro is a person known in world cinema. He began his career back in 1963 with the little-known film "Wedding Party" directed by Brian de Palma.
However, the “golden” years in the career of de Niro can be considered the 70-80s. It was then that the actor made a name for himself by playing his best roles: in The Godfather 2, in Taxi Driver and the sports drama Raging Bull.
In the XXI century. the actor is removed as never before. In the sci-fi film "Areas of Darkness", he embodied on the screens the image of the shark of the financial world - Carl Van Lun. Karl is pragmatic and prudent. He used to work with the best. But when he meets the young genius of Eddie Morra on his way, Van Lun, although cooperating with him, is suspicious of him. Soon, Van Lun learns that Morra is sitting on some special pills. Karl manages to get a sample and set up an underground production of NZT. He even begins to consider himself "the ruler of the world", comes to Eddie and blackmails him on the eve of the election campaign. But it turns out that Eddie did not sit idly by, but set up the production of a “tablet of genius”, so that Van Loon leaves with nothing in the final of the film.
Abby Cornish as Linda
In the film "Areas of Darkness" the actors starred in a greater degree unknown. For example, the main female role was given to a certain Abby Cornish.
The filmography of the Australian Cornish is not too numerous, but even those films that are available were not particularly successful. The girl began her career with the TV series “Wild Side” in 1997. She gained some fame after playing a major role in the series “Detectives in the Saddle”. Perhaps the most notable films with Abby are “Areas of Darkness” and “We. We believe in love. "
In The Fields of Darkness, Cornish played the role of girlfriend Eddie Morra - Linda. At the beginning of the film, Linda throws Morra because he is a “chronic” loser. After Morra suddenly turned into a genius, Linda returns, but finding out that he is sitting on strange pills, the girl again tries to part with him. However, Morra manages to convince her that everything is under control.
Other role performers
The actors of the film "Areas of Darkness" are not very popular. The dealer that NZT distributes was played by Johnny Whitworth (Phantom Racer 2). The role of Melissa - his sister - went to Anna Friel ("Treasure Keepers").
Also in the film you can see Robert John Burke, Thomas Aran, T.V. Carpio and Patricia Kalembert.
The debunking of myths
The painting “Areas of Darkness”, the actors of which draw the viewer into a world in which one can become a genius by taking one pill, is fantastic, because in reality it is not yet possible. It is impossible because scientists have long since debunked the myth that humanity uses only 10% of its brain.
Numerous studies have shown that any person uses his brain to 100%, just to perform different functions include different parts of it. You can train your brain, and a genius becomes one as a result of hard mental work, and not that it connects some “sleeping areas” of its gray matter.
For the first time, the myth on which the film "Areas of Darkness" was built was created by Professor William James at the end of the 19th century. Dale Carnegie then quoted this incorrect statement in his best-selling book. So this erroneous theory came to the "masses".