If you thought his characters in Blue Velvet and Speed were off their rockers, wait until you get a look at Dennis Hopper's unbelievably insane character, music mogul Ben Cendars, in Starz new original series Crash. Actually, in the opening scene alone Ben is having a full-fledged conversation with his penis! TVGuide.com caught up with the movie icon to get his take on how this character's kind of crazy compared to ones past, as well as one surprising talent he has that earned him international acclaim.
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Seems every movie channel wants its own Mad Men–style prestige project. Which could explain why pay-cable upstart Starz has raided the Oscar vault to turn the 2006 best-picture winner, Crash, into an ambitious, if not immediately convincing, weekly series.
With all new characters, so this isn't exactly a sequel, TV's Crash resembles the movie in being less about car wrecks than about disparate cultures colliding within the ethnic melting pot of Los Angeles. Still, there is one fateful smashup in the opening hour, and pivotal moments often occur on wheels — in a limo, an ambulance, a patrol car. Read the full review after the jump. read more be the first to leave a comment
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