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 CANNES, France (AP) - Javier Bardem is one of Europe's hottest actors. But the Spanish star is astonished to find himself feted at Cannes for starring in a modern-day Western set under the big skies of west Texas.
Bardem plays a psychopath who dishes out death without reason or remorse in "No Country for Old Men" from filmmaking brothers Joel and Ethan Coen ("Fargo," "The Big Lebowski").
It isn't a typical movie, or a typical role for Bardem. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2001 for playing persecuted Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in "Before Night Falls," and gained more plaudits for "The Sea Inside," the Oscar-winning Spanish film about a paralyzed man fighting for the right to die.
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