MY FAVOURITE ACTORS

        My favourite actors are Mel Gibson and Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg came a long way to her present internatio­nal success. Her mother was divorced and poor. Whoopi chose a very difficult career for a black woman. She started as a the­atre actress and did very well. In the end she had a show on Broadway. Film producers saw her show and a new career in cinema began. She almost got an «Oskar» in Steven Spielberg’s film. Whoopi can be a very serious actress. But she can be very funny too.

         Mel Gibson, one of eleven children, was born in New York. But his family moved to Australia when he was twelve. He is a traditional Hollywood man of aсtion in some ways; he is strong and handsome with blight blue eyes. But in his films he can be funny and shy like a little boy. Gibson became famous in the « Mad Max» film, made by the Australian director George Miller. Max lives in a desert after a nuclear War. People drive incredible cars and lorries and wear strange clothes. It is a fan­tastic mix of past and future. Mel Gibson is now also a film di­rector. His first film as director was «The Man without a Face».

QUESTIONS:

1. What are your favourite actors?

2. Was it easy for Whoopi Goldberg to become a star?

3. What films with Whoopi Goldberg do you know?

4. When did Gibson become famous?

5. Mel Gibson is now a film director too, doesn’t tie?

VOCABULARY:

to be divorced — быть разведенным

career — карьера

to move — переезжать

director — режиссер

nuclear war — ядерная война

lorry — грузовик

incredible — удивительный