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The family returned to L.A. permanently THE INTERVIEW
when Armie Hammer was 12. As he describes
it, these were very trying years for him, www.OceanBlueWorld.com | 75
adjusting from his previously isolated and
Christian existence in the Caymans, to being
a teenager in late nineties L.A.
It was there Hammer discovered a passion
for acting. His good looks, and confident
charisma helped open doors, but the road
has not been without its setbacks. When he
first started to get small parts on television,
he decided to drop out of school to pursue
his acting career. His parents did not approve
of this decision, but Hammer continued to
pursue his goal, while, as he describes it “…
exploring and overindulging my newfound
freedom.”
Hammer broke into film with some movies
that had lower audience impact, until finally
being chosen to play Batman, in Justice
League Mortal, a Warner Bros. movie that
was ultimately scrapped due to politics.
His first real break in movies was in The Social
Network where he portrays the handsome
and reportedly unlovable Winklevoss twins
in the movie about the creation of Facebook.
Hammer was cast with Josh Pence to play
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, originally
as fraternal twins, until the director decided
the movie had to remain true to the reality
of the identical twins and Hammer´s face
was superimposed onto Pence’s, something
Pence was not too thrilled about.