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Australian Good Taste(June 1997, pp.18-19) transcribed by LoneCdish of the month
Jeff GoldblumYet while he certainly made his name with eccentric projects like The Fly, The Tall Guy and Earth Girls Are Easy, he has starred in two of the most successful blockbusters ever - Jurassic Park and Independence Day. And now he looks set to score big at the box office again with the Jurassic Park sequel The Lost World, which debuts on Australian screens in late may. "I don't know how that's all happened," says Jeff 44/ "Luck, I suppose. Just being in the right place at the right time." It's a modest thought, but luck isn't something that just happens in Hollywood. Talent has a lot to do with it. Looks help. And, probably most important of all, the drive to succeed. Jeff, it has to be said, has all three in spades. Although he likes to propagate the image of being funky and laid-back, he works as hard on his personal life as he does on his career. Every morning sees him training diligently in his Hollywood Hills home gym, while every mealtime sees him following a strict diet that cuts out as much dairy as possible in order to keep his lanky frame fat-free. "I do believe you are what you eat," says Jeff. "It's easy to over- indulge in this industry. You have to be very careful." Yet lean ladykiller Jeff ; he's been married twice,, first to actor Patricia Gaul, then to Geena Davis, and is now engaged to his Jurassic Park co-star Laura Dern - still has a sweet tooth. For him, baked stuffed apples is the perfect dairy-free dessert. It's the kind of dish Jeff could devour at one sitting, and something his scaly Lost World co-stars could easily demolish in a single bite. While the details of the film have been kept a closely guarded secret by producer Steven Spielberg, they're widely believed to involve a peckish set of fierce flesh-hungry dinosaurs which have been cloned by big game hunters out for the ultimately trigger- happy thrill. When the raptors escape and go on the rampage in San Diego, Jeff is the one scientist who can save the world, just as he did in Independence Day before that. So doesn't it get tough playing against such monstrous odds? Doesn't he sometimes yearn for a return to low-budget, low- pressure projects? Jeff laughs. "Being in big blockbusters is giving me the chance to play so many different roles," he says. "Maybe people are now seeing me as having matured and rounded out. It feels like my plate is fill of stuff that's awfully appetising." Just as long as it's nutritious to, the world can sleep easy for another night, knowing its future is in safe hands. -Sue Wiliams Serves: 4. Prep: 15 mins. Cooking: 25 mins. Melted margarine, for greasing dish 75g dates, pitted, chopped 50g dried apricots, chopped 1 lemon, rind finely grated, juiced 2 tbs honey 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tbs water 4 Golden Delicious apples Mix the dates, apricots, lemon rind and juice, honey, cinnamon and water in a bowl. Peel apples and then core. Cut each apple horizontally in half. Place the apples cut-side down into the greased dish and fill the centres with the date mixture. Spoon over any liquid remaining from the date mixture. Cover the dish with foil and bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm. Back to Magazine Archive |