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brother's gonna work it out
Timeout New York
BROTHER'S GONNA WORK IT OUT

Luke Wilson's latest role, in The Royal Tenenbaums, just might set him free from his big brother's shadow

By Valerie Stivers
Photographs by Trevor O'Shana

It could be tough to be an actor traveling in the wake of a similarly employed sibling—especially when said sib is also a screenwriter, who finds it amusing to write you into movies as a mournful youth, fresh from the nuthouse (Bottle Rocket, 1996), or an incestuous, washed-up tennis player (The Royal Tenenbaums, hitting theaters next week). Luke Wilson, who is actually the youngest of three Wilson boys, is often ID'd as "brother of" Owen Wilson, prompting the question: Will he end up a curious footnote like Chad Lowe or Rain Phoenix? Or will we one day find ourselves trying to recall who came first, as we do with our Arquettes and Baldwins?

Owen (the blond, broken-nosed one), 33, may be the thinking-girl's Russell Crowe, yet it's the slightly less-famous Luke (the brown-haired, square-jawed one), 30, who has slowly blossomed into the onscreen heartthrob, working his charms on Reese Witherspoon in this year's Legally Blonde and, before that, on Drew Barrymore in Home Fries. His success with the ladies extends to real life: Following a relationship with Barrymore came his latest enviable hookup, this time with Tenenbaums' Gwyneth Paltrow (an affair that he refuses to comment on).

Luke, the quieter Wilson, arrives at a downtown café clad conservatively, in a newish-looking orange roll-neck sweater and tan corduroy pants. After ordering granola and a protein shake in his soft Texas twang, he hesitatingly describes his role in the family as "just somewhere there in the background behind Owen." And, not underestimating his ability to break hearts by sniffing a perfumed résumé (in Legally Blonde) or eroticizing a Lamaze class (in Home Fries), there's something to be said for strong and silent: Usually, Luke plays the character that holds the others—and the movie—together.

The Royal Tenenbaums, co-written (with Owen) and directed by Wes Anderson, tells the story of a clan of child prodigies, all of whom have failed as adults. Luke plays Richie, a tennis star who's lost his swing due to unrequited love for his adopted sister, Margot (played by Paltrow, whose deadpan performance as an intellectual with kohl-rimmed eyes is spot-on). When their absentee patriarch, Royal (Gene Hackman), shows up to announce that he has just weeks left to live, the family (which also includes Anjelica Huston and Ben Stiller) is unhappily reunited. It's the soft-spoken Richie who—despite the Flowers in the Attic stuff with Margot—glues the family together, stepping up as the only one of the kids who's willing to give Dad a real chance.

Watchers of the brothers Wilson will note that some of Tenenbaums' most sparkling moments come when Richie interacts with Eli Cash, a drug-abusing, Wild West–obsessed writer played by Owen. The two characters are childhood friends and rivals for Margot's affection, although, when the substances eclipse Eli's already questionable sanity, it's Richie who tethers him to planet Earth. The onscreen relationship recalls the Wilson siblings' dynamic in 1996's Bottle Rocket. As the film opens, Luke's character, Anthony, is allowing Owen's Dignan to surreptitiously spring him from a voluntary mental hospital—in order "not to disappoint him" out of a long-planned, covert adventure. For the rest of the film, Anthony serves as the sidekick Dignan desperately needs to keep up his charades.

BROTHERLY LOVE
In The Royal Tenenbaums, a somber Wilson quietly pines for his sister, played by Paltrow. Recalling the Bottle Rocket shoot, Luke (who shares a home with his brother in L.A.) lights up as he tells a story about the brothers' off-screen rapport. "Owen seemed worried that he was doing a weird character—which he was," he says. "I'll never forget him walking from a wardrobe fitting in that white suit, with a belt that had a 'D' for Dignan on it. The pants were too high, and they were tight. I didn't change my expression, but on the inside, I was laughing. He was saying, 'How does this look? Does it look cool?' And I said, 'Yeah, it looks great!'"

Luke's recurring role as pillar of strength makes sense, according to Jason Schwartzman, who played precocious child prodigy Max J. Fisher in Anderson's 1998 cult hit Rushmore. In their scene together, Schwartzman faces off with Wilson—the perfect doctor-boyfriend of Max's hopeless crush—and, of course, loses. Luke, Schwartzman says, "always seems like he has it together—all those goddamned Wilsons do! With that jawline, he can do anything."

If it isn't the bone structure, something seems to be working for him. Thanks to the credits he's racked up over the past few years (he appeared in Charlie's Angels, as well as the indie films Bongwater, Dog Park, Blue Streak and Committed), the younger Wilson has recently hit in-demand status. In early 2002, he'll appear in The Third Wheel, a romantic comedy starring wonderboy duo Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Next up is another comic role in Old School, alongside Will Farrell and possibly Vince Vaughn. Despite his burgeoning stardom, though, Wilson admits he's never had much of a career plan: When Bottle Rocket came along, he'd dropped out of his third college and was living at home in Dallas. Even when it seemed clear that acting would be his path, becoming the latest in a long line of nice-guy boyfriend types was not his intention. It's a pattern he hopes to break. "It's one of those things, like being at school and finding out that you're thought of as a discipline problem," he explains. "You're like, 'What? I'm a troublemaker? Huh?' The more I hear about [being pigeonholed], I think, I don't want to do that anymore. I mean, I will—guy's gotta make a living, and I don't get to pick and choose. But hopefully, as I keep working, I'll be able to diversify."

Being a babe magnet is a particularly ironic position for someone who, as Wilson explains, grew up with two brothers and no sisters, went to an all-boys school, and always saw women as "totally mysterious." Still, Wilson admits that as an adult, he prefers the company of females. "Growing up with brothers, you get teased all the time," he says. "Sometimes you just want someone to be nice to you."

Article courtesy of Time Out New York Magazine.
 



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