The year Hugh Jackman first unsheathed his claws as one of the "X-Men", & Russell Crowe rocked the Coliseum as a "Gladiator". Julia Roberts won an Oscar as "Erin Brockovich", & Christian Bale was an "American Psycho". The "Scary Movie" franchise was launched, & "Scream" came back for thirds. Zhang Ziyi became a star with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", while John Travolta's "Battlefield Earth" crashed & burned. George Clooney got caught in "The Perfect Storm", & Kirsten Dunst had to "Bring It On". Mark Ruffalo proved "You Can Count On Me", while Gerard Butler was one of the few good things about "Dracula 2000". Other notable films-"Billy Elliot", "Meet the Parents", "What Lies Beneath", "Space Cowboys", "What Women Want", "Unbreakable", "Traffic" &" Cast Away". Actors in pre-fame roles were-Ryan Reynolds in "We All Fall Down", Clive Owen in "Croupier", Zoe Saldana in "Center Stage", Jessica Pare in "Stardom", Lena Headey was in "Gossip" & Craig Ferguson did "The Big Tease".
