The contradiction of Kevin Costner is that he’s a congenitally laid-back actor who’s at his most compelling when portraying characters in the throes of some deep, soul-shaking compulsion. Think of JFK’s crusading district attorney, Jim Garrison, who goes so far through the looking glass he can barely recognize himself. Or the cash-poor farmer Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, heedlessly risking his own bumper crop—and his family-man status—to construct a baseball diamond at the behest of the voices in his head.
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