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    What was the first movie Kevin Costner played in?

    Question #1219. Asked by Deb.

    makebeleaffan

    Shadows Run Black (1981) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/filmgrph/kevin_costner.htm

    Apr 13 00, 11:14 PM
    ODonnell

    Film debut in 1974 in the ultra-cheapie 'Sizzle Beach USA.'
    While a marketing student at California State University in Fullerton, American actor Kevin Costner became involved with community theatre. Upon graduation in 1978, Costner took a marketing job that lasted all of 30 days before he decided to take a crack at acting. At least that's the official story; though Costner would probably like to cremate the memory, the fact is that he made his film debut in 1974 in the ultra-cheapie Sizzle Beach USA. No matter. When Costner seriously decided to take up acting, he went the usual theatre-workshop, multiple-audition route. Casting directors saw potential, but weren't quite sure how to use Costner; besides, the novice actor had a bad habit of speaking up if something bothered him on the set. That may be why his big studio debut in Night Shift (1982) consisted of little more than background decoration and the subsequent Frances (1982) featured Costner as an offstage voice. Director Lawrence Kasdan liked Costner enough to cast him in the important role of the suicide victim who motivated the plot of The Big Chill (1983), but when the film was released, all we saw of Costner were his dress suit and necktie as the undertaker prepared him for burial during the opening credits. Two years later, a guilt-ridden Lawrence Kasdan chose Costner for a major part as a hell-raising gunfighter in the 'retro' western Silverado (1985) - and this time he was on camera for virtually the entire film.

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