Josh Lucas Trivia
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Birth name: Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer
Date of birth: 20 June 1971
Place of birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Height: 5′ 11½” (1.82 m)
- Decided not to go to college in order to pursue his acting career.
- In 1994, he moved to NYC where he studied voice, movement, speech and acting.
- Filmed his part in Wonderland (2003) in seven days.
- His parents organized campaigns against nuclear power plants and, for his safety, moved 30 times before he was 13 years old.
- Parents were hippie activists, who moved more than 30 times before he was 13.
- His parents lived on an Indian reservation and they name the child based on things that happen. He came out so easy that the doctor hit his head on the bedpost and dented his head.
- Josh started acting in High School plays.
- Decided not to go to college in order to pursue his acting career.
- In 1989, after high school, he packed up his little Honda Hatchback and moved to Hollywood.
- Josh attended Gig Habor High School in Washington for his final year of school in 1989.
- Josh spent six months reading and forcing himself to understand Dostoevsky’s The Brother’s Karamazov.
- Josh gained exposure after his roles in Sweet Home Alabama, A Beautiful Mind and The Hulk.
- Josh has dated Salma Hayek, Connie Nielson, Lilliana Dominguez and Alexa Davalos.
- Graduated from Gig Harbor High School in Gig Harbor, Washington in 1989.
- Brother of Devin Maurer.
- Josh has three siblings, one brother and two sisters.
- Born in Arkansas in 1971 and christened Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer. His parents lived on an Indian reservation and they name the child based on things that happen. He came out so easy that the doctor hit his head on the bedpost and dented his head.
- Parents were hippie activists, who moved more than 30 times before he was 13.
- Josh got his first big break in Terrence McNally’s Corpse Christ, at a Broadway theatre.
- For the movie Glory Road, Josh met and consulted with the real Don Haskins.
- Was injured severely enough to be hospitalized twice during the filming of Poseidon. First, co-star Kurt Russell accidentally hit him with a flashlight in the right eye during an underwater swimming sequence and the resulting cut required 16 stitches and several days off. The second and more serious injury occurred on the next to last day of filming when Josh fell 15-20 feet and tore ligaments and muscles in his left thumb, an injury which required a 5-hour surgery to reattach the muscle and 6-8 weeks in a cast. He is still undergoing physical therapy/rehab to get more movement back in his thumb.
- In 2005, he co-stared in the movie Stealth with Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx.
- Also has two sisters: One who, along with Josh, is in the research and planning stages of starting up Mighty’s Fast Food, a fast food restaurant that will promote healthier fare and use of organic, local produce.
- The movie Stealth was a major financial disappointment, grossing $31 million on a budget of $130 million.
- While filming the movie Poseidon, Josh was injured severely enough to be hospitalized. First, he got hit in the right eye by his co-star Kurt Russell, resulting in 16 stitches and a couple days off. The second occurred when Josh fell 15-20 feet and tore ligaments muscles in his left thumb, it required a 5 hour surgeryand 6-8 weeks in a cast.
- Josh is an ambassador for YouthAids.
- In January 2005 Josh appeared as The Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway with Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, and Christian Slater.
- Parents are Don and Michelle (LeFevre) Maurer. Father is a emergency room doctor, and mother is a nurse/midwife. Michelle attended Emerson with Jay Leno.
- Said on The Tonight Show that he is constantly mistaken by people for Matthew McConaughey.
- The movie Poseidon, which starred Josh, was another financial disappointment, grossing $60 million on a budget of $160 million.
- Recently, Lucas has expressed interest in portaying Harvey Dent in Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight.
- Announced the formation of his own production company, 2 Bridges Productions, with his brother Devin, as a co-producer and creative partner.
- In 2006 Josh announced the formation of his own production company, 2 Bridges Productions, with his brother Devin, as a co-producer and creative partner.
- Lucas has taken a brief break from acting after Poseidon’s release.
- His next film, which will begin filming in the fall of 2006, will be a thriller based on the book Who Killed Daniel Pearl?; it is unclear if Lucas will play Pearl or a version of the book’s author, Bernard-Henri Lévy.
- He dated Canadian actress Rachel McAdams for a few months in 2009.
- On Jimmy Kimmel Live on July 16, 2009, he said he was an avid fan of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League, even joining the Bills Backers of LA.
- In February 2010 was casted for the Anders Anderson thriller film Stolen, which stars alongside Rhona Mitra and Jon Hamm.
