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The road to fame for some is paved with athletics. Many of the famous faces we're familiar with today got their start in sports. In this edition of Bold Face we highlight three such folks and their early days as athletes…
Jack O'Connell stars in Unbroken, an epic war drama produced and directed by Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie. The film follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (O'Connell), who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to become caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. The film brings to life Zamperini's unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirits. Unbroken hits theaters on Christmas day. O'Connell wears the Flexon FS-5000 sun style, from the new Flexon Sun Collection launching in 2015, from
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Jason Statham also got his start as an athlete. He pursued martial arts and diving as a kid. He practiced daily in perfecting his diving techniques and was a member of Britain's National Diving Squad for twelve years. Statham competed for England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, but his life in the media began when he was spotted by a sports modeling agency while training at London's Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Afterward, he became a model for the clothing brand French Connection and now he is one of the most bankable action stars in Hollywood. In fact, you can catch him soon in Wild Card, out Jan. 30, as a recovering gambling addict who works as a body guard all while wearing the
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