Table of contents:
- David Schwimmer - Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
- Julia Roberts - William Faulkner, Wild Palms
- Johnny Depp - Jack Kerouac, On The Road
- Mel Gibson - Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
- Drew Barrymore - Victor Frankl, The Man in Search of Meaning
- Daniel Radcliffe - Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
- Angelina Jolie - Bram Stoker, Dracula
- Hugh Jackman - John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
- Keira Knightley - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- Antonio Banderas - Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
Video: 10 favorite books by Hollywood stars that they recommend their fans read
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Despite the fact that electronic gadgets have long and firmly entered our lives, paper books are still in demand. And many celebrities even prefer to read the works of their favorite authors in their spare time on the set. What books do Hollywood celebrities prefer? Angelina Jolie, Daniel Radcliffe, Johnny Depp and others are able to surprise with their choice.
David Schwimmer - Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
The actor, famous for his filming in the cult series Friends, puts Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot in the first place in the list of his literary preferences. A fascinating plot, emotional torment of the characters, dramatic dialogues bring David Schwimmer into real delight.
Julia Roberts - William Faulkner, Wild Palms
The recognized beauty loves books about tragic love, and therefore often picks up "Wild Palms" by William Faulkner. Sizzling feelings and fascinating adventures of the heroes of the work make the actress forget about everything in the world for a while.
Johnny Depp - Jack Kerouac, On The Road
The famous actor enjoys reading, and the work of the classic of American prose Jack Kerouac allows him not only to laugh with the characters, but also to continue their reasoning about the meaning of life, to be surprised by sincere feelings. Moreover, the work is based on real events, and its heroes are the author and friend Neil Cassidy. Johnny Depp admits: the novel makes him think and discover new qualities in himself.
Mel Gibson - Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Mel Gibson's literary preferences allow us to draw fair conclusions about the actor's good literary taste. Gibson calls his favorite book a dystopia, in the course of which books were burned only because they made the reader think about the meaning of life, and the reader himself could immediately go to jail.
Drew Barrymore - Victor Frankl, The Man in Search of Meaning
The actress, who became famous for her filming in Steven Spielberg's film "Alien", prefers a rather complex book by Victor Frankl. The author, who survived all the horrors of the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps, shares his reflections on life and what allowed people during the most terrible and cruel trials to preserve themselves and not betray their values.
Daniel Radcliffe - Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
The performer of the role of Harry Potter liked Bulgakov's novel so much that the actor, during his visit to Russia, specially went to the Patriarch's Ponds and even paid a visit to the very “bad apartment” that appears in the novel. And Daniel Radcliffe admitted that he would like to star in the film adaptation of The Master and Margarita and play the role of the Behemoth Cat.
Angelina Jolie - Bram Stoker, Dracula
The choice of the actress seems very surprising: the fair sex rarely mentions a novel about a mysterious and bloodthirsty vampire among their favorite works. But the book is filled not only with chilling fear, there is a place for love in it, there is an opportunity to think about a person's ability to concentrate in the face of mortal danger.
Hugh Jackman - John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
The performer of the role of the mutant superhero Wolverine in the X-Men film series called the cult novel by John Steinbeck his favorite book. The actor can be understood, because it was not in vain that the author received the Pulitzer Prize for his Grapes of Wrath. The resilience and courage of the people who embarked on a quest for a better life during the Great Depression are admirable.
Keira Knightley - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
The actress's love for the novel by Jane Austen is quite understandable and understandable: she herself had a chance to play the emotions and feelings of the main character of the novel. Keira Knightley, who embodied the image of Elizabeth Bennet on the screen, enjoys reading Pride and Prejudice in her free time, finding the novel relevant today. A fascinating plot, the fate of the characters and their love experiences do not leave the actress indifferent, no matter how many times she reads the novel.
Antonio Banderas - Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
The Spanish actor finds Don Quixote's adventures very modern and instructive. And it is simply impossible not to agree with him. Despite the fact that the action of the novel by Miguel de Cervantes takes place back in the Renaissance, the adventures of the hidalgo surprise and make you think about the eternal: about love and nobility, courage and determination.
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