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Chris Pinehas some familiar faces to look up to in his career.
“[It] was, ‘There are no asterisks on the bottom of the screens,’ " Pine, 42, shared. “So no matter how hard the day was, or if it was raining, or if you were sick, no one’s gonna care.”
His late grandmother, Anne Gwynne, was also an actress and a WWII-era pinup model; while his sister Katherine Pine has dabbled in acting as well.
“I couldn’t be prouder,” Pine’s fathertold PEOPLEin 2009 of his son’s success. “He’s an incredibly hard worker.”
From left: Justice Smith plays Simon, Sophia Lillis plays Doric, Chris Pine plays Edgin and Michelle Rodriguez plays Holga inDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.Paramount Pictures
In the latest film reboot of the popular fantasy role-playing game, “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people,” according to a plot summary from Paramount Pictures.
Based on the Hasbro tabletop fantasy role-playing game that first launched in 1974,Honor Among Thieves"brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.”
Playing the role of Edgin, Pine told PEOPLE that the most memorable part of filmingDungeons & Dragonswas “the fun of being able to work with practical effects.”
“Oftentimes in these films, a lot of it is computer generated, but a lot of it was old fashioned animatronics and old-fashioned craftsmanship,” he explained.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thievespremieres March 31 in theaters.
source: people.com
