Truth is, James Marshall got a little tired of playing James Hurley, Laura Palmer's earnest, motorcycle-riding secret boyfriend on Twin Peaks. ''Hurley just kind of sat there,'' says Marshall. Of course, he is just sitting here himself, drinking java at a hip Venice, Calif., restaurant. And, of course, he has managed to parlay his character's strong, silent look into an animated movie career. In addition to reprising the role in David Lynch's big-screen prequel to Twin Peaks, due in August, Marshall, 25, has a pivotal role in Rob Reiner's much-anticipated Marine Corps drama, A Few Good Men, due in December. And this spring he'll star with Cuba Gooding Jr. in Gladiator, a saga about illegal amateur boxing. No outsider to the business-his father is film producer Bill Greenblatt (Da, Judgment in Berlin)-young James nevertheless was so shy about acting that he didn't even attempt it until after high school in Santa Monica, Calif. And it took Twin Peaks to teach Marshall (who was married six months ago to someone Not In The Business) a vital lesson about stardom: For a while, ''it was like being a member of the coolest club in town. But it's just a classic example of showing you what's hot is hot-and then it's not. It was just in and out-that's the way Hollywood is.'' And as Hollywood goes, Marshall's hot and cool.
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