Watch This Face
By Ross Springer
Like a lot of teen actors, Vincent Kartheiser is getting his education at
home. "It's great--but no prom, and that sucks," says the yummy
18-year-old up-and-comer who melted hearts last year in Alaska. This
summer, you can ctach Vincent in Masterminds, about an evil security expert
who takes an elite private school hostage. It falls to Vinnie's character,
skate rat/computer hacker/all-around bad boy Ozzie Paxton, to save the
school. "It's like Die Hard meets Home Alone, but more on the Die Hard
side," says Vinnie with a to-die-for smile. "It was really fun!" Though
his resume also includes the films Indian in the Cupboard, Little Big
League and Untamed Heart, Vinnie says acting hasn't always been such a
blast. "By the time I was 14, I had been screen tested and rejected three
times," remembers the Minnesota-born babe. "That hurts your heart, but i
decided to give it all I had before getting out. That's when I got Indian
in the Cupboard." His next big project? College. "I want to go to
UCLA[University of California, Los Angeles]," he says, adding that living
in Los Angeles while cracking the books will help keep his career on
course. "A guy's gotta audition, ya know?"
'Teen July 1997
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