Kate Bosworth's winning hand

05-04-2008 13:28

As gambling heist movies go, '21' ticks all the boxes, with glamour, intelligence and fast-paced action in abundance.Directed by 'Legally Blonde' filmmaker Robert Luketic, '21' is based on Ben Mezrich's book 'Bringing Down The House', about six Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students take Sin City for millions of dollars.Based on a true story, the movie centres on Ben Campbell, played by British actor Jim Sturgess, who achieves his dream of getting into Harvard University, but then has to raise the $300,000 tuition fees, and decides gambling and winning is the only way of obtaining the cash. As part of MIT's blackjack team, Campbell already has the card skills required for the scam, but it is only with the help of his teammate Jill Taylor, played by Kate Bosworth, that he manages to pull it off.Bosworth is best known for baring her taut, surfer-girl body in 'Blue Crush' in 2002, but has since surprised critics by ignoring typecast and showing off her acting skills in roles including Lois Lane in 'Superman Returns', and now Taylor in this slick gambling film.And Bosworth - who starred in another of Luketic's films, romantic comedy called 'Win a Date with Tad Hamilton' opposite Josh Duhamel - insists she revels in new challenges.She said: "I guess I just don't do comfort zones. But then, at the beginning of the film - well, pretty much all the time, but particularly at the beginning of a film - I always feel I can't act. What am I doing in this business? I'm a phony, I need to get out, I should start thinking about something else to do. I guess one way to look at it is, it keeps me on my toes. I don't ever want to think, 'Oh, I'm just great.' "