The Edge (1997)
The Edge is a survival-in-the-wild story that features Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Harold Perrineau, and one of the biggest animal stars of all: Bart the Bear, who also earned raves for his roles in The Bear, White Fang, and Legends of the Fall.
The nearly 10-foot tall, 1,500 pound star was especially good in The Edge, which Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan called “the capstone of an illustrious career” and “a milestone in ursine acting”.
Both Baldwin and Hopkins expressed deep respect for Bart in interviews, noting that his docile personality bore not similarity to the savagery of the killer animal he portrayed onscreen.
The Edge was one of his final roles before his passing from cancer in 2000 at age 23.
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