Denver Comic Con 2017 Guest Spotlight: John Cusack

Written by John Edward Betancourt

One of the many reasons that Hollywood tends to find a special place in our hearts, is simply due to the fact that in many ways...the actors we know and love have in essence, been around for a majority of our lives. We are often introduced to them at a young age, and their familiar face allows for us to easily follow their career into adulthood where we fondly remember their work and celebrate it with others as often as possible. 

After all, their work instantly evokes a sense of nostalgia in our hearts, reminding us of life when we were first introduced to their work, and collecting their films on DVD or VHS or whatever medium you enjoy is often a priority for us as well because of how special those films, those moments in time and those actors were and are to us and one such actor, who has enjoyed a rich and illustrious career in the business and has also been apart of several iconic films throughout said career is the ultra talented John Cusack. 

Mister Cusack started his career in the early 1980's, and he could not have chosen a better time to step before the camera since he found work in one of John Hughes' most iconic motion pictures in Sixteen Candles as Bryce and from there, the sky became the limit for his career and he truly became a screen icon in 1989's Say Anything, since that film is well known for the moment when Lloyd raises that boombox toward the sky, with Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes' pouring out of its speakers. Yet while many other actors of John's caliber from the 80's faded out in the 1990's before making a wild comeback years later, John kept on going strong. 

He received much acclaim for his work in 1995's Grosse Pointe Blank where he played troubled hitman Martin Blank and he also shared screen time in the strangest of fashion with fellow screen legend John Malkovich in 1999's Being John Malkovich and he even made the jump to action star, hopping a ride aboard 1997's Con Air with Nicolas Cage. Even now, he continues to find meaty roles that keep audiences talking, and he even stepped into the horror pool in the big screen adaptation of Stephen King's 1408, and perhaps the beauty of looking back at his career, and all the iconic and beloved films that John has starred in...is that it makes yesterday's announcement that he will be attending Denver Comic Con 2017, all the more sweeter. 

Yes, you read that right, the already powerful lineup that Denver Comic Con has put together for this year, just added an incredible screen legend to Celebrity Summit and I know speak for a lot of my fellow geeks out there when I say...wow. It just goes to show that this con is all about the fan experience. So since 3 day passes are sold out, and Mister Cusack is only attending DCC Friday and Saturday, you need to get your tickets as soon as possible because this is it ladies and gentlemen, DCC is upon us on at last and I'll see all of you, with my boombox and cassette tape of Peter Gabriel's 'So' in line at the Colorado Convention Center this weekend! 

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