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Some actors are best left to weather outside until they've properly aged, like firewood or a good Scotch. (Humphrey Bogart being the ideal example.) Josh Hartnett was something of an It Boy at the turn of the millennium, with lead roles in 'The Virgin Suicides,' 'Pearl Harbor,' 'Black Hawk Down' and more. Then, like with many It Boys, his career cooled.
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