{"id":3549,"date":"2017-02-16T22:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T22:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/?p=3549"},"modified":"2021-02-12T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:25:06","slug":"between-heaven-and-mel-by-jake-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/between-heaven-and-mel-by-jake-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Heaven and Mel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>Beloved actor and award-winning director turned pariah: Mel Gibson\u2019s career has lurched from one extreme to the other across the years. Now, however, it appears the star has found form once again at the helm of Hacksaw Ridge \u2013 but he\u2019s keen to make sure the furore surrounding his triumphant return does not overshadow the incredible story of Hacksaw\u2019s selfless hero\u2026<br \/>\nThe history of Hollywood is littered with larger-than-life personalities who have, for one reason or another, found a home in the public eye. On-screen, these individuals can hide their private life behind the veneer of inhabiting a character; off-screen, living one\u2019s life in the constant glare of the limelight can be both a blessing and a curse.<\/p>\n<p>So it was for Mel Gibson \u2013 perhaps the most talented and troubled Hollywood heavyweight since the days of Marlon Brando. Rarely is such a complete slide seen from Academy Award-winning acclaim to the filmic wasteland, and with the allegations of alcoholism, bigotry and spousal a...<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Continue Reading<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Subscribe to one of our subscription packages<br \/>\nto get digital access to our articles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Unlimited digital access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"headerbutton1\" href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/subscriptions\/\">Start a Subscription Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/login-member\/\">Login<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved actor and award-winning director turned pariah: Mel Gibson\u2019s career has lurched from one extreme to the other across the years. Now, however, it appears the star has found form once again at the helm of Hacksaw Ridge \u2013 but he\u2019s keen to make sure the furore surrounding his triumphant return does not overshadow the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,23],"tags":[184,592,595,602,626,627,628,629,630,631,632,633,634],"class_list":["post-3549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-content","category-portfolio","tag-hollywood","tag-hacksaw-ridge","tag-mel-gibson","tag-australia","tag-apocalypto","tag-braveheart","tag-desmond-doss","tag-jake-taylor","tag-jekyll-and-hyde","tag-lethal-weapon","tag-marlon-brando","tag-new-york","tag-vietnam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7341,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3549\/revisions\/7341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}