NOW: SHARLTO COPLEY Sharlto Copley had no professional acting experience when his friend Neill Blomkamp asked him to be in a short film he was directing. Copley reprised the role when Blomkamp expanded the movie into a feature called "District 9." The movie became a sleeper hit and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture, and Copley turned into an unexpected movie star. Growing up in South Africa, Copley was a huge fan of "The A-Team." As a kid, he... more 

NOW: SHARLTO COPLEY Sharlto Copley had no professional acting experience when his friend Neill Blomkamp asked him to be in a short film he was directing. Copley reprised the role when Blomkamp expanded the movie into a feature called "District 9." The movie became a sleeper hit and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture, and Copley turned into an unexpected movie star. Growing up in South Africa, Copley was a huge fan of "The A-Team." As a kid, he even had a Mr. T birthday cake. So when he got to meet the original Murdock, Dwight Schultz, on the set of the movie, he told the LA Times, "[That] was the most star-struck I've been... I was terrified." But after seeing his take on the role, Schultz hugged Copley and told him, "You are Murdock." less