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Ryan Phillippe: I Almost Enlisted in the Army
Monday March 17, 2008
Ryan Phillippe at The Roots' fifth annual Jam Session on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Monday March 17, 2008
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Ryan Phillippe almost enlisted in the U.S. Army during the first Gulf War.
"Out of high school, I didn't have a ton of options because my grades weren't the best and I didn't come from money," he explains in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
"When I graduated, it was around the time of the first Gulf War and I did go and sit in a recruitment office and got the T-shirt and everything," the 33-year-old says. "The guy who went in with me ended up going over and serving in the first Gulf War, but I went to New York to be an actor instead."
Phillippe costars in Stop-Loss, a drama about the military's involuntary service extension clause that hits screens this Friday, with Abbie Cornish, with whom he's been linked.
He has two children – Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4 – with ex Reese Witherspoon.
Watch ET tonight for the full interview with Phillippe.
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freakin baby he has to relate to everything just so he sounds sooo important
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Glad to see he's doing better!
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Anonymous Says:
Congrats. You're almost a good actor and I almost care about what you have to say.
