He played kids show host Sheldon Mopes, who quickly rises to fame for his character "Smoochy the Rhino", in the black comedy Death to Smoochy. "[19] AllMovie remarked that Norton attained "almost instant stardom" following his 1996 film debut in Primal Fear and could have risen to even greater fame. Darlene Rouse and Kurt Rouse. [39] To prepare for the role, Norton took lessons in boxing, taekwondo and grappling. A Lake County crime boss was bludgeoned to death on a staircase in the home before a federal investigation closed the operation down, according to news accounts. When Bruce Rouse jolted awake, Billy Rouse fired a second blast at his father, then pulled a knife and plunged it six times into his father's heart, authorities said. The film is based on Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel. The understatement sounds ridiculous now. "[174], Due to his controversial opinions, Norton has earned a reputation for being difficult to work with. [29] The film and Norton's performance received a lukewarm response; Entertainment Weekly wrote that his acting "never really goes anywhere",[30] while the Chicago Reader observed that his character was not good enough to make the film interesting. [95] However, he was replaced by Mark Ruffalo, allegedly due to Norton's "disputes" with Marvel. It received negative critical feedback for its plot. "The bad things that happened did not happen in our town," said Weppler, 63, in a phone interview later. He later took lessons from acting coach Terry Schreiber after discovering he was looking for a Japanese translator to help direct a play in Tokyo. [15] He made his professional debut at the age of eight in the musical Annie Get Your Gun at his hometown's Toby's Dinner Theatre. [84] Norton initially turned down the part as he felt the 2003 version Hulk "strayed far afield from a story that was familiar to people, which is a fugitive story". Pool photo by Thomas Delany Jr./Sun-Times Media, A detective whose years of work finally resulted in a murder conviction in the infamous 1980 slaying of a wealthy Libertyville couple, Chuck Fagan retired as undersheriff for the Lake County sheriff's department in 2011. Four months later, a surveyor wading into the river during a road-widening project stumbled upon guns and a garbage bag of items that included a purse and wallet with a driver's license. The boys inherited their parent's estate. He is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity. [123], Since coming to fame in the mid-1990s, Norton has opted not to discuss his personal life in public, saying that he "believes that excessive media coverage can distract him from fulfilling his role as an actor". [173] The Daily Telegraph attributed Norton's lack of interest in celebrity status to his family of "distinguished political and social activists. Smooth and cool., Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Moulin Rouge! She ordered him to serve consecutive maximum 40-year sentences. WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) _ A man who inherited millions when his parents were murdered 16 years ago was convicted Saturday of killing them over an argument about military school. DAILY HERALD FILE, Lake County First Assistant State's Attorney Jeffrey Pavletic led the prosecution's case that solved a notorious murder in his hometown. "With the way the bodies had been treated -- brutally -- it must have been a crime of hate," Lake County Sheriff Tom Brown proclaimed that morning as police searched for clues in the rambling 13-room house with hidden passages, an indoor pool and a bucolic 7-acre estate the Rouses shared with their three children north of Libertyville. [4], Edward Harrison Norton was born into a progressive Episcopalian family in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 18, 1969. Rouse used his inheritance to buy a home in Key West, but he couldn't stop his life from spiraling out of control. The confession of William Rouse may close the chapter on not only a savage murder case, but also a failed American Dream. [55] The San Francisco Chronicle stated that despite starring with screen legends De Niro and Brando, Norton's acting "outdoes even that of Brando". [108], In 2014, Norton played in two Academy Award-winning films, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). At least half the jurors attended his sentencing. "[2] Sharing the same sentiment, Forbes complimented Norton as "a far cry" from celebrities who do charity works "with a keen eye to furthering their personal brand," citing his involvements in community planning and social entrepreneurship even before his film career. He faces life in prison. "Yes and no," Rouse replied. [153] He attributed his involvement in community building to his upbringing in Columbia, Maryland, which is a planned city built in the 1960s and home to a diverse population. [140] He is the president of the American branch of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. "It was creepy-scary," said Cindy Hutson, 54, who lived in Mundelein, where the Rouses were also well known. Only 15 when he killed his parents in a notorious Libertyville crime in 1980, William "Billy" Rouse was convicted of their murders in 1996. [136] He narrated the four-part National Geographic documentary Strange Days on Planet Earth (2005), which examines earth system science. Norton emerged as a filmmaker in the 2000s. [147] As part of his job as a UN Ambassador, Norton has embarked on trips to Africa and participated in programs organized by UN bodies including the Development and Environment Programmes. Since then, the Rouse murders have come up from time to time in the news. Norton emerged as a filmmaker in the 2000s. It was the manager of one The Rouse House Revisited: Unraveling the Enigma of Murder, Police Corruption, and Organized Crime by Terry M. Mors, Ph.D. He got married and fathered two sons before his wife divorced him. [49][50], In 2000, Norton made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Keeping the Faith, starring as a priest named Brian Finn. After the murders, the mob briefly took ownership of the house, running an illicit casino that attracted high-rollers in the early 1980s. It needs to be acknowledged first and foremost, and then it needs to be contended with. He. He finished every time., Lifes a beach under the basket for Lemonts Miles Beachum. "He was bad news from nursery school," said a neighbor of the Rouse's who asked that his name not be used. In the film, Norton portrayed retired Air Force colonel Eric Byer, who decides to terminate an illegal operation after it is exposed to the FBI, and kill everyone involved. 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Besides acting and filmmaking, he is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. One was an air ball., Go big or go home. [92] The Wall Street Journal felt that Norton's presence improved the film to "a thunderously efficient enterprise" from the 2003 version. [83] His next lead film role was Marvel Cinematic Universe's Bruce Banner, and the accompanying alter ego Hulk in the big-budget superhero film The Incredible Hulk, released in 2008. The fight ended with Batman's son being impaled on the sword of his evil . [119][120][121] Norton worked again with director Anderson for the 2018 stop motion film Isle of Dogs, in which he voiced Rex, a member of a pack of five dogs. Whenever Rouse had interactions with police because of public drunkenness or other minor infractions, Fagan chatted him up, building an uncanny, almost friendly relationship with his suspect. He lived as a drifter, always in trouble with alcohol, drugs and petty crimes. Robin age 16, and son, Billy age 15, lived in the main house. ", Lou Carlozo and Tribune Staff Writer. This toad sitting on an oil pipe will not overthrow itself." Kurt Rouse, 36, took the witness stand and denied killing his parents. Bruce Rouse made his fortune owning gas stations. Billy Rouse didn't testify during his trial, but his attorneys raised the specter that his brother was the killer. The couple's son, Billy, 15, and daughter, Robin, 16, told police they had slept through the pounding thunderstorms that night and heard nothing out of the ordinary. Sixteen years later, he would confess and be convicted of their murders. Pleased with the verdict, Pavletic points to a comment from the late Daily Herald reporter Tony Gordon, who covered the case for decades. [41] During promotion for the film, Norton explained that Fight Club examines the value conflicts of Generation X as the first generation raised on television, by probing "the despair and paralysis that people feel in the face of having inherited this value system out of advertising". Courtesy of Illinois Department of Corrections. It was a dark and stormy night that left the village of Libertyville awash in shock, fear and the mystery of how millionaire couple Bruce and Darlene Rouse were savagely slaughtered in their bed on June 6, 1980. [130][131][132], Norton appeared on the PBS genealogy series Finding Your Roots in January 2023, where it was confirmed that Pocahontas was his 12th great-grandmother. [61] In 2011, Norton proposed to Canadian film producer Shauna Robertson after dating for six years. [111] The Los Angeles Times lauded him for successfully portraying the volatility of the character,[112] and Newsday complimented his "truly moving" poetic delivery. Both had troubled relationships with their parents, but then, that did not make them unusual. And now take the pause. In 2002, the mansion burned, attracting a crowd of observers. Owning a chain of gas stations and cable services, they became prominent members of the Libertyville community. "If I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it," Billy Rouse told himself as he sat outside his parents' room for 10 minutes before going in and moving to his mom's side of the bed. Everybody should be uncomfortable with it. October 12, 1992. [74][75], Norton had two major film roles in 2006, starring as Eisenheim the magician in The Illusionist and bacteriologist Walter Fane in The Painted Veil. Later, he and several friends went on a vandalism rampage of three Libertyville schools. He is married to Canadian film producer Shauna Robertson, with whom he has two children. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. Robin Rouse was her daddy's girl. (Lake County Sheriffs Department). The organization aims to preserve the ecosystems and biodiversity of East Africa through conservation which directly benefits the local Maasai communities. William. Rouse, washing the blood off his arms and hair in the utility room, thought, "I've got to make it look like somebody else did it." Many viewed the north suburb as a privileged place to grow up with a charming downtown, involved parents and high-performing schools. His family had been in the area since the 1880s; his grandfather was a former mayor of Mundelein. Figuring that fleeing would "make me look really guilty," Rouse drove to the Route 60 bridge over the Des Plaines River. It was in addition to her references in a 2006 interview to their past relationship. He established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003, and was director or producer of the films Keeping the Faith (2000), Down in the Valley (2005), and The Painted Veil (2006). [59][60][61] In the horror film Red Dragon, Norton starred as retired FBI profiler Will Graham, who is assigned to track down a mysterious serial killer utilizing his psychological abilities. Sources for Lydia Robinson "Robin" Rouse 1 Howard County Times (Maryland), 10 NOV 2010, Obituary for mother Elizabeth Jamieson Winstead "Libby" Rouse. [17] He attended Yale College, where he earned a BA in History. He was living on a houseboat in Key West, having squandered his share of the $2 million fortune his father made with a chain of gas stations. His daughter Robin is the mother of actor Edward Norton. [122] In 2022, Norton portrayed New York tech billionaire Miles Bron in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. [2][3] Incidents include Norton's editing the final cut of American History X (1998), which is 40 minutes longer than director Tony Kaye's version;[34] conflicts with director Brett Ratner on the set of Red Dragon (2002);[62] refusing to promote The Italian Job (2003);[68] and uncredited rewriting of the screenplay for The Incredible Hulk (2008), which angered screenwriter Zak Penn. Lake County First Assistant State's Attorney Jeffrey Pavletic led the prosecution's case that solved a notorious murder in his hometown. He portrayed Brown University Professor Bill and his identical twin Brady Kincaid in the comedy Leaves of Grass, and convicted arsonist Gerald "Stone" Creeson in the crime film Stone. "My big concern is they want to talk about the gambling. As his parents slept, Rouse crept into the bedroom with a shotgun and shot his mother point-blank, then turned the gun on his awakened father, clubbing and stabbing him as well. Impressed by his acting, she introduced Norton to the executives of the noir drama Primal Fear, an adaptation of William Diehl's 1993 novel. If I had told anybody anything about it, it had to have been in a drunken stupor, which ain't unusual for me to be in a drunken stupor," Billy Rouse told Fagan during his confession. [110] Besides acting, Norton announced in February 2014 that he would direct Motherless Brooklyn, a crime drama based on the acclaimed 1999 novel by Jonathan Lethem. Suspicion for years had turned to his older brother, Kurt, who looked the part of a hippie in 1980, with straggly blond hair, according to news reports. [62] Nevertheless, a few collaborators with whom Norton reportedly had disputes have expressed their respect for him: Kaye wanted to feature Norton in some of his other ventures, and Ratner offered to help with production of Norton's film Motherless Brooklyn and got along well with Norton. During production, Norton and director Brett Ratner argued frequently over the script. "It's time to put the demons to bed," Fagan told Rouse. [9][10] Norton's maternal grandfather, James Rouse, was the founder of real-estate developer The Rouse Company and co-founder of the real estate corporation Enterprise Community Partners. Suburban Crime [22] The playwright was impressed with Norton's rehearsal performance and cast him for its world premiere. Sixteen years later, Fagan took Billy Rouse's confession of how he killed the couple. "For a small community like Libertyville, it was a big deal," remembers Lake County First Assistant State's Attorney Jeffrey Pavletic, who grew up in Libertyville but was attending the University of Dallas when the crime occurred. The incident also dredges up old resentments I felt growing up in a place that I believed to be more concerned about public appearances than authenticity. The Score and Norton's performance was well received. For other people named Edward Norton, see, 20002006: Continued success and filmmaking, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), List of awards and nominations received by Edward Norton, "Edward Norton 's tweet ""don't be idle. [47] For his performance, Norton was nominated for Best Actor by the Online Film Critics Society. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations. In March 2022, on the day of another sentencing of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny, Norton became the first celebrity sponsor of the international Anti-Corruption Foundation. His earlier misses? The. His rebound downs Marian Catholic. [136] In 2003, he collaborated with oil company BP to develop the Solar Neighbors program, which aimed to install photovoltaic panels on rooftops of households in Los Angeles. [2] In The Observer, Peter Preston noted that his image was unlike that of conventional screen "stars" because his most memorable characters are unlikeable, specifically a neo-Nazi in American History X. Preston likened his characters to those played by Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, whom Norton admires. Even the house, dubbed Murder Mansion, Hell House and other names in various TV shows about the crimes, couldn't recover. Billy Rouse became the focus of Chuck Fagan, then a detective with the Lake County sheriff's department. [12] At the CCTA, he acted in several theatrical productions directed by Toby Orenstein. Every Baz Luhrmann Movie, Ranked. 1945 - 2020. No, he said, because all "I had to deal with then was gone." I ve been off center and unfocused. "We were extremely blue collar, and the Rouses were like having money. The Rouse children scattered, but they remained the subject of rumors. "Are you sorry your parents are dead?". Toronto Star's Peter Howell praised Norton's direction, but thought the film was complex and too long. As a teenager growing up in Libertyville, Rouse dabbled in booze and drugs and quarreled constantly with his parents when they tried to discipline him, authorities said. After graduating from Yale College in 1991, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to Manhattan to pursue an acting career. Living under that cloud, Kurt took his estimated $600,000 inheritance, moved to California and forged a new life. They were among the wealthier families in the community, and lived in a woodsy estate in unincorporated Libertyville, just outside the village boundary. "I took the 16-gauge and put it up to her head and the trigger went off. With Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, Adeel Akhtar. Almost from the start, the three Rouse children-Kurt, then 20, Robin, then 16 and William, then 15-were regarded as suspects by Lake County authorities. Albee found a new role for him instead and had Norton read for Fragments. His biggest commercial successes have been Red Dragon (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Incredible Hulk (2008), and The Bourne Legacy (2012). There was no traffic in the pouring rain, so he made three trips to throw everything in the river before he returned home. The Rouses were the model suburban family. Their sister Robin died in a 1983 car accident. [8] His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" Rouse, was an English teacher who died of a brain tumor in 1997. [160] He produced the 2009 documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, which chronicles Obama's political activities from 2006 to his 2008 election victory. On the morning of June 6, 1980, William Rouse told police that he had been asleep in his bedroom just upstairs from his parents on the night that his parents were murdered. He abides by Skanes' no-nonsense approach to coaching. 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