Jon Heder
As the star of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, Jon Heder is best known
for donning moon boots and a hideous perm, keeping handfuls of Tater
Tots in his pockets and bringing back “Gosh!” as an expression of teen
angst. So it is a bit disconcerting to discover that, in the flesh, he’s
actually quite the heartthrob. Sure, he’s talking about being up all
night with his flu-ridden infant daughter—hardly Hollywood bad-boy
territory—but in his cool aviator shades and distressed denim, he
clearly isn’t the type who lacked for popularity in school, unlike his
alter ego. “They originally cast a different kid as Napoleon, a guy who
was the real deal,” says Heder. “He was weird—he could have just acted
like himself. But then they cast me, and I had to really get into a
character.”...Read the article
