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"  Behind every great man... is another great man? Okay, this isn&amp;#039;t our usual rule, but it happens to be true in 42, the new Jackie Robinson biopic opening today. 1600 Penn star Andre Holland, 30, plays Wendell Smith, the Hall of Fame sportswriter and unsung hero of sorts who helps launch Robinson&amp;#039;s (Chadwick Bozeman) history-making career. (Spoiler alert: Both Andre and Chadwick are easy on the eyes.)  We caught up with Andre and learned he&amp;#039;s not only a rising star\u2014but likely one of the last tender-hearted old-school romantic men on planet earth. Unfortunately for us, he&amp;#039;s attached... Cosmo: So how did you end up in this heartwarming biopic? Andre: My agent sent me the script and I wanted to go for Jackie. I even sent an audition tape for Jackie Robinson but my agents were like, &amp;#039;I think you should look at this other part, Wendell Smith.&amp;#039;  Cosmo: How did you prepare to play Wendell? Andre: I went to Rachel Robinson, Jackie&amp;#039;s widow, and she told me that Wendell was a real confidant for them when Jackie came to his first spring training. The Robinsons were completely out of their element and Wendell was the only person who they could really trust and depend on. He had been fighting for integration for over a decade before Jackie Robinson even came along.  Cosmo: How do your writing skills stack up to Wendell&amp;#039;s? Andre: I&amp;#039;m nowhere near a good as he was but I do enjoy writing. I&amp;#039;ve written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I&amp;#039;m not sure I&amp;#039;m allowed to say but it&amp;#039;s a comedy about three young men in New York City, one of whom may or may not be a romantic like me. Cosmo: You&amp;#039;re a romantic? Go on... Andre: I&amp;#039;m the old-school, letter-writing romantic. I know its out of style and not a lot of women go for that these days, but that&amp;#039;s what I go for. I&amp;#039;ve lost friends over texting because I&amp;#039;m so bad at it. I&amp;#039;d much rather have a conversation or write a letter than just send some &amp;quot;BRB,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;how are u&amp;quot; text message.  Cosmo: What does being a romantic mean to you? Andre: It&amp;#039;s a matter of really giving thought to what you do\u2014what you wear when you go out on a date, where you go, the things you say, the way you plan an evening. I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel put it out there. Cosmo: You just earned yourself a lot of crushes.... 42 hits theaters today. Photo Credit: Ari Michelson Photography  Follow Michelle on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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