Hurt reveals kidnap ordeal

Movie star William Hurt has revealed for the first time he was held captive and almost executed at gunpoint while filming Kiss of the Spider Woman in Brazil in the early 1980s.

Hurt reveals kidnap ordeal

Movie star William Hurt has revealed for the first time he was held captive and almost executed at gunpoint while filming Kiss of the Spider Woman in Brazil in the early 1980s.

Hurt, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Luis Molina in the 1985 movie, has never spoken about his night of terror for fear of reprisals.

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