Chris O'Donnell was planning to
study for a career in finance when he was spotted
by a talent agent, who was so taken by the young
man's natural star quality that he advised him not
to take acting lessons. After a handful of roles
in such films as Men Don't Leave (1989)
and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991),
O'Donnell made the quantum leap to A-list actor
in Scent of a Woman (1992),
in which he played the high school-age companion
and general factotum to a blind, ornery retired
military officer, played by Al Pacino.
The following years, O'Donnell starred as D'Artagnan
in The Three Musketeers (1993)
and Circle of Friends (1994)
in which he played an innocent young Irish lad dealing
with burgeoning hormones and Catholic values in
the 1950s. With Batman Forever (1995),
O'Donnell's star ascended into blockbuster heaven
with his performance as Robin. He reprised the role
two years later, playing opposite George Clooney
in Batman Robin (1997).
In 1999, he starred as a commitment-phobia who must
find a woman to marry in twenty-four hours so he
can inherit a large fortune in The Bachelor.
