From "Troy" to "Four Brothers" to "Friday Night Lights," 23-year-old heartthrob Garrett Hedlund seems like he's been "this close" to super-stardom for darn near a lifetime. Now, with his first starring role on the horizon, the actor is being joined by a few veterans who might help push him over the top.

"We hope to get it going, and it will be soon if we do," said Hedlund, who is virtually unrecognizable during his brutal performance in this month's "Death Sentence."

The name of the project is "Hectic," a drama along the lines of the Martin Scorsese classic "After Hours" that flashes back and forth between modern times and the last several decades. "The basic plot is about this rundown DJ that lived in New York back in the late 70s and early 80s, who was swimming in the cash, with the girls - he had it all." Read more...