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November 14 - 20, 2016 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actor on "Zoo" (2) 8. Prefix for space or dy- namics 9. "Able was I, __ __ ..." 10. Role on "NCIS: New Orleans" (2) 14. Small blister 15. Mel the Giant 16. Soldiers, for short 17. "Road to __"; Crosby/ Hope movie 18. Schwarzkopf's mono- gram 19. Character on "The Simpsons" 20. Puncture 24. 90 degrees from ENE 27. Cry of horror (2) 28. AP rival 29. Huge bird from Austra- lia 32. "Daddy Long __"; Fred Astaire movie 33. Actor on "The Night Shift" (2) 36. 915 years ago 37. "If __ __ be so bold ..." 38. "America's __ __" DOWN 1. "Gene Simmons: Family __"; 2006-12 A&E se- ries 2. "Lawrence of __" 3. Matthew of "2 Broke Girls" 4. Cried 5. Bobby the Bruin 6. Janet or Vivien 7. "New __ __ Town"; hit song for the Eagles in '76 8. 19th-century Vice Presi- dent __ Stevenson 11. Word in the title of How - ie Mandel's game show 12. Film alien 13. Suffix for heir or host 14. Barrels: abbr. 20. Formal and dignified 21. "The Cat in __ __"; 2003 movie 22. "12 __ Men"; 1957 Hen- ry Fonda film 23. Derek and Diddley 24. Long sandwich, for short 25. Bit of parsley 26. Refrain in a children's song 29. Correct a manuscript 30. Edith Bunker, to Gloria 31. Prefix for spoken or sure 34. "What __ to Wear" 35. Old-fashioned word of disgust Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it If you guess the title role in "Shooter" is quite physical for Ryan Phil- lippe, he'll confirm it im- mediately. Not only does the former "Secrets and Lies" star assume Mark Wahlberg's movie role in USA Network's series version that finally makes its debut Tuesday, Nov. 15 (having been delayed twice from its intended summer premiere be- cause of actual, much-re- ported shooting inci- dents), he's also heavily involved in choreograph- ing the plentiful stunts ... a good way to try to keep himself as protected as possible. Wahlberg is an executive producer of the show, which opens with expert marksman Bob Lee Swagger being enlisted to help prevent an assassination attempt on the U.S. president. Things go very wrong, though, making Swagger a target of those he was supposed to assist. Like the 2007 film, the "Shooter" series goes back to the original source — Stephen Hunt- er's novel "Point of Im- pact" - and Phillippe says, "When I signed up, I said that I thought we should make it a motif that you can't believe you're see- ing me do some of the things I actually do in this. The attempt is for me to do all of my own stunts and the training has been pretty substantial, first with the Marines and their sniper school, and then Thai Boxing. "You do a day of fight scenes and you feel it for a few days," Phillippe adds with a knowing laugh. "I'm trying to keep myself in the best con- dition I can, to minimize risk of injury." Among those shar- ing the acting load with Phillippe are Omar Epps ("House") as a Secret Service man who shares a military past with Swag- ger, and Tembi Locke and David Marciano ("The Shield") as FBI agents, plus Shantel VanSanten ("One Tree Hill," "The Flash") as Swagger's wife. Phillippe views his own "Shooter" work as being "sort of like a foot- ball season. I'm going to be sore and banged up, but it does have an end. With the fact that we have only 10 episodes, I'm just going at it as hard as I can ... until my body gives out, I guess." With additional televi- sion-series experience from the fifth and final season of "Damages," Phillippe notes his train- ing for such movies as "Stop-Loss" and the Clint Eastwood-directed "Flags of Our Fathers" has helped him in making "Shooter," but he allows "the sniper training was relatively new — and as it turns out, I'm a pretty decent shot. I spent time with these Special Ops guys at Camp Pendleton, and I was blown away by their skill set. It's not just their accuracy in shoot- ing, but they're given field medical training and they learn languages and vari- ous forms of self-defense, and I found that fascinat- ing. I don't think you tend to think of the man or woman in the field having so many abilities." Also a producer of the new "Shooter" (along with executive producer Lorenzo di Bonaventu- ra from the big-screen version, which USA has been showing lately as a warm-up for the series' start), Phillippe appreci- ates having Wahlberg's seal of approval in inherit- ing the central role. Ryan Phillippe sees plenty of action in USA's 'Shooter' series Providing for the Agricultural and Gardening Needs of our Community 711 E. WATERFORD • WAKARUSA 574.862.1163 SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS

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