Zane had been in Back to the Future and its first sequel, as well as the thriller Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman. But it was his turn as Caledon Hockley, Kate Winslet’s rich, loathsome fiancé, that brought him fame. (Though Zane has said that he was universally hated for many years for playing the bad guy.)
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