Edward Norton Pictures

In Down in the Valley, Edward Norton plays Harlan, a deluded 21st century cowboy whose contrived old-West masculinity and aw-shucks innocence attracts a restless teenage girl, desperate for something more authentic than the asphalt highways of suburban Los Angeles. Norton is again, as he did in Fight Club, exploring the strange avenues a person might take to eek out something natural in a consumerist, overdeveloped world. It’s also a theme to his personal life, which Norton surprisingly says, will someday not include making movies.

Actor Edward Norton, 36, poses for a portrait this past Saturday, in promotion of his new film Down In The Valley.  So far, Down In The Valley has received a medicore 63% on the Critics Tomatometer on RottenTomatoes.com.  More pictures in the gallery!

Down In The Valley opens in limited release this Friday, May 5.