Complex sentence: After his film debut "Never Been Kissed", he played a popular jock Chris in "Whatever It Takes" (2000), a modern day remake of the 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac".
Split into simpler sentences: After his film debut "Never Been Kissed", he played a popular jock Chris in "Whatever It Takes" (2000). The latter is a modern day remake of the 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac".