It was the early»80s, and Nixon soon fell into the pack
of child actors making after - school specials and message movies like Little Darlings and My Body, My Child, in which she and Sarah Jessica Parker starred as the daughters of a woman — Vanessa Redgrave — agonizing over whether to abort a child with severe birth defects.
The hit series stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, and a host
of child actors who became stars overnight when Season 1 hit the streaming service.
Cyrus Arnold plays Derek Zoolander Jr. and I must admit to being concerned with the
addition of a child actor but he holds his own and is often the hilarious voice of reason in this twisted world of fashion.
One of the central characters in The Sellout is Hominy Jenkins, an elderly black man who was, in his youth, a lesser - known member of the
group of child actors featured in the Our Gang series of short films.
Robert Mulligan, who coaxed lovely performances out
of his child actors in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird, here gets good work from twins Chris and Martin Udvarnoky (in their first — and final — screen appearances), with their characters involved in all manner of sordid activities that Scout, Jem and Dill doubtless couldn't even imagine.
Farmiga, who starred opposite George Clooney in the hit movie «Up in the Air,» told CNN that she began panicking during preproduction, as the magnitude of the undertaking - simultaneously directing and playing the lead role,
lots of child actors, and 25 scenes that included music - became clear.
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I did not enjoy the vast
majority of the child actors, for they were not only unconvincing, but there were several times that they looked directly into the camera, thus breaking the immersion.
Because we need more of a story than Hugh being a bad boy, Charlie, for reasons of financial convenience, gets stuck with Max, who is played by Dakota Goyo without that annoying
smugness of child actors, the sort that says, «Hey, I'm only 10, but I'm already more successful than you!»
Lyne's
handling of child actor Latzen is pure perfection, as she embodies not a trace of typical Movie Kid cloying cuteness that so very much permeates Hollywood productions.
Special mention should be made
of child actors Morgana Davies and Finn Woodlock, who both deliver the kind of pitch - perfect performances that belie their lack of experience.
There's something about the naivete and
conviction of child actors that means they often kick arse over well established plyers of the trade.
Let's also hope it's not the last we
see of the child actors Nathan Varnson and Ryan Jones, both of whom deliver authentic and naturalistic performances.
It helps that Sony have cast someone who can actually pass as a high schooler this time (Tom Holland), and surrounded him with a great
bunch of child actors.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the
name of the child actor from The Return of the Swamp Thing.
Osment holds center stage for most of the movie and is the
kind of child actor that can actually rely on acting skill instead of the cloying, heart - tugging expressions and mannerisms that made Macaulay Culkin a mere flash in the pan.
The two leads, Joaquin Phoenix (who collaborated with Shyamalan on Signs) and Bryce Dallas Howard (
daughter of child actor - turned - director Ron Howard) are capable, if clearly limited working within the constraints of the film.
The
fate of child actor's is rarely as promising or as eloquent as it has been for Canadian actress / activist Sarah Polley, whose first feature films have all been delicate examinations of human relationships.
The acting is good, but as is
expected of child actors, some more emotional scenes are performed quite poorly (and dare I say it; laughably).
Mickey Rooney is one
of those child actors who is basically a fully formed performer right from the start, and his performance as Whitey Marsh wouldn't be significantly different if delivered as an adult.
plays Derek Zoolander Jr. and I must admit to being concerned with the
addition of a child actor but he holds his own and is often the hilarious voice of reason in this twisted world of fashion.
That goes from the
performances of the child actors — who, though cute, tend to overact — to the strained and misjudged attempts at quirkiness from Ray Liotta, as Billy's father, and the distracting and needless Jamaican accents of two characters.
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Some of the child actors could have used an acting coach.
Contrary to popular belief, not
all of the child actors» stars in Hollywood fade after their meteoric rise into the limelight — sometimes they continue in films.
Out of
all of the child actors out there at the moment (maybe excluding Abigail Breslin), Fanning appears the most impressive.