This approach would never work without
a strong child actor in the title role and they knocked it out of the park with this one.
Rupert Grint might be
the strongest child actor here at the moment though, his comic relief being the saving grace where the child actors begin struggling, especially in the most heart - stopping game of chess ever seen in cinema.
Not exact matches
The two come from very different backgrounds; Dupree was raised in a large Christian homeschooled family in Texas, and Bemis grew up a
child actor in Hollywood (he appears briefly in the Nicolas Cage flick, Face / Off) with a
strong Jewish background.
Neither Miller nor director Matthew Vaughn cares about their public opinion and
actor Mark
Strong, who has his own
children, had to object to Vaughn's decision to include even more violence including Hit - Girl, however,
Strong's wishes were granted and Vaughn luckily canned the idea.
Strong performances, especially from the
child actors, show the resilience of youth despite horrific surroundings.
And the
child actors, while
strong, needed an adult to bring power to their scenes.
On Kurt Russell, Gunn let his fanboy out a little to gush on the veteran
actor: «My favorite movie as a small
child was The
Strongest Man in the World, so I'm glad to announce that, yes, Kurt Russell has joined our cast and, yes, he is more awesome a dude than I ever could have imagined.»
It's disappointing to see
actors like Amy Adams and Kristen Bell, who have previously played such charming and
strong female characters, suddenly starring in movies that require them to be helpless little
children.
If your
child is a budding artist,
actor or musician, the «evidence» that might persuade you is whether he or she will have the opportunity to study with a working sculptor or to pound the boards in a
strong theater or dance program.
I wouldn't normally bother to mention film rights as books frequently get optioned and nothing is ever heard of the project again, but Eye Contact has the potential to make an exceptional movie - if
strong enough
child actors could be found to play the pivotal roles.