Not exact matches
Casting directors are looking for
teenage actors to play a
younger version of Denzel Washington and Joe Canewell's daughter.
Main character Chiron is played by three different
actors over the course of the film: Alex R. Hibbert plays his
younger self, Ashton Sanders plays his
teenage years and Trevante Rhodes plays Chiron in his adult prime.
Acknowledging that it was seemingly odd for an adult male to be writing and directing a film about a
young teenage girl, Burnham gave the
young actor credit where it's due: «She really carried the production.»
Patrick Wilson is no slouch either (having worked with James Wan prior no doubt a benefit); he is believably stern and generous, and the
young actresses portraying the Perron daughters thankfully stray from the normally arid line readings by
teenaged actors.