Nicholas Hoult and Millie Bobby Brown during AsiaPOP Comicon. |
“I haven’t met her (Millie Bobby Brown) yet-” the twenty six year old actor said, blue eyes sparkling as he met with the local press for APCC. “She gave a wonderful performance (in “Stranger Things”) “and I’m kind of fanboy-ing over meeting her. I’m looking forward to that and I think I’ll be line for her autograph as well ‘coz she’s fantastic in that show and I loved watching her so-yeah that’s what I’ve been geeking out over recently.
And Nicholas Hoult would know a thing or two about child actors, as he himself was one. He started acting at the age of seven and played the role of Marcus Brewer in the 2002 romantic comedy “About A Boy” alongside Hugh Grant.
In a separate event during APCC, which was open to the public, Hoult sat across radio personality Chico Garcia went to the topic of child actors by asking Nicholas. “(Nicholas) You started very early in your career. From “About A Boy” How has it been? A lot of child actors, they struggle a little with the transition but in your case it was relatively painless. How did you do it? For others, they really struggled a lot.”
Nicholas Hoult in “About A Boy” |
“Yeah, teenage years, are a pain for most people-” Hoult responded. “I was lucky, whereby I stayed in school until I was 17 , so normal school, normal friends. I had a pretty normal life outside of work. And I got very lucky being cast in “Skins” the TV show. The crowd goes wild at this.
“A lot of ‘Skins’ fans-” Chico acknowledges, which is met by more screaming.
“Wasn’t it a shock for a lot of people? Because you were this adorable kid in “About a Boy” and “Skins”” was a little edgier-a little scary.
“Yeah-that’s what I liked about it. You know, whenever reading a script or looking at some potential work., I like to do something that people don’t really expect, or to do something different. I haven’t done before.”
This was also tackled in the press junket when Hoult was asked: “Is it a conscious decision to take on unusual roles?” to which Hoult responded.
“Outside of working with great people and telling a good story, the aim for me is to play as much varied characters and styles of film, the stories that I tell – that’s what my aim is. I would get bored if I played the same characters again and again. As much as you can transform physically and emotionally for whatever it is then that makes a big difference.”
Nicholas Hoult in various roles. From L to R. The zombie “R” in “Warm Bodies”. Beast/ Hank McCoy. The War Boy “Nux” in Mad Max: Fury Road.: |
Nicholas Hoult and Kevin Space on the set of “Rebel in the Rye” |