Lucas Hedges on Bel Powley, His 'Ratatouille' Crush, and 'The OC' Kiss | Screen Tests | W Magazine
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In this Screen Tests interview, 'Manchester by the Sea' actor Lucas Hedges talks about his celebrity crushes: Faye Dunaway in 'Bonnie and Clyde', Katharine Ross and Anne Bancroft in 'The Graduate', Bel Powley, and the chef from 'Ratatouille' that the protagonist Alfredo Linguini falls in love with. Hedges also shares his ability to memorize child actors' birthdays, his obsession with IMDb, his secret skills, his pet peeves, and his favorite love scenes from 'The OC'.
At 20, Lucas Hedges is the youngest nominee at this year's Academy Awards, and his performance in Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea has earned him comparisons with Timothy Hutton, who was also 20 when he was nominated for Robert Redford's Ordinary People in the same category Hedges finds himself in this year, Best Supporting Actor. The son of filmmaker Peter Hedges, who is best known for writing the Leonardo DiCaprio drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape and directing the Oscar-nominated Pieces of April, Hedges has quickly proven himself a versatile young actor, wry and youthfully sarcastic in Manchester, a part he had to audition for at least five times, and brooding and devastating for his stage debut in Anna Jordan's Yen, now off Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
What was the very first thing that you auditioned for?
The first thing I ever auditioned for was a movie called Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. And, this is kind of a secret, but it came down between me and the one other kid for it, but I didn’t get it, so. [Laughs]
Were you acting a lot at the time? Was that something you had wanted to do?
Well, my dad’s a filmmaker and my mom’s an actress. She was the original understudy, actually, for Harper in Angels in America and did the show for about several months while she was pregnant with my older brother. And so I grew up obsessed with film and filmmaking. IMDb was my first love, but I never considered that it would be a possibility for me to be an actor. I was an actor in my dad’s movie [Steve Carrell drama] Dan in Real Life, and I got cut from the movie.
You were cut?
I was cut.
Your father cut you?
My talking scene was cut, but I’m actually in the last scene of the movie, and I stare directly into the camera at one point. There was no reason for me to be in the movie to begin with though; I think he sort of put it in just to be nice to me.
Yeah. And so when you would go on IMDb, what was your search like?
Okay, this is actually like kind of sad. At the time, I memorized child actors' birthdays. I think it was actually just because I really wanted to be like them; I really wanted to be an actor, and the only people I could relate to in the industry I guess were other kids. But I’ve had weird talents like that my whole life. Like I can say things-if you give me a word, I can say it backwards. I can juggle five balls. I just I memorize birthdays. Like I memorize all my friends’ birthdays as well. So it wasn’t the only weird talent I had or just weird obsession I guess.
So when you did "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" you got incredibly close to the part. Did you feel frustrated, or did it just spur you onward?
Well, fortunately enough during the scene test of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, there was a producer watching from the next room over on a monitor, and his name was Scott Rudin. [The powerful producer who's again up for an Oscar this year with Denzel Washington's Fences.]
Fancy that.
And that meeting Scott through Extremely Loud is probably the reason why I ended up getting Moonrise Kingdom. So, just like a month or two later I had another job and it was a Wes Anderson movie, so I can’t really complain.
In "Moonrise Kingdom" you were kind of-what would be the word? [Laughs]A bully I guess, yeah
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Lucas Hedges on Bel Powley, His 'Ratatouille' Crush, and 'The OC' Kiss | Screen Tests | W Magazine
he looks so awkward but so adorable...he is an amazing actor...
hes adorable
He's just the cutest thing
he looks like matt damon, jesse eisenberg and kevin bacon had a child, but chose damon's voice.
echolot he looks like Jamie Bell and Tom Holland's American baby
they need to make a live-action ratatouille so he can play linguine
The indian accent thing omg!!! I am so happy he brought that up im so in love with him
I'm marrying this guy one day idc
No I’m
I love how weird he is, in the best way possible. I was so proud of him when he got his Oscar nomination, and my reaction to every reward he'd received up to that point without me knowing him before watching Manchester By The Sea, actually means a lot. Something about him just calles out to me. I can't put my finger on it actually. And I would cast him as Linguinni blind.
Oh my gosh he would be a PERFECT live-action Linguine!!!
He's so interesting. I love guys like him, ones with a lot of depth. We'd never run out of things to talk about. I had a dream about him and now I think I'm in love with him
I think I’m in love with him.
I relate to lucas on falling in love with IMDB very young and I also LOVE ratatouille!
so cute and actually funny
I remember watching moonrise kingdom he was the only kid who wasn't bad and he's nominated for an oscar
What a dork! I love it!
Lucas is so talented! I hope he gets the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor this Sunday:-)
Venus July Definitely not the youngest Oscar winner ever... c'mon man, don't be like Trump...
Venus July Actually, he would have been the youngest best supporting actor of all time, currently held by Timothy Hutton. Tatum O'Neal is the youngest Oscar winner ever.
I watched the film last night and i'm still traumatized, i can't stop thinking about it, what an impast, now that i watch this video, i can say this kid has talent, he can act for sure.
Can't wait for what's next Lucas!
Well he's gonna play in a movie 2018 named "Boy Erased"
I would love to see Lucas and Timothee play lovers!
I'm 100% sure that I fell in love with his voice...
He looks like a young Jason Bateman here
just wait.. one day you'll win an oscar!
Why are there so many cuts? Even in between tiny phrases.
0:15 even though his parents work in the business but alright
this made me admire him even more
A very talented young man. And handsome as well. LOL
ok. this is creepy. the first 40 seconds is EXACLTY ME. like, everything he said is so on spot about what i do. except that he is an actor now and i'm not. (yet?)
what.
the.
hell.
Redford, moonrise kingdom
Yes, The O.C.!
This video is terrible. It’s so jumpy. Horrible to watch. Annoying.
can i please marry him?
Bel powley and lucas hedges movie needs to happen.
DISNEY CAST HIM AS LINGUINI IN A LIVE ACTION RATATOUILLE
Very cute guy. Hope he makes it BIG and stays
He is one of the best actors of his generation.
0:52 kinda thought he might mention Saoirse Ronan
YMS doesn't like him
Hedges!
I am the girl version of him omg
i love him!! ❤️