Nicholas McAnulty
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Nicholas McAnulty is an Australian child actor
. His debut role was playing Artie, a six-year-old boy in The Boys Are Back
directed by Scott Hicks
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made note that McAnulty "shines in "The Boys Are Back" ". Clive Owen
spoke about how his own being a parent was reflected in his work with McAnulty, offering that he felt a bit of trepidation about working in a film with children, and that "playing opposite 6-year-old Nicholas McAnulty turned out to be something of a revelation.".
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
. His debut role was playing Artie, a six-year-old boy in The Boys Are Back
The Boys Are Back (film)
The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian/British drama film directed by Scott Hicks, produced by Greg Brenman and starring Clive Owen. Based on the book The Boys Are Back In Town by Simon Carr, the film features a score composed by Hal Lindes and a soundtrack by Sigur Rós.-Plot:Joe Warr is a British...
directed by Scott Hicks
Scott Hicks
Robert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...
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Background
It took months to find the actor to play the role of Artie. For his role in The Boys are Back, McAnulty was chosen from almost 1000 hopefuls for the role. The film's casting director Nikki Barrett called McAnulty "a small force of nature". "When he came to meet Scott Hicks for the first time, he just marched into the room, plonked himself down beside Scott, and started chatting, completely at ease," she said.Reception
The Mosman Daily reported on the film's screening at the Toronto Film Festival, writing that viewers "loved the rawness of newcomer Nicholas McAnulty." Jenelle Riley of Back StageBack Stage
Back Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.Back Stage publishes a weekly tabloid-sized trade magazine in the U.S...
made note that McAnulty "shines in "The Boys Are Back" ". Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
spoke about how his own being a parent was reflected in his work with McAnulty, offering that he felt a bit of trepidation about working in a film with children, and that "playing opposite 6-year-old Nicholas McAnulty turned out to be something of a revelation.".