The Hollywood Reporter – August 14, 2019

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 72 AUGUST 14, 2019

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 72 AUGUST 14, 2019

ASHER ANGEL 16
Known for Shazam!

Angel, who first garnered
attention as a heartthrob on
Disney Channel’s Andi Mack,
added a $364.5 million
credit to his résumé as the
young Billy Batson in April’s
Shazam! The Arizona-born
actor, who has nearly 4 mil-
lion Instagram followers,
also recorded a song with
Wiz Khalifa and signed with
Hitco, L.A. Reid’s new label,
to record R&B and pop.
How I spent my first
acting paycheck “I’m a
sneakerhead, so I definitely
bought some cool sneakers
and a bunch of clothes.”

IAIN ARMITAGE 11
Known for Big Little
Lies, Yo u n g S h e l d o n

Though he grew up review-
ing musicals on his YouTube
channel Iain Loves Theatre,
Armitage never thought
he’d become an actor other
critics wrote about. That
changed when he landed the
role of Ziggy on HBO’s Big
Little Lies. Now, the son of
actor Euan Morton and the-
ater producer Lee Armitage
fronts his own series as a
child version of Jim Parsons’
Big Bang Theory character
on spinoff Young Sheldon,
one of CBS’ top-rated

comedies. When he’s not

acting, he’s practicing his

“amateur magician” skills.

My advice for adults

“Don’t use your phone

too much.”

ELLA JAY BASCO 12

Known for

Birds of Prey

Basco makes her film debut

in February, donning Batgirl’s

mantle opposite Margot

Robbie in Warner Bros.’ DC

movie Birds of Prey. Though

the role likely won’t show-

case her singer-songwriter

skills (she plays guitar, piano

and ukulele), her hip-hop

dance training will come into

play for combat choreogra-

phy. Basco, the niece of Hook

star Dante Basco (see page

80), has also guested on

Veep and Grey’s Anatomy.

Movie I'd love to star in

A remake of The

Breakfast Club

ASANTE BLACKK 17

AND CALEEL

HARRIS 15

Known for

When They See Us

Blackk and Harris garnered

critical acclaim for their

roles as Kevin Richardson

and Antron McCray on Ava

DuVernay’s When We See Us,

whose Emmy nominations

a showbiz family (her father

is animator Darrin Butters,

who worked on Disney’s

Tangled and Frozen) and

still hasn’t seen her whole

film: “It’s rated R.”

The movie I’d love to

make “The Western I wrote

for Quentin and Zoë Bell.”

DARBY CAMP 12

CHLOE COLEMAN 10

AND CAMERON

AND NICHOLAS

CROVETTI 11

Known for

Big Little Lies

As the children of the

Monterey Five on HBO’s

hit drama, Camp, Coleman

and the Crovetti twins have

include a supporting nod for

Blackk (nephew of Orange

Is the New Black star Samira

Wiley). “We all knew When

They See Us was bigger

than any of us,” says the

Texas-born Harris, who has

appeared on Castle Rock

and in the Think Like a Man

films. The pair text with the

figures they portrayed on

a regular basis. Richardson

sent Blackk a “Wow”

after his nomination was

announced. “With like 10

W’s,” Blackk adds.

The movie that made

me want to act Blackk:

Training Day. Harris: “I chose

acting really early on, but I

really wanted to kick it into

gear after I saw Creed.”

JULIA BUTTERS 10

Known for Once Upon

a Time in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time in

Hollywood may have been

chock-full of A-list stars, but

Butters was the real scene-

stealer — no easy task

when your scene partner is

Leonardo DiCaprio. The L.A.

native, who plays a preco-

cious actress who must

teach DiCaprio’s Rick to get

his groove back, was discov-

ered by filmmaker Quentin

Tarantino when he caught

her ABC sitcom, American

Housewife. She comes from

mall but mighty, THR’s Young Hollywood 2019
honorees are punching above their weight.
From Emmy nominee Asante Blackk to
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood scene-stealer
Julia Butters, these under-18 actors are
gracing tentpoles and auteur projects, filling
their Coogan accounts, amassing millions of
social media followers and sharing the screen
with the likes of Meryl Streep. And while they’re clearly
destined for bigger things — with some already stepping
into the director’s chair and producer pitch meetings —
they relish the kid life, too. Hot tip for adults from Avengers’
Ariana Greenblatt: “Life is too short not to have fun.”

acted opposite some of

Hollywood’s biggest names

— like Meryl Streep, whose

guttural scream in one

scene made an impact. “We

were like, ‘Whoa!’ ” Nicholas

recalls. “We were really sur-

prised!” Up next: Camp will

star in Paramount’s Clifford

The Big Red Dog movie and

Coleman has a full schedule

with Avatar 2, assassin flick

Gunpowder Milkshake, Dave

Bautista starrer My Spy

and Disney+ series Timmy

Failure. Nicholas will soon

appear in crime drama The

Sound of Philadelphia and

will reteam with Cameron for

thriller Witch Hunt.

I’ve been most starstruck

by ... Coleman: “Meryl. I’m