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