BOY BEATS HUNDREDS OF HOPEFULS TO LAND LEAD IN SCORSESE FILM

[feilongfan]

Source: The Evening Standard
BY PETER DOMINICZAK
29 March 2010

A LONDON boy aged 12 has beaten hundreds of children in auditions to land the lead role in the latest Martin Scorsese film.

Islington-born Asa Butterfield has been cast as the hero in The Invention Of Hugo Cabret to be made by the director famous for screen classics such as Raging Bull and

Comments

[sallyna_smile]

Yay for Asa!! HE's reaaally good in what he does. I loved "The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas" he was great in it. <3

[feilongfan]

I watched that movie, poor boy, ended that way.

[stephe09]

Ohh yay for Asa!! He's such a adorable little boy!! Thanks for posting this! I'm so happy for him!

[feilongfan]

A Scorsese film, good for him. Scorsese seems to be the type of director who nourishes actors.

[cherish4]

Good for him!