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Elliott Heffernan, the 11-Year-Old Star of ‘Blitz’, on His Oscar Buzz and Crying on Command: ‘I Pretended My Mom Was Taking Away My PlayStation’
The 11-year-old Elliott Heffernan stars opposite Saoirse Ronan in Steve McQueen's WWII epic "Blitz," for which he is earning rave reviews.
It worked; the young actor is earning raves for his turn in the Steve McQueen epic, playing George, the mixed-race son of Saorise Ronan’s single mother Rita. So when his mother, Samantha, saw an open casting call on Facebook looking for a boy of mixed race between 9-12 years of age, his family enlisted the help of acting coach Simon Pollard and Heffernan recorded his first audition tape. It’s been two years since “Blitz” began filming, and Heffernan has tackled one other acting gig since – the lead role in his school production of “The Greatest Showman.” (Asked who he played and he responds “Hugh Jackman – I forget the character’s name.”) He would love to continue his promising career on screen, and there’s one show in particular he’s dying to be on.
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