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 Josh Hutcherson
Interview By: Rocco Passafuime Most people will tell you that child stardom in Hollywood often involves toeing a very dangerous line, because of how much their need for growth in their personal well-being is often sacrificed for hours and hours of hard work. However, more child stars in this generation are beginning to emerge with some semblance of balance between a normal life and a major Hollywood career. One is 15 year-old Josh Hutcherson. He has already starred in a string of family films including Zathura, RV, and Firehouse Dog. Now Josh stars in what is arguably the most ambitious and technically groundbreaking family film to come along in some time. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel Journey To The Center Of The Earth, in 3D in which he plays Sean Anderson, the nephew of a volcanologist. Hutcherson first discussed with us what motivated him to jump on board this particularly unique Journey. “Actually, it really wasn’t bad for me at all,” Josh recalls, “I actually didn’t have to audition for this movie, which is really nice. A really nice change of pace, too, because I always had to audition for all my projects. But I read the script, I loved it, and I met with Eric [Brevig], the director, at Starbucks.” “It was very L.A,” he continues, “We actually met at the Starbucks just as I had gotten done filming Bridge of Terabithia down in New Zealand, which was like the day I flew back. So it was great. Eric showed me a bunch of pre-viz stuff that he had worked out, like animated storyboards he showed me.” Josh adds that it was this initial encounter that planted the seeds for a great rapport on set between him and director Eric Brevig. “Eric is funny,” he says, “A really nice guy, great director, so we really hit it off right away. And it just kind of spawned my relationship and it just started all off. He challenged me and I was surprised about that though, because coming out of a background of extensive special effects work, you’re always wondering though, is he going to care too much about the visual effects and not too much about the acting.” “He did and he was right on par with it and he gave me really great direction,” Hutcherson adds, “He was definitely in my head, as far as my mindset of the character and he really helped me established my backstory of the character during all the subtleties. He was really great.” For a young actor like Hutcherson, he claims that the experience of working on a movie like Journey To The Century Of The Earth was not really what you would call “work” for him. “Oh, man, it was great,” he says, “I love sports and I love getting to do any kind of activity, so getting to do these stunt was awesome for me. I had a field day with it. It was so great and the producers were really cool about letting me ... |
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