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Joel Courtney
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When your first ever acting job is playing the lead in a Steven Spielberg/JJ Abrams movie at only 14 years old, well, that shows some balls. Joel Courtney came from nowhere to wow audiences and critics with his assured performance in Abrams’ achingly Spielbergian alien invasion drama Super 8 .
Courtney played the teenage Joe Lamb, chief amateur filmmaker in the small town of Lillian, Ohio, in the year 1979. And what a revelation he was. He and 11-year-old Elle Fanning created a burgeoning romance that steered clear of ickiness and had the meaningful hum of an adult relationship.
Next up for Courtney is supernatural chiller The Healer , where he plays a teen who encounter otherworldly forces on a camping trip with his dad.
What should he do next? Let’s hope Courtney’s career is more Michael Cera than Henry Thomas.
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