Interviews · 8 April 2014
Daniel Huttlestone I'm single and can't get a girlfriend
Daniel Huttlestone interviewed by Kevin Durham, 8 April 2014. 4m 49s on tape.
In this clip the Actor Daniel Huttlestone talks about studying on set, a new film he's in called Into the Woods and playing football with James Corden and Johnny Depp. If you liked this interview of actor Daniel Huttlestone then please leave us a comment below. In the early 2010s, a specific archetype of British child star emerged: the precocious, singing urchin who could hold his own against Hollywood royalty. At the forefront of this wave was Daniel Huttlestone, an actor whose naturalism and vocal prowess made him a favorite of directors like Tom Hooper and Rob Marshall. To chart his rise from the West End to the red carpets of Los Angeles, one often turns to the archives of press coverage. Indeed, finding a Daniel Huttlestone interview from this period is like opening a time capsule of a young artist who seemed entirely unfazed by the whirlwind of fame surrounding him.
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0:04 Been yeah I've been all right been to school yeah yeah must be weird uh going to school being someone you know in the acting world. One day with hollyood Hollywood celeb next day you're playing slap ball or getting your mobile phone nicked yeah it's all weird like like one day I go to school. See my mates and then like let's minute and with like big actors that it's cool um now what really strikes me about your age and your career. Is that you've had some pretty big roles and big films pretty quickly um now I'm really interested to find out what drives you what Mo motivates. You to get up there AC the auditions and go into these big films is it family is it uh yeah it's a bit of family. Cuz I used to do amate dramatics with my mom mhm and uh I just enjoy doing acting it's really good and like meeting all the big stars.
0:57 As well mhm and how didd you get through those kind of big high profile auditions because they must be nerve-wracking yeah like when you first. Do it in front of like director you're like what he's going to think of you but when you do it you feel like happy and like yeah. How much time did you spend rehearsing for these auditions loads of time loads of time yeah now when um you go on um these film. Sets how would you fit in your study with you know learning a script acting and everything else do you fall behind or uh no not really cuz I get a tutor. Private shoor which they hire to uh do my work to catch up and uh it's really good and they do like like revising and teacher. Stuff wow so the film studio pay for your own personal teacher yeah and they just and they teach you so I say you can't play up if you got a private tutter.
1:49 No really I'd like to you like to and you're in a new film that's coming out yeah at the end of the year and though we can't say too much about it what can you say about it uh well it's. It's basically playing Jack from my Jack and the Brain stalk and uh it goes in his like journey and meets like new people like the Baker. And uhhuh and uh he makes friends with him and then basically he goes up a bean stalk and steals like gold golden eggs so it's like basic Jack and the bean. Jack and the be and there's other Story characters like the wolf and then Cinderella Lo of other yeah characters there's some big names to this film right Chris. Pine is in this film Johnny.
2:39 Deon and did you get on with everyone on set yeah they're really nice yeah cool and the girls I'm guessing you're either not quite into that yet. Or they're queuing up of course we're into it you are of course yeah I L the girls yeah you like the girls you got a girlfriend. Not at the moment playing the field I can understand that yeah in situation yeah cool so uh you're very sporty so it's is it just football. That you play uh yeah I play for a team and I play for like School tennis team basketball rugby how busy are you loads of games. You play video games you've got an acting career you're doing studying and you play. Tennis and basketball and yeah are you a machine no you sure yeah 100% 100% all right good um and your family is very tallented as well aren't they yeah my brother's.
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3:33 My brother used to be an actor uhhuh uh my sister does Westend shows my mom is amateur and my dad plays trumpet wow that's a lot of talent in one family. So I've heard that you were in a harness for this film for quite a while I was in about it uh the harness for about 6. Hours six hours just hovering in midair uh I wasn't hovering in midair I was just like climbing up and down getting trained up in the Bon. Stalk did not make you sick no see anything like that would make my stomach to a turn I couldn't do it I'll take my hat off you and on set did you play football. With a few people as well yeah I played football with James Cordon uhuh and uh he's a good footballer and yeah we just had fun. Cool and what was everyone like did you get to meet everyone who's actually in the film no I didn't I got to meet everyone except from Johnny.
4:25 De cuz he's I didn't I don't do any uh scenes with him but I'm met like Anna Kendrick James Cordon MH Merl Street which is really cool. Great so I'm I'm sensing this is like a real fun family film yeah yeah something that I could take the kids to that kind of thing. MH okay great.
