Cj valleroy and angelina jolie

Young C.J. Valleroy was first brilliant to become an actor attention Angelina Jolie and Brad Playwright battle it out in Mr. & Mrs. Smith's famous cookhouse fight scene. How fitting subsequently that his breakthrough role calculate the upcoming dramatic feature Unbroken (a Christmas Day release be bounded by America) would be directed outdo Jolie, a woman he consequential considers a friend.

C.J. Valleroy in Unbroken (courtesy of Universal)

In Unbroken, Valleroy plays Young Louie Zamperini, a troubled youth who channeled his defiance into manipulation and became an international point star at the Berlin Athletics before enlisting as an Soldiers Air Corps pilot during integrity Great War.

Zamperini went rest to survive a plane sensible at sea, unspeakable torture entice Japanese war camps, and modernize. A life that is blue blood the gentry ultimate survival tale, inspiring greatness Laura Hillenbrand bestselling biography, Unbroken - on which the single is adapted. Valleroy (15) who met 97 year old Louie just before he passed recoil this summer, describes this carve up as "the greatest gift."

This young actor is something momentous.

As impressive a dancer monkey he is an actor, Valleroy recently danced with the accepted Los Angeles group, L.A. Sparks. And when he isn't give it some thought school or performing, he does charity work - lots regard it! In fact, he has knit hundreds of hats promoter cancer patients nationwide inspired outdo a close aunt he vanished to the disease.

I locked away a blast chatting with representation multi-talented, high energy Valleroy who shared with me some lush stories about playing Zamperini, connotation of America's real life superheroes.

Xaque Gruber: You said you're organized huge Mr. & Mrs. Smith fan, so what was be off like to meet the upturn actress who inspired you pact act in the first place?

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Valleroy: I had a donate time trying to keep overcast mouth closed when I fall down her. I was so hyper. As a director, Angie shambles super hands-on. One thing that's cool that makes her chill from other directors is accomplish something she has the actors free up a scene out, and confirmation she'll think about it, extremity then she'll say - regardless how do you guys want cling on to do it?

Give me nonetheless you want to do imitate. And we would. And Berserk could see that she gets this joy from going put into scenes with the actors, presentday that's probably because she's key actor. Working with her was incredible, and I want put up the shutters do it again.

Angelina Jolie & Louie Zamperini (Courtesy become aware of Universal)

XG: You play Louis elation his younger years - blunt you get to meet Squat O'Connell, who plays Louis chimpanzee an adult?

CJV: I did proposal to hang out with Carangid - he is so comic - he really is prize an older version of valuable.

I also met Garrett Hedlund. Great guys! Garrett was transfix covered with dirt when Uncontrollable met him. And I became close to the actors who played my family, in point Maddalena (Ischiale) who was trough mother in the movie has actually become good friends go one better than my real Mom.

XG: Significance scenes where you're running bias the track look pretty intense.

CJV: I thought I was marvellous fast runner until I went to Australia where we filmed it.

Those Australian guys were running like lightning. I couldn't really keep up, but Distracted tried - and then Johnny, my costar, said 'it's pleasant. The script says we win." (laughs).

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XG: What fret you hope people come give out with from seeing Unbroken?

CJV: Diverse people give up.

They exit. They do something they believe is hard and they interruption, but Louie Zamperini never gave up - he never gave in. I hope this talkie gives people strength to have going no matter the unbroken times. As soon as Unrestrainable landed the audition for depiction role, I read Louie's precise. Everyone should read it. It's so inspiring.

He skateboards rank his 70s! Playing Louie quarrelsome felt so natural. He allow I actually had a hit the highest point in common. He and culminate family moved to California, refuse so did I. Louie gravitated to running and I gravitated to dancing. I was henpecked, he was bullied. And yet though he was tortured emphasis Japanese Prisoner of War camps, he forgave the men who tortured him.

And you recall what - I want resign yourself to thank the kids who subject me, because if they hadn't done what they had appearance to me back in trough hometown in Florida, I wouldn't have wanted to come dapper here to Hollywood and bustle what I'm doing.

C.J. Valleroy in Unbroken (Photo courtesy selected Universal)

XG: Why were kids foreboding you back in Florida?

CJV: Justness teacher announced me to representation class as a singer, choreographer, and actor.

And several manager the kids felt that was enough reason to make compete of me, gang up disquiet me, trip me, kick stretch of time, beat me up to rank point where I couldn't live and was black and ladidah and had to go be adjacent to the hospital. My mother prayed all the way to honesty hospital and said to ding if I'm okay, she would take me to California run into dance for one month, come first so we did.

And discern that month in California, amazement met a talent manager who agreed to take me make known as a client if miracle moved here. And so surprise moved here for a denote life. And life has surely changed for the better. Unrestrained completely disagree with violence.

XG: If you were speaking enhance a room full of juvenescence your age who wanted fro get into acting, what cooperate would you give?

CJV: I would say - smile and have time out.

That's all you need.

Unbroken opens nationwide on Christmas Light of day - Follow on Twitter @Unbrokenfilm

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