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30 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

A handsome 15-year-old actor has admitted to being slightly overwhelmed when he learned that he had landed the lead in the upcoming Stormbreaker, based on the Anthony Horowitz books about a teenager who becomes an agent for Britain's M16 spy agency after his uncle and guardian is mysteriously killed. The film will co-star Ewan McGregor (as the uncle), Mickey Rourke, Alicia Silverstone and Damian Lewis. In an interview with the British Press Association wire service, Alex Pettyfer remarked, "One minute I'm playing a PlayStation game with Ewan McGregor in it and the next minute I'm standing next to him." PA said that Pettyfer's role will be the most physically demanding ever undertaken by a child actor. He apparently was a perfect match for the character created by Horowitz, who first saw him on a British TV drama. He said that immediately after it was over, "I e-mailed the film's producers and said, 'You have to see this boy.'"

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