Hunter McCracken

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Hunter McCracken (* in Texas ) is an American actor . The child actor gained fame through his film debut in The Tree of Life (2011).

Life

Hunter McCracken was attending school in Clifton , Texas when he was spotted playing in the schoolyard and invited to audition for Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life (2011). The film tells the story of three brothers who grew up in the American Midwest in the 1950s and were confronted with different attitudes towards life from their parents (played by Jessica Chastain and Brad Pitt ).

The casting, which took a year, had over 10,000 children from Texas and Oklahoma . For the part of the eldest son Jack, who is played in adulthood by Sean Penn , a decision was made between twelve candidates who were invited to Austin, Texas . McCracken got the part, while the also favored Laramie Eppler and Tye Sheridan played his brothers. The child actors and their parents were only shown the framework, not the exact script, as they were supposed to act as naturally as possible. McCracken, who is inexperienced as an actor, received high praise from the specialist critics. AO Scott ( The New York Times ) placed the adolescent's performance above the equally “extraordinarily graceful” portrayals of Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain , while the US industry service Variety attested him an “excellent screen debut” in which “his eyes were sad wisdom beyond his years ” seem to reflect. In Germany, Spiegel Online was also impressed by the performance of the cinema debutante, which was played “with glowing eyes” . In 2012 McCracken was nominated for the Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award with The Tree of Life Acting Company. A year earlier, he had already received a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for best young actor.

Hunter McCracken is currently attending Bryson High School in Bryson , Texas.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Official press kit (PDF; 306 kB) at festival-cannes.com, p. 20 (English; accessed June 13, 2011).
  2. ↑ Official press kit (PDF; 306 kB) at festival-cannes.com, pp. 7–8 (English; accessed June 13, 2011).
  3. ^ Scott, AO: Heaven, Texas And the Cosmic Whodunit . In: The New York Times, May 27, 2011, Section C, p. 1.
  4. ↑ The Tree of Life: Malick's Deep Roots . In: Variety, May 23, 2011, p. 16.
  5. ↑ Borcholte, Andreas: Great megalomania at Spiegel Online , May 16, 2011, 7:15 PM GMT + 1 (accessed June 13, 2011).
personal data
SURNAME McCracken, Hunter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century or 21st century
PLACE OF BIRTH Texas