Hollywood helps turn another actor into a director. Some of you Her Campus readers may have heard of him or might even be fans of Alexander Pettyfer a.ka. Alex Pettyfer. But for those of you who might not be as familiar with him, let me tell you about him.
He’s a 28-year-old British model-turned-actor and now turned director, but we will get to that later. You should know first that he began his career as a child fashion model for Gap at the age of seven after meeting Ralph Lauren in a toy store here in New York. Can you believe it?
In 2005, he made his acting debut in the British television production of Tom Brown’s Schooldays, and later that same year he auditioned for a role in Stormbreaker and got it! That is the first official role that made many choose not only to cast him in more roles but to identify him with besides his other movies like I Am Number Four and Beastly.
Although he’s still acting today, like many other actors he’s taking on other projects such as The Last Witness and Back Roads, in which he will be making a directorial debut.
Back Roads is about a young man who’s stuck caring for his three sisters after their abusive father gets murdered and their mother gets arrested. Unfortunately, family secrets and other unspoken truths threaten him for fear of consuming him. Sounds good, right? I, for one, look forward to seeing the film and his debut.