What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
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What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
As the movie version of Billy Elliot approaches its 14th birthday, the blog Showbiz Geek has done a very interesting photo comparison post on the members of the cast -- then and now.
http://showbizgeek.com/what-ever-happen ... ly-elliot/
http://showbizgeek.com/what-ever-happen ... ly-elliot/
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Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
The author of that piece is going to be very angry at himself for missing Matthew James Thomas.
Very cool, thanks for sharing this!
Sean
Very cool, thanks for sharing this!
Sean
Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
Was he one of the students in the classroom scene ? Seems I remember from the "Billy Elliot" movie "deleted scenes" section that the runner-up to play the part of Billy was given a very small part in the classroom scene, but then his appearance got deleted. Was that Matthew ?angelenroute wrote:The author of that piece is going to be very angry at himself for missing Matthew James Thomas.
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Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
Matthew was Posh boy in the movie...the one who got punched!
Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
Thanks porschesrule
Nice find-I enjoyed the article very much
Nice find-I enjoyed the article very much
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Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
As I recall, he auditioned for Billy, and apparently came pretty close to getting the part, but in the end, Jamie Bell got it instead. I don't remember where I read this, but I don't think I'm making it up.Todd wrote:Was he one of the students in the classroom scene ? Seems I remember from the "Billy Elliot" movie "deleted scenes" section that the runner-up to play the part of Billy was given a very small part in the classroom scene, but then his appearance got deleted. Was that Matthew ?angelenroute wrote:The author of that piece is going to be very angry at himself for missing Matthew James Thomas.
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Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
I recall Matthew James Thomas' remarkable performance in Stephen Poliakoff's 'The Lost Prince', a very moving BBC film that won several Emmys and was shown on PBS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lostprince/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/los ... index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lostprince/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/los ... index.html
Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
The special edition DVD includes a BBC documentary about casting Billy for the film. There was a boy who was runner-up to play Billy. When they went with Jamie Bell, they offered the runner-up the part of the child in the classroom who asks about who put the coal in the ground. It's a great scene, with Debbie taking on the teacher over whether religion is the opiate of the masses. Unfortunately, the scene got cut, so the runner-up did not appear in the movie, except perhaps in the background as a non-speaking part.ERinVA wrote:As I recall, he auditioned for Billy, and apparently came pretty close to getting the part, but in the end, Jamie Bell got it instead. I don't remember where I read this, but I don't think I'm making it up.
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Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
Oh, right. That's the one I was thinking of.
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Re: What Ever Happened to the Cast of Billy Elliot the Movie?
The boy who almost became Billy was Lee Darville. An article about his audition and his scene in the film being cut can be seen here: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/loca ... -1-1255608.
Stephen Daldry comments on the situation in the "deleted scenes" portion of the two disk version of the movie DVD, where Darville is seen asking a question. The young man is not seen anywhere else in the film.
Stephen Daldry comments on the situation in the "deleted scenes" portion of the two disk version of the movie DVD, where Darville is seen asking a question. The young man is not seen anywhere else in the film.