Kodi Smit-McPhee
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Kodi Smit-McPheeis an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as The Boy in The Road, Owen in Let Me In, Norman Babcock in ParaNorman, Alexander in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Nightcrawler in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse. He will also play Will Burrowsin the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Tunnels...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth13 June 1996
CountryAustralia
chance geeky stay
I'm geeky about video games. I don't stay inside a lot and just play them 24/7, but if I had the chance, I probably would.
asked auditions bigger dad kept liked
When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short film, and I liked it. I just kept doing it, and then I started getting bigger auditions for bigger roles.
Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.
cool mind
I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool.
dad teaches
My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.
dreams
I wasn't bullied or anything, but I was treated differently because I was an actor, and I had big dreams.
across universal
In L.A., I live right across from Universal Studios.
directing favorite love movies reason
I think, obviously, everyone has a lot of favorite movies, but I really for some reason just love Quentin Tarantino's writing and directing style.
based time work
I'm based in L.A., mainly. I'm pretty much there a lot of the time doing work.
interviews
Interviews are fun, but I get nervous at red carpets.
bit car choose maybe money
If I could choose any car in the world, I'd get a Lamborghini, but I think that's a bit too much money. I'll start off with maybe a V8 or something.
feels stuff
I've got to write about my character every day. I've got to find out where he lives, what bus he catches to school, and stuff like that. You've got to know every little thing about him so when you do it, it feels natural.
boy brought director family john love michael royal scottish works zealand
'Slow West' is a film that I did with Michael Fassbender in New Zealand and Scotland. The director was John McLean. It's a film set in the 1800s. I play a young Scottish boy brought up in the royal family. I fall in love with someone who works on our land.
bullying real school
I think everyone has been annoyed at school or in their life, that's a type of bullying. So, you can take those feelings and make them bigger. But I try not to use too much from my real life, because you'll be stuck with that all day.