If you’re not familiar with the nameAneurin Barnard, that won’t be the case for long. He’s already appeared inMary Queen of ScotsandDunkirk, but he just celebrated a huge run at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Not only was he inThe Personal History of David CopperfieldalongsideDev Pateland the movieRadioactivewithRosamund Pike, but Barnard also had a key role inJohn Crowley’s adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel,The Goldfinch.
Barnard steps in as one of two actors playing Boris. Young Theo (Oakes Fegley) isn’t thrilled about moving to Las Vegas to live with his estranged father (LukeWilson), but thankfully he meets Boris (Finn Wolfhard) at school and the two become fast friends. Eventually it comes time for Theo to leave Vegas and he loses touch with Boris. Years later though, Theo and Boris two run into each other and there’a where Barnard steps in.
WithThe Goldfinchpremiering at TIFF 2019 just ahead of its September 13 nationwide release, I got to sit down with Barnard in Toronto to talk about his experience making the movie. He spoke about working with director John Crowley, if he notices any shared traits among great directors, and more. You can catch it all in the video interview at the top of this article. And in case you missed it,click herefor my conversation withNicole KidmanandAnselElgort, andherefor my extended interview with Fegley andSarah Paulson.
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And here’s the official synopsis forThe Goldfinch:
Theodore “Theo” Decker was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day…a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. The Goldfinch.
