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What Happened to the Child from the Melodrama 'About a Boy' — Today He Is One of the Main Handsome Stars in Hollywood (Photo)

globallookpress.com — Nicholas Hoult and still from the movie 'About a Boy' (2002)

You won't recognize the grown-up actor.

The family melodrama About a Boy starring Hugh Grant melted thousands of hearts. His colleague, young Nicholas Hoult, who played Marcus Brewer, did not get lost behind the bach the of the experienced and popular actor.

For the 13-year-old schoolboy, this was not the first role. The boy was noticed at the age of three, and at five, the child starred in the drama Intimate Relations. Nicholas's career developed rapidly, which is why the teenager was forced to leave high school.

The breakthrough for the young actor was the youth series Skins, as well as the films The Weather man and Clash of the Titans. Nicholas Hoult gained worldwide fame for his roles as Beast in X-Men, R in Warm Bodies, Jack in Jack the Giant Slayer, and Robert Harley in The Favourite.

still from the movie 'About a Boy' (2002)

The 35-year-old actor is still actively filming. Among his recent projects, the series The Great and the horror film Nosferatu stand out. In the upcoming Superman, Holt got the role of the main antagonist — Lex Luthor.

The star is also successful in his personal life. Nicholas Hoult dated Hollywood beauty Jennifer Lawrence for several years. Since 2017, the actor has been in a relationship with model Bryana Holly, who gave the celebrity his long-awaited son Joaquin.

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