Jamie Bell Given Lead In Tintin Movie

Jamie though eventually came out of the other side of his struggles of growing up in the public domain and has a decent body of work behind him and winning plaudits and fans alike. The film that recently saw him back in the spotlight was Jumper that really didn’t do Jamie Bell justice. This Sci-fi movie about people who could “jump” from one place to another was heavily promoted by didn’t live up to the billing and was not the commercial success the film studio hoped.

Jamie though had been involved in the Clint Eastwood critically acclaimed Flag of Our Fathers which was also liked by movie going fans. He also proved a great turn in the smaller David Mackenzie movie Hallam Foe as the star whose talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love. As one person put it quite succinctly Jamie was great in this movie and wrote on IMDB:-

“I even dreamt about him. Jamie Bell's performance as a juvenile peeping tom is one that stays with you, following your subconscious around without permission. Eliciting sympathy one moment and astonishment the next, this teenager reeling from the death of his mother leaves viewers similarly out of kilter. A dramatic thriller funnier than a lot of what passes for comedy, David McKenzie's new feature is beautifully shot in Scotland without wasting a second, the camera lingering like Hallam's binoculars one moment before leaping to the next vantage point.!”

The fact that Peter Jackson has worked with Jamie Bell before on King Kong must of helped him get the staring role in what will probably prove to be one of the biggest films of 2011. The 2005 films saw him star as Jimmy a young but loveable character who proves brave in the face of adversity.

Jamie Bell has one 12 awards film awards and been nominated for another 13 awards by the biggest “win” of his career was for playing Billy Elliot for which he won a BAFTA in Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

I think Jamie Bell is an OK fit for the role of Tintin but I believe he will prove divisive with many true Tintin fans. These fans having hoped a Continental European actor who understands Tintin more being given the lead role. The whole Tintin movie project seems to many to be “to Hollywood” and the choice of Jamie Bell only re-enforces this argument.

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