Channel 10's Underground: The Julian Assange
Story stars Jordan Raskopoulos, Alex Williams and Callan McAulliffe. Pic
supplied/Channel 10. Source: Herald Sun
The Daily Telegraph reports
The magic dust surrounding the hit Aussie TV movie Underground: The Julian Assange Story continues to sparkle for its young cast, with all three male leads snapped up by major US talent agencies.
Callan McAuliffe, Benedict Samuel and Alex Williams (who played the
title role) have all nabbed Hollywood representation from agencies CAA, WME and
IFA respectively.
The big breaks come fresh from the TV movie's critical and commercial
success both here and abroad, with the Channel Ten flick recently drawing rave
reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Its actors subsequently earned their fair share of praise, with the
three young male leads said to have instantly caught the attention of some Hollywood
heavyweights.
Benedict - a NIDA grad - also has a stint on Home and Away under
his belt as well as the mini-series Paper Giants: The Birth Of Cleo and
will now be managed by WME's Boomer Malkin, who also counts Christian Bale,
Joaquin Phoenix, Jude Law and fellow Aussie Rachael Taylor amongst his clients.
Having raised his profile on the back of being cast as a young Jay Gatsby
in The Great Gatsby, McAuliffe has joined CAA under talent agent Tracy
Brennan (who also manages Jennifer Lawrence) while Williams recently inked a
deal with the Ilene Feldman Agency (IFA), which also looks after Ryan Gosling
and Josh Hartnett.
McAuliffe also starred in 2011's sci-fi thriller I Am Number Four and
in Rob Reiner's romcom Flipped in 2010.
Meanwhile, Benedict's older brother Xavier Samuel has also made a big
impression Stateside with roles in the final two Twilight sagas as well as the
upcoming drama Two Mothers (formerly The Grandmothers) opposite
Naomi Watts.
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