February 4th, 2010
The Verge: Devin Brochu
Hesher may have scored one of the biggest distribution deals at Sundance on the weight of names like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, but it’s Devin Brochu’s breakout turn that makes the drama’s biggest impression. Playing T.J., the disaffected youth at the film’s center, 13-year-old Brochu takes a serious licking — he endures everything from eating urinal cakes to being threatened with hedge clippers to getting tossed around by heavy machinery. That he manages through it all to render such an astoundingly mature performances is a testament to his talent. We caught up with Devin minutes after taking questions from an enthusiastic Sundance screening, and were relieved to find a sweet, well-adjusted and thoughtful kid on the cusp of something big.
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