New action-thriller movie “Bullet Practice” is on its press tour, and whereas most individuals are obsessing over Brad Pitt’s outfits, we will not cease fascinated with one explicit member of the star-studded solid. Alongside Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Dangerous Bunny, and Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson performs the position of Tangerine. When you’re considering you have seen him earlier than however you possibly can’t fairly place the place, suppose again to your teenage years.
Any Brit who grew up within the noughties will immediately recognise Taylor-Johnson as Robbie Jennings in “Angus, Thongs and Excellent Snogging,” the place he stole the hearts of 1000’s. Regardless of the 32-year-old’s spectacular checklist of performing roles, together with starring in “Kick-Ass” and Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, it was his 2008 character that earned him heart-throb standing.
“Angus, Thongs and Excellent Snogging”, which additionally starred Georgia Groome (who now has a toddler with Harry Potter star Rupert Grint), Eleanor Tomlinson from “Poldark”, and British comic Alan Davies, was an actual coming-of-age movie. As such, Taylor-Johnson’s face was plastered on bed room partitions and inside college lockers up and down the nation as he performed the love curiosity. There was plenty of fanfare across the movie, and its devotees had been upset {that a} sequel was by no means launched, particularly contemplating it was primarily based on Louise Rennison’s collection of young-adult novels.
Nonetheless, the valuable movie grew to become a sleepover staple. In unison, we drooled over Taylor-Johnson, his London accent, his bass-playing talents, and his sweepy fringe. We laughed, cried, and rejoiced when Robbie selected relatable and hilarious Georgia over common however nasty Lindsay. “Angus, Thongs and Excellent Snogging” is iconic and completely captured the zeitgeist of the mid-2000s.
Taylor-Johnson mastered the teenage rom-com on this position, then he went on to win a Golden Globe Award for his supporting position in “Nocturnal Animals” in 2017. He additionally starred in “Anna Karenina”, “Godzilla”, “A Million Little Items”, and “The King’s Man”. The Buckinghamshire-born star has achieved so much since his teenage rom-com days. He married director Sam Taylor-Wooden, whom he met on the set of “Nowhere Boy” when he was 18, in 2012. The couple now have two daughters and two stepdaughters from Taylor-Wooden’s earlier marriage. Determined to catch a glimpse of a grown-up Robbie? “Bullet Practice” is out in UK cinemas from 3 Aug 2022. Thanks for being such an enormous a part of our teenage years, Taylor-Johnson. We won’t wait to see what you do subsequent.
