You think your December was busy? Owen Vaccaro flew to New York for the red-carpet premiere of his new comedy "Daddy's Home," with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, then enjoyed the Christmas Day launch of the movie.
He is 10.
“I really liked going to the premiere, because I got to see everyone again,” said Owen, a fourth-grader at Holy Innocents Episcopal School. “There were a bunch of interviewing people, a bunch of news stations. When I saw Mark, I got really happy. We also saw Will.”
The movie is about a cool motorcycle-riding father, played by Wahlberg, who re-enters his kids' lives to the dismay of their dutiful, nerdy stepdad, played by Ferrell. Linda Cardellini is his movie mom and Scarlett Estevez plays his sister.
Seeing himself on screen, Owen said, “was kind of weird. I thought it was a great movie. My favorite part was the last scene, when I was dancing.”
Moving forward, Owen is excited about "Mother's Day," with Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Sudeikis and others. The movie, which filmed in Atlanta, is due out in April.
“In one scene, I got to go down a water slide,” he said. “That was so fun! I loved that part.”
His friends at school think Owen’s acting career is just about the coolest thing ever, and he’s hoping some of his peers might catch the acting bug, too.
“My favorite part about acting is pretending you’re something that you’re not,” Owen said. “I like to pretend, because then you get to know their personality.”
While Wahlberg and Ferrell’s characters compete on screen, they have equal billing in real life in Owen’s estimation: “My favorite part about them is they’re both really good in different ways.”
Emory’s flick picks
Emory University's Department of Film and Media Studies announced its list of the year's best films. (Selections included films available to Atlanta moviegoers as of Dec. 16, so "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "The Big Short" were not candidates.) The judging panel of faculty members and movie raters included Tanine Allison, Robert Earl Barracano, Matthew H. Bernstein, William A. Brown, Ryan Cook and Eddy Von Mueller. Here are their picks: "Beasts of No Nation," "The Best of Enemies," "Bridge of Spies," "Carol," "Ex Machina," "Grandma," "The Peanuts Movie," "Room," "Son of Saul" and "Spotlight." Honorable mentions were "Brooklyn," "45 Years," "Spy," "Trainwreck" and "He Called Me Malala."
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