‘Jojo Rabbit’s Roman Griffin Davis Nabs Golden Globe Nomination With First Screen Performance
. At age 12, the actor is one of the youngest ever to be put forth by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.In the WWII dark comedy, based on a book by Christine Leunens, Davis stars as the titular Jojo Betzler, an avid member of the Hitler Youth who is furious when he learns that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in the attic. Joined in his dismay by his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, young Jojo ultimately must make a choice between love and hate.
Born into an entertainment family, the son of cinematographer Ben Davis and writer/director Camille Griffin, Davis knew from a young age that he wanted to act. “In my household, we only really speak cinema and such, so we’ve got our own language. I used to always go to my father’s sets and see what he was shooting, and I always felt like I was at home, when I went to his set,” the actor told Deadline this morning.
For Davis, the art and craft in acting was only part of its appeal; the job also served as a convenient means by which he could get out of school. “I remember one day, I was in the car, coming home from a restaurant. It was a Sunday night, and I remembered that I had school the next day, and I was like, God, I need to get out of school. So, I thought, how could I get out of school?” the crafty Golden Globe nom recalls.
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