Bruckheimer finds actor on Facebook
17 December 2009
Jerry Bruckheimer found an actor on Prince of Persia on Facebook.
The producer was looking to hire an actor to play the young version of Jake Gyllenhaal's character in the forthcoming blockbuster. But he was struggling to cast the part until he found who he was looking for on the social networking site.
He said, "In the opening there's a young man who portrays Jake Gyllenhaal as a young boy, and he was a Parkour (free-running) expert. And he's ten years old. It's amazing. Absolutely amazing.
"They send us online, like Facebook - things of these kids and this kid was extraordinary so we hired him."
Source: Yahoo! Movies