Exclusive: Jaylin Webb, the young star of James Gray’s autobiographical period drama, Armageddon Time, has signed with Innovative Artists for representation.
Armageddon Time, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway, is a coming of age story, written and directed by Gray inspired by his life, set in Queens, New York during the 1980 election season.
Webb won critical acclaim at the recent Cannes Film Festival for his heartbreaking performance as the pivotal character of Johnny – a Black kid with fewer advantages, who undergoes a multitude of hardships and is treated differently than his white classmate and friend, Paul, played by Banks Repeta. Both actors have garnered early Oscar buzz for their roles. Gray recently told Deadline in an interview that his real-life friend, Johnny, was killed during a drug deal in the mid-1980s, some six years after we last see him in the movie.
Armageddon Time, starring Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway, is a coming of age story, written and directed by Gray inspired by his life, set in Queens, New York during the 1980 election season.
Webb won critical acclaim at the recent Cannes Film Festival for his heartbreaking performance as the pivotal character of Johnny – a Black kid with fewer advantages, who undergoes a multitude of hardships and is treated differently than his white classmate and friend, Paul, played by Banks Repeta. Both actors have garnered early Oscar buzz for their roles. Gray recently told Deadline in an interview that his real-life friend, Johnny, was killed during a drug deal in the mid-1980s, some six years after we last see him in the movie.
- 10/3/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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