Not bad for a 27-year-old guy from Kentucky who never went to acting school.
“And I did it on a film set in front of an entire crew of people!
It was mortifying, if you’ve got the option to imagine.”
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“One of the teams had a float going through New York saying ‘Zathura,Zathura.’
It was so strange.”
RV(2006)
Robin Williamsplayed Hutcherson’s father in this delightful comedy about a vacationing family.
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“He was like the sweetest, funniest, caring guy.
He couldn’t help himself but to make people laugh.
He treated everyone with so much respect and he treated me like family.”
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That movie, like those before it, marked a special time in his childhood, Hutcherson admits.
“I didn’t go to school, I didn’t have like a normal childhood.
But what I gained from being on film sets was invaluable and extremely rare.
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I was very lucky to have to have all those experiences.”
I remember my team saying, ‘You know, it’s not the strongest in the world.
It’s about a boy and his dog.’
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I remember saying to my mom, ‘Look, this movie has fire, skateboards, and dogs.
I really want to do it!’
My mom was like, ‘Guys, he’s 13 and he wants these things.
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I’m not going to tell him no.'"
“It was a super-quick turnaround.
But that one felt like I was a part of something that would actually make a difference.”
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“We did three weeks of hardcore military training bootcamps,” Hutcherson says.
“Chris felt like a big brother.
“It was like my college,” he says.
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“That was like such a coming-of-age time for me.
It was the first time I was away from my family, and on my own.”
Nothing, however, prepared him for the stardom that followed.
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“It was worlds apart from anything I have ever experienced.
It’s like a double-edged sword.
Obviously the benefit of having more projects come your way is great.
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I just wanted to make movies.
That naivete followed me untilThe Hunger Gamesslapped me in the face.
It’s hard for anybody to digest, especially being a kid from Kentucky.
It made me realize the kind of actor I wanted to be.
The idea of doing big, big projects that make you even more well-known doesn’t sound as appetizing.
If that opportunity came up again, I would have to think about it more.”
“I had always kind of not been interested in television,” Hutcherson admits.
“I had a very antiquated idea of it.
I didThe Disaster ArtistwithJames FrancoandSeth Rogenand Evan Goldberg.
They reached out to me and said, ‘Hey, we’re making this show.
We want you to be the lead.’
I thought it was really weird, really funny.
And I was like, okay, I’ve never done TV.
I’ve never done comedy.
What better group of people to take a swing at this?
It was so fun.”
