Ellar Coltrane Didn't See Boyhood Footage Until It Was Complete

Jimmy talks to Ellar Coltrane about watching Boyhood for the first time and cringing at watching himself grow up on screen.

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Didn't See Boyhood Footage Until It Was Complete

[mushipoo]

A lot of the scenes in this movie didn't even feel like acting to me. I watched it with my jaw dropped at how NATURAL the dialogue was, how realistic. No movie is like this, and most people will get bored because of its slow pace and natural quality but that's EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THIS MOVIE SO OUTSTANDING AND UNIQUE AND, OHMYGOD, I FEEL LIKE I LIVED THROUGH IT.

[miaandrea]

One of my favorite parts about this movie was that since Mason ends up being about the same age I am now, the movie follows my own timeline. The Harry Potter Craze, the High School Musical breakout, when the Lady Gaga music video was released, and just the music and style throughout happened to Mason at about the same age it happened to me.  

[jetrocketboy]

I really hope Ellar gets a nomination. What a commitment to film for so many years

[wharmon]

goodness jimmy let the kid say something every now and then lol

[vigneshrajmohan]

everything that has to do with 12 years will win an oscar

[ZD]

LET. HIM. TALK. Jimmy we're here to hear him!

[kathyrose]

This is honestly one of my favourite movies! It was amazing! So real and funny and emotional and I just can't praise it enough! Just...wow

[paulinaconstainrs]

this movie deserves an Oscar. It was epic

[gingerisevil]

I was smiling big through that whole clip. It makes me think of when I went camping as a kid. And gosh the clip just seems so natural. It doesn't feel like acting at all. I've got to see this.

[PhenHarrison]

I completely laughed my ass off during that Star Wars scene!!!

[MusicSportsAndMe]

I saw Boyhood yesterday amazing movie!

[JohnnyRoseofVersailles]

This is exciting. It's from the same writer of the Before Sunrise, Sunset, Midnight Trilogy, moreover Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, love both. Plus such an original concept. I can't believe nobody had done it before. 

[Jayne]

I'm the same age as the actor playing mason so it was quite nostalgic and emotional to watch this all unfold. Great movie.

[jackster]

I really want to see this, 3 years on from the anniversary of my dad's death... and because I've got my own son and that clip reminds me of how he and I are already starting to talk to each other, with that wonderful encroachment of authority into a young kid's voice... I'm so crazy about my son AND daughter and just getting to be a dad... this is really an amazing thing that they've done in a film to capture all that in real time... 

[criticalcrash]

movie has such an interesting concept! can't wait to watch it

[MrStefdj]

That clip is the essence of the movie, and Ellar`s acting or should i say not acting was phenomenal!!! And he grew up into such a wise and interesting person. No doubt in my top 10 movies ever.

[LFCxBIF]

more than half of this interview it's Jimmy

[boltmarksman]

This guy is so underrated. He has a bright future ahead. I look forward to other movies he may be doing.

[mymocs]

They made another star wars, Han's son is the Sith Lord

[xtian]

APRIL 10, 2020

Watched this and I was mindblown. THIS WAS A UNIQUE MOVIE EXPERIENCE.

So happy to see casts are still alive to finish the film. It would be heartbreaking if someone had died.