New action-thriller movie “Bullet Prepare” is on its press tour, and whereas most individuals are obsessing over Brad Pitt’s outfits, we won’t cease interested by one explicit member of the star-studded solid. Alongside Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Dangerous Bunny, and Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson performs the function of Tangerine. For those who’re pondering you have seen him earlier than however you may’t fairly place the place, assume again to your teenage years.
Any Brit who grew up within the noughties will immediately recognise Taylor-Johnson as Robbie Jennings in “Angus, Thongs and Good Snogging,” the place he stole the hearts of 1000’s. Regardless of the 32-year-old’s spectacular record of appearing roles, together with starring in “Kick-Ass” and Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, it was his 2008 character that earned him heart-throb standing.
“Angus, Thongs and Good Snogging”, which additionally starred Georgia Groome (who now has a toddler with Harry Potter star Rupert Grint), Eleanor Tomlinson from “Poldark”, and British comic Alan Davies, was an actual coming-of-age movie. As such, Taylor-Johnson’s face was plastered on bed room partitions and inside college lockers up and down the nation as he performed the love curiosity. There was plenty of fanfare across the movie, and its devotees have been disenchanted {that a} sequel was by no means launched, particularly contemplating it was based mostly on Louise Rennison’s collection of young-adult novels.
Nonetheless, the valuable movie turned a sleepover staple. In unison, we drooled over Taylor-Johnson, his London accent, his bass-playing skills, and his sweepy fringe. We laughed, cried, and rejoiced when Robbie selected relatable and hilarious Georgia over in style however nasty Lindsay. “Angus, Thongs and Good Snogging” is iconic and completely captured the zeitgeist of the mid-2000s.
Taylor-Johnson mastered the teenage rom-com on this function, then he went on to win a Golden Globe Award for his supporting function in “Nocturnal Animals” in 2017. He additionally starred in “Anna Karenina”, “Godzilla”, “A Million Little Items”, and “The King’s Man”. The Buckinghamshire-born star has achieved rather a lot since his teenage rom-com days. He married director Sam Taylor-Wooden, whom he met on the set of “Nowhere Boy” when he was 18, in 2012. The couple now have two daughters and two stepdaughters from Taylor-Wooden’s earlier marriage. Determined to catch a glimpse of a grown-up Robbie? “Bullet Prepare” is out in UK cinemas from 3 Aug 2022. Thanks for being such an enormous a part of our teenage years, Taylor-Johnson. We won’t wait to see what you do subsequent.