Talking of which, Hibbert’s eyes lit up when discussing his co-star Mahershala Ali, who shares many scenes with the youngster. “The person I really wanna see is Andrew Garfield, cos he’s like my favourite actor.” When asked if there was anyone specifically he’d like to meet, his answer was instantaneous, and evidently required little thought. I’ll talk to people before the after-parties so I can leave.” If I become really famous and I’m grown up, you won’t see me before or after, you’ll just see me walk the red carpet and then I’ll go and sit down in a private area, then I’ll go to my seat, then accept the award that I get.
“It feels normal to me now, it’s just the after-parties that get me. Hibbert likes to avoid the limelight, though. Part of that work is attending several awards ceremonies, for Moonlight is proving to be a big hit on the circuit, and rightly so (even if criminally overlooked at the BAFTAs). So they get sad and they’re like “why you gotta go?” and I’m all like, “I gotta work”.” “My friends aren’t jealous, they’re just sad I’m not there, I’m like the funny person in class. It’s hard to change from one to the other.” “Cos when you go and you’re off in your little acting world it’s hard to come back to reality. “It’s kinda hard and I might go homeschool, cos I really wanna go homeschool,” he says as he glances over at his mother hopefully. There’s nothing showy-off about Hibbert either, in some ways similar to his character, often looking at the ground when talking, but perhaps that’s come from adjusting to this change in his life, as he admits he’s struggling to return back to ‘reality’ when his deviation into the glitz and glamour of Hollywood is over. “Football is out of the question now, but scientist-wise, I’m going to take most of my money… Wait, some of my money, and build a lab, and I’m going to take the best scientists to work on curing cancer and stuff like that.” But the drama programme settled me down, I can use my movement for good.” I was a bit of a bad child, I’d always get in trouble because I had a lot of movement.
“In middle school I didn’t know what to do with my life. “What I wanted to do was either play football or be a scientist that cures cancer,” he began. When we asked Hibbert about his career path & his ambitions, it seems acting it just a stepping stone to saving the world. Is your heart feeling warm yet? Well there’s more. I don’t really care about the fame that much, I just wanna help my mom, and help other people that need help.” I grind for my mom, everything I do, everything I pursue is for my mom, and I’m doing this for her so she can retire. “I don’t work for the fame,” Hibbert said, rocking back on a comedically large sofa with his feet a couple inches off the ground. He even had a fair amount to say about her, too. Hibbert, one of the several stars of Barry Jenkins remarkable, multi-Oscar nominated drama Moonlight, where he plays ‘Little’ – the youngest version of the lead role Chiron – his mother, who was sat in the corner of the room, really needn’t have worried, for this 12-year-old actor was an utter joy a kind, sweet young man who was doing his mother proud throughout. Even the more experienced performers can struggle.įor Alex R. It’s not easy spending an entire afternoon talking to adults about the same thing, after all.
Whenever we’ve interviewed a child actor, it’s perfectly sensible, and expected, for one of their parents to be sat in the room, just to be on hand in case there are any questions their kid may need help answering.
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