30 years ago, in Steven Spielberg’s unforgettable Jurassic Park, he tried to climb an electrified fence, hid in the kitchen to escape three velociraptors, watched his big sister Lex sneeze at a brachiosaurus and knew how to recognize a herd of Galimimus. at first glance.
Like all the children in the famous saga, Joseph Mazzello has grown up a lot since then. But what happened to the American actor, now 43, after his memorable adventure on Isla Nublar?
If Jurassic Park – on the set of which Spielberg personally wanted to celebrate his ninth birthday – is undoubtedly his most emblematic film, Joseph Mazzello did not start his acting career among dinosaurs. Before being trapped in a T-Rex car, he shared a poster in Presumed Innocent with Harrison Ford and starred opposite Elijah Wood in Richard Donner’s Radio Flyer.
In general, the 90s allowed him to get the main roles, since after his little prehistoric trip, Joseph Mazzello met the dangerous speed of La Rivière Sauvage with Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon, Anthony Hopkins opposite Anthony Hopkins in the shadows of Richard Attenborough’s moving heart. (His grandfather from Jurassic Park).
Recalling Steven Spielberg to reprise his role as Tim for a very brief scene in The Lost World, Joseph Mazzello is full of praise for his mentor, who in turn allowed him to begin his film studies in the early 2000s.
“My time with Steven Spielberg in Jurassic Park inspired my choice of school and what I wanted to do with my life.”– he said at the microphone in 2013 people.
“Steven wrote me a letter of recommendation to film school at the University of Southern California. Believe it or not, I got accepted. He’s always been there in my life whenever I needed him.”
Director and screenwriter of the first short film (Matters of life and deathIn 2007, Joseph Mazzello continued his acting career. After a few roles in more modest projects in the 2000s, he worked again with Steven Spielberg, donning the uniform of Corporal Eugene Sledge in the excellent mini-series The Pacific. An experience he described as “The best time of his life”Still at the microphone people.
Since then, Joseph Mazzello has found major roles in leading feature films, as we notably saw him opposite Jesse Eisenberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network, starring in the action blockbuster GI Joe: Conspiracy, and later playing Queen’s famous bassist Rami. Malek in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Two years ago, in the 3rd season of the anthology series American Crime Story, the actor gave his features to the politician Paul Begala. His fans should soon find him in the romantic comedy Unexpected.
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