Ticket to Heaven: Who Are the Young Actors Before George Clooney and Julia Roberts?

Caitlin Dever

If you are one of those who discovered the brilliant states of Grace when it was released in 2014 (or even a few months earlier at the Deauville festival), here is a little game: look at the film, or just its actors and watch or are its actors today. While director Destine Daniel Cretton could have helmed The Avengers, Brie Larson and Rami Malek won Oscars, and Lakeith Stanfield, nominated for 2021’s Judas and the Black Messiah, proves his immense talent project after project.

As well as Caitlin Dever, 16 years old when the film came out and who was far from a newcomer, as she already had several appearances in the series (Modern Family, The Mentalist), the participation of Clint J. in Edgar Eastwood and a recurring role in Justified. Since his debut in 2009. State of Grace is a turning point and it got a play in festival beasts like Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, My Pretty Boy with Timothée Chalamet or The Front Runner with Hugh Jackman. Or the hugely successful Booksmart, Olivia Wilde’s first work.

But another turning point is coming at the end of 2019 on the small screen, thanks to the incredible mini-series available on Netflix. She plays a student who is a rape victim, but whose allegations are questioned. Hot Topic, two years after Weinstein’s affair began, for a heated sequel where Caitlin Dever confirms that we’ll have to count on her in the future.

She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance, then starred in another miniseries, Dopesick. The new success, which earned her another citation and an Emmy nomination, came just weeks before the release of Ticket to Paradise, in which she played the daughter of Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Ceremonies from which he left empty-handed, but we bet that will change quickly.

Billy Heavy

As his last name does not indicate, Billy Heavy is the daughter of Carrie Fisher (thus the granddaughter of Debbie Reynolds, Singing in the Rain). And he appeared by her side in Episodes VII and VIII, wearing pasta-shaped braids that are a nice wink, before becoming Leia’s silhouette in one of the scenes in IX to help complete the character’s narrative arc played by her mother. who died at the end of 2016.

Meanwhile, Billie Lourd became one of Ryan Murphy’s muses: first in two seasons of Scream Queens, then in the last American Horror Story. Expected on the 11th, so a release is imminent in the US, the actor also featured in the very tender Booksmart, directed by Olivia Wilde. A teenage movie in which he particularly responds to… Caitlin Dever, his future best friend in Ticket to Paradise.

Lukas Bravo

Under the sun of Saint-Tropez, the paradise beaches of Bali are just a step away Lukas Bravo. Big, of course, given her the success of Emile in Paris, a Netflix series that doesn’t shy away from clichés about the French capital, but allowed the Nice-born French actress to ricochet. girlfriend Julia Roberts in ticket to heaven.

Portraying Kim Chaperone’s La Crème de la Crème, his first film role, Lucas Bravo will return to Netflix on December 21st for season 3 of Emily in Paris. Always in the guise of the main Gabriel, the hero’s neighbor. But we’ll also see her on the big screen in Une robe pour Mrs. Harris, where an English widow travels to… the French capital. It was released on November 2.

Maxim Boutier

Like Lucas Bravo, Maxim Boutier Born in France. in Poitiers. But in his homeland, this Indonesian actor, director and musician made the biggest part of his career. With new movies and series in France. Ticket to Heaven, in which he plays Caitlin Dever’s fiance (and thus the potential son-in-law of George Clooney and Julia Roberts), therefore marks his first international experience. And probably not the last.