{"id":218992,"date":"2026-01-03T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/218992\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:05:09","slug":"critics-choice-young-performer-nominees-on-their-dreams-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/218992\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics Choice Young Performer Nominees on Their Dreams for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEvery year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/critics-choice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_critics-choice_1\" data-tag=\"critics-choice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Critics Choice<\/a> Association (CCA) nominates actors under the age of 21 in their best young performer category, and this year. Ahead of the Critics Choice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_awards_1\" data-tag=\"awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards<\/a> on Sunday, The Hollywood Reporter asked the six actors, ranging from age 9 to 20, what their ambitions are for their future in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAnd yes, working with Tom Cruise is still a dream of many just starting out in the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBelow, Everett Blunck, Cary Christopher, Nina Ye, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Jacobi Jupe and Miles Caton weigh in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEverett Blunck, age 15 <br \/>The Plague (Independent Film Company)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI hope people can see themselves in the characters I play and that I can use those characters to connect with my audience in an authentic and meaningful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCary Christopher, age 10 <br \/>Weapons (Warner Bros.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cAs one of the fastest players on my Little League team, I\u2019d love to one day work on an action movie with Matt Damon or Tom Cruise!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNina Ye, age 9 <br \/>Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI hope everyone can find their dreams through films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tShannon Mahina Gorman, age 11 <br \/>Rental Family (Searchlight)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI want the audience to watch me grow up and to share my future acting dreams with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJacobi Jupe, age 12 <br \/>Hamnet (Focus)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cMy dream is to always be an actor and always love and enjoy it as much as I do now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMiles Caton, age 20 <br \/>Sinners (Warner Bros.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cMy dream for my future in film is to continue to be a part of it and make movies that change and inspire the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis story appeared in the Jan. 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriptions.hollywoodreporter.com\/site\/thr-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here to subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every year, the Critics Choice Association (CCA) nominates actors under the age of 21 in their best young&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1096,111351,120980,100196,146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-218992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-critics-choice","10":"tag-critics-choice-2026","11":"tag-critics-choice-awards","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}