Nice to see Freddy acting very professionally.  He was wonderful in Finding Neverland, but I saw Million Dollar Baby yesterday and I have to say Freeman deserved to win.

A few years ago, when HOJ lost in the Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor category for Sixth Sense, he had a crying fit which is one reason Shyamalan didn't use him in his next film.

I became  an fan when iseen finding  neverland    An i am going to rent two brothers  an watch it  tonight



      

I've heard that story before too.. and I agree Gee, it does seem very much out of character.

You have to keep in mind that most people out there HATE child actors with a passion. It never ceases to amaze me. When one child actor becomes successful, they start hating him or her even more, and use every opportunity to spread nasty rumors about them.

I would be surprised if that story about Haley was true. But I can't say for sure, of course.

I didn't mean people in the industry, though it may also be the case.

I mean people in general, even big film buffs, often hate child actors. I spend a lot of time on IMDb's message boards and almost ever young actor that is loved and respected here on BA usually gets trashed over there. Comments like "I can't stand that kid," "I hate that crappity smacking brat," etc. are not uncommon. Every once in a while a thread titled "Most annoying kid in a movie" (or some variation of that) shows up and everyone seems to take pleasure at saying really terrible things about kids they "hate" or "can't stand".

One time, I went to a video store that specializes in indie and foreign films and asked the guy who worked there if he knew about the movie Edges of the Lord (which at the time was only available on the Region 0 DVD). He seemed very interested until I mentioned that HJO was in it, at which point he started saying how he couldn't stand him and got violent urges to beat him up every time he saw him in a movie.

You're right that for some weird reason girls don't usually inspire the same hatred from film fans. Dakota Fanning is a good example.

Interesting direction this thread has headed...

I agree with all that has been said. In fact it seems that it isn't socially aceptable for a male over the age of ten to like any boy actors or watch any movie that is about boys. A lot of the trashing IMO is based on their own insecurity and lack of emotional maturity and their fear of being labeled a homo or pedo.

dakota gets trashed alot too. really recently sombody  put a i cant stand that kid post on her imdb board. what do you guys think of dakota iknow sje not  a boya ctor but you goty admit she is pretty great. if you can tell i am a big fan.