May 26 - June 1, 2024
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as puppeteer and bereft father Vincent in “Eric,” premiering Thursday, May 30, on Netflix.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Ivan Howe star in “Eric”
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BY JAY BOBBIN
Iain Armitage OF YOUNG SHELDON ON CBS Q: With “Young Sheldon” over, what will Iain Armitage do next? A: The young actor – who turns 16 in July, and has posted on social media that he’ll be getting his pilot’s license – didn’t have definite professional plans at the time this was written, though having had a weekly series commitment for the past seven years (minus last year’s actors’ strike), we suspect that something of a more regular school schedule might be in his immediate future. Of course, there was tutoring on the set of his just-ended CBS series, but it’s not the same going-to-class situation that most youngsters experience. Armitage has built such an identity with viewers as the youthful incarnation of brainy Sheldon Cooper, also of “The Big Bang Theory” fame, it’ll be interesting to see what sort of role he tackles next and how soon. When identification with one character is that strong, the given performer sometimes waits a while before trying something else, so the audience has a chance to recalibrate and accept the actor as someone else. Still, Armitage came into “Young Sheldon” already having notable acting experience. He had such television credits as HBO’s “Big Little Lies” (as the Shailene Woodley character’s son) and NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Additionally, Armitage worked on such films as “Scoob!” (as the voice of the young Shaggy, of the “Scooby-Doo” franchise) and “PAW Patrol: The Movie,” as well as “The Glass Castle” and “Our Souls at Night.” Armitage – who speaks Russian fluently, possibly opening him up to roles of that nationality – is the grandson of Richard Armitage, who served as a deputy secretary of state in the administration of President George W. Bush.