Jeremy Irvine has been nominated for a Bafta award this year, he was also given a serious compliment by his 'War Horse' director Steven Spielberg when he said that the youngster was like Christian Bale but Jeremy has brushed this off.
The 21-year-old was picked out of obscurity by Spielberg to play the lead role in the First World War epic, and Spielberg, who often finds new talent such as Drew Barrymore and Christian Bale said that he recognised similarities.
"Oh come on! Stop it," Jeremy said. "That's very sweet. Christian Bale is one of my favourite actors so I am hugely flattered. But it's ridiculous."
But Jeremy admitted that he did want to follow in the Oscar-winning actor's footsteps in the future.
"I use Christian Bale a lot when I'm talking about careers I really admire. You struggle to find a film where he didn't do a fantastic job. He makes amazing choices. I thought The Fighter was one of the greatest films I have ever seen in the last five years."
According to the Press Association, Jeremy revealed how he managed to land the role in the epic that has received five nominations at the 2012 Baftas, despite have little experience - in acting or with horses.
"Coming from a theatre show with no lines to this has been a jump. I played a tree, and hadn't been working for two years. I was quite happy playing my little tree, then I got the Spielberg call. It was beyond anything I could have imagined," he said.
"I had no experience with horses before. So I had to convince them I was a master horseman," he admitted. "I worked at the stables and took riding lessons."
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