Rumor: Lucas Cruikshank Up For A Part In ‘Runaways’?
Lucas Cruikshankmight not be a name known to a lot of you, but his face is familiar to a legion of young YouTube watchers. He’s the kid who createdFred, the fast-paced, squeaky-voiced character with enough of a following on YouTube to earn his own feature film. (Even if it did mostly go straight to DVD.) And now he’s reportedly testing for a part in the Marvel movieRunaways.
DirectorPeter Sollettisgearing upto shootRunawaysinMarchof next year, and so far we haven’t heard much about his cast choices. It’s still early for that, so not a huge surprise. The last name we heard wasKeke Palmer, who said she wasoffered a part.
NowMoviewebhas talked to Cruikshank while he’s promoting the DVD release ofFred: The Movie, and the actor said ofRunaways,
Oh, my gosh! I want to be in that! Yeah. Those comic books are awesome. So that would be sweet. I auditioned for that a couple months ago, but I don’t know. It was a really fun audition. So I will just wait and see what happens.
No word on what role the actor might have tested for.Runawaysfollows a group of teenagers discover that their parents are an organized group of super villains called The Pride. On the run from their homes, the group bands together and begin a journey of discovery, both of their parents' origins and of their own inherited powers.
Brian K. Vaughn, best known for the critically acclaimedY: The Last ManSeries (which at one point was in development with DJ Caruso and possibly starring Shia LaBeouf) and as a writer/co-producer on the middle seasons ofLost, createdRunawaysin 2002 with Adrian Alphona. Vaughan had originally been hired to pen the adaptation in 2008. Sollett will direct from a script by Drew Pearce.
