The American adaption for “Let The Right One In” may have found its star:

Moviehole reports than in a pull-out section of the Melbourne, Australia paper The Herald-Sun young actor Kodi Smit-McPhee (seen alongside Eric Bana in Romulus, My Father and co-star of The Road) mentioned that he was up for one of the two lead roles in the American remake of Let the Right One In. Moviehole doesn’t provide any transcribed quotes, but paraphrases Smit-McPhee saying that his chances are ‘looking good’.

This casting is the intersection of two adaptions of stories I loved. Both of these films deal with a central relationship: the struggles of a father and son in “The Road”, and the love between two children in “Let The Right One In.” With McPhee’s experience in the former—particularly his anticipated performance—makes this a perfect match.

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