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Lurie PostonUPDATE
October 2008 In addition to playing the role of ‘Tommy’ in Step
Brothers with Will Ferrell, Lurie won excellent reviews for his starring role in the 2008
film, Ready? OK! Following is one of his reviews
“Lurie Poston played character Josh Dowd, the
energetic and forward-thinking young boy who wants to be a cheerleader. Vasquez gave
Poston scripted cheers but let him work out the different moves and scansion of the cheers
for the scenes. This kid was terrific. His character was more mature than one I would
expect for that age, but Poston pulled it off well. His enthusiasm comes through his
character, and he plays Josh as such a sweet, forgiving boy, who a little lost in his own
identity but knows what he likes want has the determination to follow |
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| his dreams. I’m
not sure how much of my reaction to this character came from excellent writing and how
much came from the acting, but I enjoyed both. Poston is a terrific find for this role,
and I hope to see him in other films. He brought such fervor to his character.” UPDATE, April 2008 Lurie
starred in a film called “Ready? OK!” as ‘Joshua Alexander Dowd’ along
with Carrie Preston and Michael Emerson of Lost. Also, his movie, Step Brothers, where
Lurie plays Will Ferrell’s nephew, premieres July 25th.
UPDATE, August 14, 2007
from his manager, Alan Mills: Lurie is doing great. I’m going to a screening
for Walk Hard on Wednesday. His indie is still being edited. The great news is that he
just booked a huge supporting role in Judd Apatow’s “Step Brothers”
opposite Will Ferrell and John C. Riley. It will be his second time working for Apatow and
Riley. He’ll be working for about four or five weeks. And the movie has a great
musical number, which will really showcase him. He’s made incredible progress this
year.
UPDATE, December 21,
2007:
On Dec 10, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Alan Mills wrote:
Latest news on Lurie Poston
Walk Hard comes out Dec 21st. He only has one scene in the
movie, but it lead to him getting another Judd Apatow movie, Step Brothers, which is
scheduled for release July 25, 2008. It stars Will Ferrell and John C. Riley. Lurie plays
Will’s nephew, and he should appear in about half of the movie. Adam McKay directed
(Talladega Nights, Anchorman). The other film Lurie shot this year, Ready? OK!, is still
in post-production. It will do a festival premiere and run early in 2008.
Lurie is going to his first cast & crew screening
tonight. It’s exciting, but in July, he’ll get to walk his first red carpet.
Bio Lurie Poston, a young actor from
Charleston, South Carolina, attended AMTC at the age of four,
where he won first place in talent, commercial, sitcom and lifestyles. He immediately
landed top representation from Alan Mills of The Marshak/Zachary Co. and signed a modeling
contract with Ford Agency. Shortly after coming to L.A., Lurie booked several national
print campaigns and commercials for companies such as Target, Bank of America, Gap and
Pottery Barn. In his second year, he booked his first feature film, “Girls Will be
Girls”.
He also got a lot of notice as Trace Adkins’ son in
the “One Hot Mama” video, which garnered a male video of the year award from CMT. Lurie returned home from New York where he spent the one year
working in the Broadway musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a 16 million dollar production
that earned eight Tony nominations. Lurie also filmed a Papa John’s commercial for
dessert pizza which aired nationally. |
