![]() ![]() You don’t sound like you’re 15, so you’re an old soul. I don’t know that I would say I’ve felt like a 58-year-old, but I’ve never felt exactly my age, or in the right place. The writing was very good - very authentic to what Gerard was able to do with Five in the comics.Īs far as what part of myself I brought to Five, I’ve always considered myself not really my age. ![]() You get familiar with how he reacts to certain things, and what the dynamics are between characters. The 58-year-old part is definitely an interesting detail, but I’ve always approached it as a regular character. How does a kid know how to play a hard-drinking, misanthropic 58-year-old killer trying to save the world? You’ve said you brought some of yourself to Five. But also I had been this huge fan of the entire world that Gerard and Gabriel were able to create through the first two graphic novels. The role had a lot of layers to it that I knew would be fun to break down and figure out the motives behind. ![]() I get to play a 58-year-old time-traveling assassin. He’s really a dream role for anybody, whether you’re a fan of the comic or just a regular 14-year-old actor. I read that you were a big fan of the comics, and you even made a video about your audition. Here’s what else the teen actor - who’s working on his own music career - had to say about his uncanny ability to channel an old soul, the importance of his Umbrella Academy costume, Five’s less-than-platonic relationship with the Handler, and why he never wants to do a Ferris Bueller remake. I definitely hold that one close to my heart.” “All of the experiences I’ve had with Gerard have been incredible. “You can imagine the excitement that I had just getting a picture with him, and then finding out that he wanted a picture as well,” he says. Turns out Way and his daughter were fans of his Nick show. Not only did Gallagher get the part, when he met Way and asked for a selfie, the musician wanted one with him, too. “I went into the audition knowing how I wanted to play the character, knowing that most likely I wasn’t going to get it,” he told Vulture. Gallagher had just finished up a four-year run on the Nickelodeon series Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, and says he thought he was too late. Though Gallagher was a big fan of the graphic novels by My Chemical Romance front man Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá, on which the show is based, showrunner Steve Blackman says the teen actor was the last to audition for the role. Blige and Cameron Britton) sent to stop him, their boss, a mysterious woman named the Handler (Kate Walsh), steps in. After Five outsmarts the pair of trained killers (played by Mary J. He comes back from the future to warn his dysfunctional family - who’ve reunited due to the death of their emotionally distant dad - about the impending apocalypse. In the new Netflix series about seven misfit superhero siblings, Gallagher plays “Number Five,” a 58-year-old time-traveling assassin trapped in his 13-year-old body. Talk to Aidan Gallagher, the breakout star of The Umbrella Academy, and it quickly becomes clear that the 15-year-old actor is as sincere as his character is snarky. ![]()
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