By Jackie Shannon
Hollywood seemingly can ‘t get enough of Australian actors, and one of our most talented but unsung internationalists is unquestionably Alex Russell. After getting noticed on debut in the searing Australian youth drama, Wasted On The Young, the Rockhampton-born actor was snapped up in the US, booking one of the lead roles in Josh Trank’s surprise superhero hit, Chronicle. Since then, Russell has bounced between major Hollywood pics (Carrie, The Host, Unbroken) and low budget Aussie efforts (Cut Snake, the upcoming Goldstone), and has just wrapped shooting on Jungle, an adaptation of Yossi Ghinsberg’s true life Bolivian-set adventure book directed by Greg Mclean (Wolf Creek) and co-starring Daniel Radcliffe. As well as his work with the local production company, Five Lip, Russell will next be busying himself with a role in Granite Mountain, from Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski. Russell will suit up alongside Miles Teller, Josh Brolin and Scott Haze for this drama based on the true story of a group of heroic firefighters known as The Granite Mountain Hotshots. The group lost nineteen members as they fought one of deadliest wildfires in Arizona history.
