Fourteen year old actor Sean Michael Cunningham takes Hollywood by storm in his first major production role as the son of Penny Chenery, played by Diane Lane in Disney’s newest film, “Secretariat“, which opened October 8th, 2010.
Sean stopped by the LA’s The Place studios on his way to his first film premiere, and spoke about his experience and more with our host, Jeff Gaskin.
The story is based on Penny Chenery’s life centered around her racehorse Secretariat, who won the Triple Crown in 1973, and Secretariat’s trainer Lucien Laurin played by John Malkovich.
After being in cast in commercials and a few independent movies, he hit his first big acting role soon after he began his acting career. Now, with a role in a Disney movie, he has also been in “The Fields 2” in which Sean’s little brother, Seth, and sister, Coryn, are acting in roles as his brother and sister. He’s also currently working on the film “That’s What I Am” starring Ed Harris. He’s surely one to watch as a rising young star in Hollywood.
Sean became interested in acting while watching his grandfather work on Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) as the special effects coordinator. His grandfather passed away before he could see Sean follow in his footsteps with the same love for the business as he had.
