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Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor. A son of filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Hedges began his acting career with a supporting role in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama Moonrise Kingdom (2012). He had his breakthrough in 2016 playing a sardonic teenager in Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hedges then starred as an aggressive youth in an off-Broadway production of Yen and had supporting roles in the coming-of-age film Lady Bird and the drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in 2017. In 2018, Hedges played the lead role of a teenager forced into a gay conversion therapy program in Boy Erased, which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. He also made his Broadway debut in a revival of Lonergan's drama The Waverly Gallery in the same year. In 2023, he starred in a West End theatre production of Brokeback Mountain. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucas Hedges, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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for Wally Bryson in Eric Carmen: The Maestro of Pop (2026 Biopic)
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The film, "Eric Carmen: The Maestro of Pop," traces the dramatic career arc of the gifted singer-songwriter who sought to bridge the gap between garage rock energy and orchestral composition. Beginning in the early 1970s in Cleveland, the story follows the formation and explosive rise of The Raspberries, the "Power Pop" band that, despite huge success with catchy, rebellious hits like "Go All the Way," struggled with an identity crisis. The clean-cut image and pop label clashed with Carmen’s serious musical ambitions, leading to intense internal friction, critical dismissal, and the band's bitter dissolution at the height of their fame. Forced to reinvent himself, the second act focuses on Carmen's risky and deeply personal pivot to a solo career marked by ambitious, dramatic, orchestral-pop ballads. Betting his entire future on songs like "All By Myself"—a piece critics initially found overblown—the film explores the profound vulnerability required to merge high art (Rachmaninoff) with pop songwriting, establishing himself as a serious composer rather than just a pop star. The story culminates in a meditation on his enduring legacy, highlighted by his 1980s resurgence with massive soundtrack hits like "Hungry Eyes," solidifying his status as a complex, emotive, and quietly influential master of the pop ballad, whose struggles ultimately led to his greatest artistic triumphs.
