What are some of the cool projects you have coming up next that you’re excited for audiences to see?
THWAITES: Well, there are a bunch of films coming out at the end of the year. I’m really excited to see how The Giver turns out which is directed by Phillip Noyce and will be released in August. In The Giver, I play a character called Jonas who is a member of this community called Changeless. In this community, everyone is kept at bay emotionally and physically. They receive an injection every morning to control them from feeling things like love and pain and all natural emotions. My character, upon graduation, is chosen to receive all of the memory of the history of the world in order to be a savior in case things in the community get out of hand. I’m assigned to a character called The Giver who is played by Jeff Bridges and he gives me these memories through a series of classes. Eventually, through these memories, I learn true emotion and how it feels to see these painful things and feel love. And so, I learn that we’re living a false life and I have to escape in order to restore harmony. I’m also really excited to see how Son of a Gun turns out. It’s a story about two people who meet in jail, my character, JR, and Ewan McGregor’s character, Brendan. I also did a film called Ride with Helen Hunt which was super fun in Venice Beach, California, and I’m so excited to see how that turns out. (Hunt wrote and directed.) In terms of next, I honestly don’t know. I’ve read some great scripts. There’s some great material to tell you the truth, so hopefully I’ll get back into doing something crazy and weird.
