MY, look how the Spy Kid has grown.
Alexa Vega, famous for her role as Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids franchise, is starring in a new Aussie movie being shot around Adelaide from April 21.
The low-budget family drama, which has the working title Broken Hill, is being touted as "Billy Elliot in the Outback".
It follows talented teenage composer Tommy who's living in Outback Australia (in the town of Broken Hill, where some sequences will also be filmed). He's played by Aussie actor Luke Arnold who had a part in McLeod's Daughters.
"He just blew us away in the audition, he did a great read and he'll be phenomenal in the role and we're excited to have him," producer Chris Wyatt says. Rhys Wakefield, who's getting rave reviews for his performance in The Black Balloon, is also among the many Aussies featured in the flick.
The former Home and Away hottie has been cast as Tommy's best mate Scott.
Meanwhile Alexa, 19, pictured below in 2002 with Spy Kids co-star Daryl Sabara, is American teenager Kat, who falls in love with Tommy and helps him to achieve his dream of getting into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
"It was a huge search across Australia," Chris says of Kat. "The role was always American, but we had hoped to cast an Australian to play her, and we auditioned a lot of actors, but never found exactly the right person."
Alexa Vega, famous for her role as Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids franchise, is starring in a new Aussie movie being shot around Adelaide from April 21.
The low-budget family drama, which has the working title Broken Hill, is being touted as "Billy Elliot in the Outback".
It follows talented teenage composer Tommy who's living in Outback Australia (in the town of Broken Hill, where some sequences will also be filmed). He's played by Aussie actor Luke Arnold who had a part in McLeod's Daughters.
"He just blew us away in the audition, he did a great read and he'll be phenomenal in the role and we're excited to have him," producer Chris Wyatt says. Rhys Wakefield, who's getting rave reviews for his performance in The Black Balloon, is also among the many Aussies featured in the flick.
The former Home and Away hottie has been cast as Tommy's best mate Scott.
Meanwhile Alexa, 19, pictured below in 2002 with Spy Kids co-star Daryl Sabara, is American teenager Kat, who falls in love with Tommy and helps him to achieve his dream of getting into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
"It was a huge search across Australia," Chris says of Kat. "The role was always American, but we had hoped to cast an Australian to play her, and we auditioned a lot of actors, but never found exactly the right person."
