But, what really happened in Johns troubled young teen life before The Beatles?
The touching new film Nowhere Boy tells the whole story and we’re with adorable 20-year-old Brit actor Aaron Johnson getting his feelings on taking on what might be the role of a lifetime and having to learn to sing and play guitar. How stoked did Aaron feel when both Sir Paul McCartney and the late Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono heartily approved of his portrayal of the man they knew so well? Was the “spirit” of Lennon with him on set? Check it out….. TeenHollywood: We know you were shooting Kick Ass when you tried out for the role of John Lennon. How difficult was it, shifting those gears from American accented nerd to coming in as Lennon and wanting to get the part? Aaron: (laughs) A bit of a blur to me. Yeah, I was still finishing up on Kick Ass at the time and I was this comic-book, nerdy American bushy-haired kid, and when I read the script for this thing that could potentially be the next job after this, I loved it. I had a day off where I could go for the casting, and I had no time t
