Young Actor Daniel Ranieri Holds His Own With George Clooney in 'The Tender Bar'
Young actor Daniel Ranieri makes his debut performance in 'The Tender Bar,' but how outdated is he? Here's what we find out about this younger actor.
The young new famous person of The Tender Bar started his career in the entertainment business in a very 2020 fashion: by way of ranting about the pandemic in a now-viral video. After Daniel Ranieri was invited to make his expletive-laden presentation on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, his air of mystery, allure, and maturity stuck the attention of George Clooney, whose staff in an instant called Daniel's parents to forged him in the movie.
Since his explosive entrance to the Hollywood scene, many lovers had been questioning about Daniel's age. The young actor is for sure decades more youthful than his co-stars, which begs the question: How previous is Daniel? Read on for the entirety we learn about this soon-to-be celebrity.
How old is Daniel Ranieri? He rose to popularity sooner than 'The Tender Bar' even filmed.
Per The New York Times, Daniel was handiest 8 years previous when he released his viral video in regards to the pandemic. The video first caught media attention when actor Joel McHale retweeted it on Twitter in March 2020. In the expletive-laden video, which options Daniel using many a four-letter phrase, the young actor implores other folks to skip "parties and the casino" and to "stay inside."
Shortly after Joel's tweet, Jimmy Kimmel hosted the boy on his show along Daniel's mom, Daniella. Jimmy's interview quickly stuck the eye of actor George Clooney and his crew, who rushed to name Daniel and offer him the chance to audition in George's film The Tender Bar.
Daniel describes the elation he felt getting the position, pronouncing, "When my mom told me I got the part, I kept saying: ‘What? I can’t believe it. Oh my God, Ma, I can’t believe it." He added, "I loved spending time with the cast. Everyone was really nice. George Clooney shot hoops with me. He’s a really good player. My mom got a part. She plays one of my aunts. She didn’t have to audition."
In The Tender Bar, Daniel performs the kid version of the principle persona, portrayed by George Clooney. The film is according to the memoir of the same name through J.R. Moehringer, an American novelist and journalist who received the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2000. The name of the film refers to a bar known as Publicans, the place Moehringer would spend time as a child when his house existence changed into too chaotic.
Currently, Daniel is handiest 10 years old. Already, actors in The Tender Bar have been nominated for awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for Ben Affleck. With any success, this could be Daniel's first-ever award nomination ahead of he even turns 12!
When asked to explain his day by day regimen, Daniel tells The New York Times how he balances work as an actor with faculty and being a normal kid. "I’m in the fifth grade. I do homework on Sundays; usually it’s reading or math ... In science we’re learning about stars and constellations, which is interesting. Schoolwork is very different from learning lines. For the movie, each day we would shoot a different scene. They only gave me my lines for that day. Then I would memorize them."
He also provides that his co-stars had been very kind to him, and that he talks to them infrequently after an extended day. "I might text Ben and Tye [Sheridan] and sometimes George. They’re like my family. I ask them how they’re doing or I tell them I miss them. And they get back to me. Tye sent me a puzzle and some PlayStation games. He’s like a brother."
The Tender Bar is available for streaming on Amazon Prime.
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