Hat tip to The Playlist for digging up this newish still from one of my most anticipated films of the year, Sam Taylor-Wood’s “Nowhere Boy.” The film, a study of John Lennon’s early years, will premiere on the closing night of the London Film Festival in October. As Lennon, 19 year-old Aaron Johnson faces a tall order, but he looks suitably soft-faced and wistful:

(Moral guardians, lower your pitchforks: 19 year-olds can drink here.) Older images, including glimpses of Kristin Scott Thomas as Lennon’s Aunt Mimi and Thomas Sangster as Paul McCartney, after the cut.


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3 responses to “Aaron Johnson as John Lennon in ‘Nowhere Boy’”
If she’s good (which she will be) this could be a real awards vehicle for KST. God knows she’s due a bit of love after last year…
Wow. Here’s hoping I even get to see this movie.
18 year olds are allowed to drink here…