Christian Traeumer and Jay Jay Warren Expanding Acting Careers In LA!

Christian Traeumer & Jay Jay Warren with Rivenmaster
Christian Traeumer & Jay Jay Warren with Rivenmaster

 

Christian Traeumer, Jay Jay Warren & Sam Santiago
Christian Traeumer, Jay Jay Warren & Sam Santiago

While visiting the area in and around Los Angeles this past week, we were thrilled to meet up with two outstanding young actors who are also both amazing dancers and performers.  I invited them to meet me at the Hard Rock Café about halfway down the CityWalk to Universal Studios.  I of course was celebrating the day at Universal with the prolific young vocalist/performer Sam Santiago and his family during our stay with them in Irvine.

The restaurant was empty at the time of our arrival which actually surprised me and the waiter quickly provided a table for our party of Ten.  As we all found a seat everyone began to arrive.  I walked outside to meet Christian Traeumer and his mother Tomasine who I already knew were delightful people, but meeting them both in person was a true joy!  I immediately found Christian to be an effervescent, fun loving, humorous, and bubbly young man demonstrating the kind of personality that lights up a room as soon as he walks in.  Since they were the first to arrive I had the opportunity to visit one on one with the both of them before the arrival of our second guests.

Beverly Warren and Tomasine Traeumer
Beverly Warren and Tomasine Traeumer

We were just beginning to order when Jay Jay Warren and his mother Beverly walked in.  Jay Jay immediacy approached me with an outstretched hand. His warm personality drew everyone to him like a magnet as he walked around the table making self introductions.  I found Jay Jay to be full of life and always smiling.  In fact, the entire time the joy he expressed on his face made me realize that this young man was on the rise for more reasons than one!  His mother Beverly was also amazingly charming so it’s easy to see the apple does not fall far from the tree here.

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Hugo Magically Enchanting Amazingly Heartwarming

“I’d imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts you know?”

Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret
Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret

From the opening scenes Hugo catapults its audience into an adventure of wonder and intrigue. The use of 3D magic coupled with digital animation and live actors sets the stage for this wide eyed wondrous cinematic creation.

The film boast an all-star cast starring two amazing young actors Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret, and Chloe Grace Moretz as Isabelle.   The relationship between the two begins when Hugo’s life inadvertently becomes intertwined with the life of Isabelle’s Step Father. Their friendship bonds grow even stronger after becoming aware that both of them were orphaned through the loss of their parents.

Asa Butterfield
Asa Butterfield

Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is simply amazing in this film made for the entire family.  One of the first things I noted was his superb acting ability through his use of his facial expressions.  Not since Elijah Wood have I seen this in any young actor.  The masterful use of the camera by director Martin Scorsese  zooming in on our young protégé’s face peering through a huge mechanical clock, drew in the audience and immediately made us feel that we were about to see the world through the eyes of Hugo!

Asa played his part so convincingly that I immediately felt that I was a part of his great adventure and not just a spectator.  His supreme ability to show the proper emotions of hurt, pain, loss, and joy throughout the story made this film more than believable.

 

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