![]() 26, 2015, and concluded in April 2015 at Stone Street Studios (“Avatar,” “The Lord of the Rings,” “The Hobbit”), Wellington, among other New Zealand locations. It was four months in New Zealand.”įilming began Jan. “It was really, really cool,” recalls Fegley, who will be 12 in November, of filming “Pete’s Dragon.” Oakes Fegley’s uncle is Jeff Fegley, co-owner of Fegley’s Allentown Brew Works and Fegley’s Allentown Brew Works. 1 phone interview from the Grand Floridian, Disney World, Orlando, Fla., where he was staying with his parents and siblings, brother Winslow, 7, and sister, August, 16. It’s an adventure,” says Fegley in an Aug. ![]() Is being in a Disney movie a whole other story? “Pete’s Dragon” has been an amazing ride for Fegley, who made his feature film acting debut in “Fort Bliss,” 2012, and was in “This Is Where I Leave You,” 2014, and had roles in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and CBS’s “Person of Interest.” In this, Fegley follows in the footsteps of other former Valley residents who became movie actors, among them: Jonathan Taylor Thomas (“The Lion King,” 1994), Jonathan Frakes (“Star Trek: First Contact,” 1996), Dwayne Johnson (“Central Intelligence,” 2016), Daniel Dae Kim (“The Divergent Series,” 2016), Michaela Conlin (“The Lincoln Lawyer,” 2011), Tim Heidecker (“Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie,” 2012) and Kate Micucci (“Don’t Think Twice,” 2016). 8 “Pete’s Dragon” premiere in Los Angeles.įegley, 11, of Allentown joins a list of Valley thespians who’ve made the leap from Civic stage to movie screen, including Daniel Roebuck (“River’s Edge,” 1986 “The Fugitive,” 1993), Christine Taylor (“Calendar Girl,” 1993 ”The Brady Bunch Movie,” 1995), Amanda Seyfried (“Mean Girls,” 2004 “Les Misérables,” 2012) and Dane DeHaan (“Amigo,” 2010 “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” 2014). “Pete’s Dragon” is the biggest landing ever in a Hollywood theatrical feature film by the youngest of Lehigh Valley actors ever. 12 opening there and at other movie theaters in the Lehigh Valley and nationwide. 11, prior to the family fantasy adventure film’s Aug. Cratchit in 2011, onto the big screen at Civic, where a special screening of “Pete’s Dragon,” his first feature film starring role, was held Aug. Oakes Fegley leaped off Civic Theatre of Allentown’s stage, where he appeared in the annual “A Christmas Carol,” playing Tiny Tim in 2009 and, with his parents, actors Michael Fegley and Mercedes Tonne Fegley as Bob and Mrs. ![]() In a preview for the new Disney movie, “Pete’s Dragon,” Oakes Fegley leaps off a huge cliff, only to be immediately swept up on the back of Elliott the Dragon. ![]()
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