![]() Later in 2008, Minghella was seen in two theatrical releases How to Lose Friends & Alienate People starring Simon Pegg in which Minghella plays a pompous film director, and a segment of the dark comedy Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. The film is set in fourth century Egypt and revolves around Weisz' character Hypatia of Alexandria. In March 2008, it was announced that Minghella would star opposite Rachel Weisz in Alejandro Amenábar's second English-language film entitled Agora. The trade press in 2007 reported Minghella was cast in Beeban Kidron's Hippie Hippie Shake, a film about writer Richard Neville set in 1960s London, in that time. Minghella was to play Art Bechstein in the film version of writer Michael Chabon's novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, but eventually dropped out of the project due to his university schedule. Minghella has described it as "a really sweet film". ![]() It's a dark romantic drama in which he plays a mortician's son the film co-stars Blake Lively and Mary Steenburgen. ![]() His film Elvis and Anabelle premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on 10 March 2007. Minghella got the part after meeting Zwigoff when he visited the set of Bee Season. In 2006, he starred in the Daniel Clowes adaptation Art School Confidential, a quirky comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff and co-starring Sophia Myles and John Malkovich. Minghella followed with the political thriller Syriana, which was also released in November 2005, playing the son of George Clooney's CIA agent character. The film was released in November 2005 to mostly mixed reviews and low box office, grossing only $1 million in its limited release, although critics remarked that Minghella was "a talented young actor to watch, delivering a strong performance". I thought up until about age 16 that I was going to be a music video director." Īlthough Minghella had a minor, uncredited appearance as an extra in his father's film, Cold Mountain, his first professional role was in Bee Season, playing the son of a dysfunctional Jewish American family. And growing up I was massively concerned with seeming cool. He said "I thought it was sort of embarrassing to say you wanted to be an actor-it was, like, uncool. Minghella did not always want to become an actor. Minghella was inspired to become an actor during his late teenage years, after seeing a production of the play This is Our Youth at London's West End he subsequently dropped out of the University College School to pursue an acting career, and attended the National Youth Theatre. ![]() Minghella said that he felt like "an English boy at an American school", kept to himself, and that most students at Columbia had "no idea" that he was an actor. He typically worked on films only during his summer break. He then attended Columbia University, which he considered his "first priority", as part of the class of 2009. Minghella was educated at two independent schools: at St Anthony's Preparatory School and University College School in Hampstead. Minghella spent time on his father's film sets while growing up, of which he has "fond memories", and has said that he felt "no pressure" by his father to succeed in the entertainment industry. His father was of Italian descent and his mother, a native of Hong Kong, is of Chinese and Scottish ancestry. Minghella was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella and dancer/choreographer Carolyn Choa.
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