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There are countless books and movies about the legendary singer, songwriter, activist and artist John Lennon, but far fewer about his life before The Beatles. ‘Nowhere Boy’](Nowhere Boy (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) fills in the blanks, beginning with Lennon as a fifteen-year-old raising a little bit of hell in Liverpool. Smart but rebellious, John (Aaron Johnson) bristles under the watch of his straight-laced Aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas) who raised him. Eventually he seeks out his birth mother, Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), who encourages his interest in music and introduces him to rock and roll. ‘Nowhere Boy,’ directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, illustrates both the nascence of Lennon’s musical career and the tug-of-war he finds himself in between arguably two of the most important women in his life.
Aaron Johnson might be more recognizable to American audiences as wanna-be superhero superhero Dave Lizewski in ‘Kick-Ass,’](Kick-Ass (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) but Brit audiences have been in the know since this Lennon pic opened on Christmas Day in 2009. Since then, it’s traveled the world and racked up a number of BAFTA noms for its cast and crew.
Meanwhile, ‘Kick-Ass’ opened in the US on April 16, 2010, and rumors began flying that Johnson was being considered for the role of Spider-Man or might enroll in ‘X-Men: First Class.’](X-Men: First Class (2011) - Movie | Moviefone) Although those have both since been shot down, fans are still hoping for a very quick return to the world of ‘Kick-Ass.’ (Click here to read Johnson’s comments about ‘Kick-Ass 2’.) For the time being, though, the bleary-eyed young father is happy to wake up in the middle of the night to share diaper duty with fiancée Taylor-wood and promote ‘Nowhere Boy’ in anticipation of its release date this Friday.