When Gabriel LaBelle taped his audition for the Oscar-nominated “The Fabelmans,” he didn’t know what it was for. He began to hear whispers a few days later: That movie? It’s a Steven Spielberg film. And the part? Playing Steven Spielberg.
Gabriel LaBelle, a cast member in the film "The Fabelmans," poses for a portrait during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. Gabriel LaBelle, a cast member in the film "The Fabelmans," poses for a portrait during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto.
LaBelle didn’t get a call back until three months later — and even then he didn’t really know what he was in for. It wasn’t until LaBelle was cast and received the full script that it dawned on him. He was the lead of Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” playing a fictionalized younger version of the legendary director.
“When I was auditioning, the character’s name was Teenage Sammy — I thought as opposed to Adult Sammy,” LaBelle said in an interview the day after
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