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A crash course in Spielberg school
THE FABELMANS breakout star Gabriel LaBelle on playing the filmmaker, with help from the man himself
[ EDITED BY BETH WEBB]
Gabriel LaBelle (centre) as Sammy/ Spielberg.
FOR ANY YOUNG actor, taking the lead role in a Steven Spielberg film would be a daunting prospect. A Steven Spielberg film where you are, essentially, playing Steven Spielberg? That’s another prospect entirely. For 19-year-old Gabriel LaBelle — who had just three film credits to his name, including 2018’s The Predator — taking the headlining role in The Fabelmans was, he tells Empire, “a surreal, incredible opportunity”.