“Iain Loves Theatre” became a viable YouTube channel, which got the precocious Armitage noticed.
He even enlisted Sir Ian McKellen to help him name his pets, all while remaining humble and kind.
Read on to learn more about the transformation of Iain Armitage.
Her sacrifice did not go unnoticed by her son, who has expressed a deep appreciation for his mother.
But his martial arts practice worked to ground his thoughts, focusing solely on the activity at hand.
According to Francis Pineda, one of Armitage’s instructors, only 10% of students achieve that distinction.
And part of the requirements for a black belt are scholastic because students must maintain good grades for progress.
This was no problem because Armitage earned straight As while being homeschooled.
And then a couple of years later I was reporting to Mr. Perez Hilton on the red carpet."
It was perfect!"
But Armitage was determined, telling"Live With Kelly and Mark,““I memorized it …
I had to do a William Shatner impression.”
The showrunners were impressed and called Armitage in for another audition.
But according to the actor, that might have worked in his favor.
The latter featured iconic actors Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, and Armitage was honored to work alongside them.
He grew particularly close with Fonda during filming, even taking to calling her Grandma Jane.
“She’s such an all-around amazing lady,” Armitage told Northern Virginia Magazine.
“I feel lucky to be able to call her Grandma Jane, and she calls me Grandson.”
Armitage and Fonda clearly hit it off, but their friendship went deeper than mutual admiration.
In 2019, he joined her in bringing attention to climate change for her Fire Drill Fridays initiative.
Climate change was not the only issue Armitage had become passionate about.
It’s time to end, you know, all that terrible discrimination and hatred and racism in America.
It’s definitely time for a change.”
But Armitage has said he would like to branch out and give another genre a try.
“I think something with some kind of crazy action sequences, like an action movie.”
“I couldn’t think of a hamster name so naturally I emailed him,” the actor explained.
And it seems Armitage and his namesake have become friendly over the years, beyond the hamster naming.
Armitage captioned the post in part.
““But I have a bunch of little cousins and … Hall introduced the two actors and they very sweetly exchanged greetings with one another.
The actor loved learning new languages, sometimes studying between takes while filming “Young Sheldon.”
And Arabic is not the only language Armitage has studied.
The actor is also nearly fluent in Russian.
“I wanted to learn Russian, so I was like, ‘Why not?'”
he shared on"Tamron Hall Show.
But that’s not all.
