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. >> billy elliot is set in a mining town.you know, it's a very oppressed community at the time and they're starting a strike with the union and billy finds this love of dance. he finds himself in the middle of this ballet class and he suddenly develops this passion for dance. and we really follow billy through this amazing journey as he discovers his passion and also how that affects the community around him. it's really a story that i think touches everyone in different ways about, you know, going against the face of adversity when you have a real passion for something. reporter: the family initially did not want him to take on dance, right, because he wanted -- >> exactly. reporter: his father wanted him to box and be a manly man and he comes across this ballet test. tell me about your character michael. >> michael is joey's best friend and he pretty much comes along in which billy is stuck between deciding if he should listen to his dad and not do ballet or if he should continue with the classes, and so he goes to michael

for example, have you seen billy elliot, for example? blind casting must exist for that role, for that lead role, because it's so hard to find a boy who can do all those things, having that skill set. and to restrict it to a certain ethnic group is... you know, you're just basically centering on, "okay, he has to be white to play this role," when there are so many other talented kids who could very well do it. so i think they open that role to whomever could play it realistically. and no one even looks twice. >> hinojosa: so there's been progress made. >> i'd like to think so. i'd like to think so. i mean, the last production on broadway that i was in was les mis. and the first first production you pretty much had to be pasty white to be in the show,. i went into the show and... >> hojosa: did you have to audition for that as well? >> no, i didn't have to. >> hinojosa: they just... a phone call? >> they just said, "do you want to do it" i'm like, "sure, i'd love to play eponine." >> hinojosa: wow. >> and then when they asked me to play f

. >> the globe hopping thrill ride stars billy elliot's jamie bell as tin tin, a young reporter who recoversasure lost at sea centuries ago. >> i was bulled over by the way it looks, which is insane. >> determined to beat him to that treasure is ivan ivanovich played by daniel craig. >> i will find it, with or without your help. >> the movie is based on a series of children's books well known to readers in europe. daniel is a big fan. >> i remember reading them and being so excited about the adventures. >> joining tin tin is the guy we know as gollum from the lord of the rings. >> saved from above! >> the adventures of tin tin is spielberg's first motion animation. >> i've been able to do things in the medium of animation which i could never do in live action. >> the director's other new movie "war horse" hits theaters on christmas day. >> i was devoted to doing tin tin and i had an affair with "war horse." >> this is packed with action from the first frame to the last. we have a lot more to show you. we are going to do just that on this weekend's "entertainment tonight." >> the adventures o

at the kennedy center this morning where we're getting a behind-the-scenes look at the musical" billy ellioting and based on a story of a boy with a dream. it's based on a cast of wonderful performers and now playing here at the kennedy center until january 15th. the story is is set in a small english town in the 1980s and we're following billy as he discovers his true calling to dance. it's spectacular, inspiring and full of passion and we're going to be hanging out with some of the cast members throughout the morning and learning more about the story line, production aspect and maybe check out some of their moves coming up. we're in for a very special treat. hope you stick around. back to you in the studio. >> i'm sure they will. thank you, annie, for that. >>> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. it is corice haynes from green -- doris haynes from greenbelt, maryland. today she turns 61 years old, happy birthday, doris haynes. if you want to be monday's fan of the day, find us on facebook by searching fox5 morning news, then post a comment under the photo of doris and

you know our next guest from "billy elliot," "flags of our fathers" and "king kong."new steven spielberg movie, "the adventures of tintin." >> we have to keep moving. try to find our way off this one is tough -- >> what, tough? ♪ >> tough? tough? >> jimmy: the movie opens in 3d december 21st. please welcome jamie bell. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? very nice to meet you. don't tell kathy you might not want shared with national audience. or an international audience. >> i will not. >> jimmy: you're from england? >> yes, a very small town called billingham. >> jimmy: i don't know why i askeded that because i don't know any place in england other than landon. >> it's close to new castle where they make the beer. >> jimmy: oh, okay. i know that. [ applause ] >> lots of alcoholics here tonight. >> jimmy: 80% at least. and when you made that movie, how old you were when you made "billy elliott?" >> i was 13. long time ago. >> jimmy: you came to the united states, was that your first time? >> i had never been on a plane before. yeah that was the first time i