emirates man
apr/may 2015
What Mitte did next
Just how do you follow being on one of the best TV shows ever made?
Switched At Birth RJ has starred in nine episodes of this US TV series about two teenage girls who, as the title suggests, discover they were switched at birth. He plays a snowboarder who suffered a spinal injury and is in a wheelchair.
Who’s Driving Doug Scheduled for release in 2016, Mitte plays lead char- acter Doug in this road trip, coming of age movie about drug abuse, gambling and romance.
Dixieland Mitte stars alongside singer Faith Hill in this indie crime drama about a young man released from prison that falls for a troubled girl next door (played by Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough).
Triumph
RJ bagged the lead role in this film about a child with cerebral palsy who wants to be a wrestler on his high-school team.
with disabilities becoming more visible on screen is obviously is a good thing, says Mitte, but real change will come when disabled actors start getting able-bod- ied parts. RJ’s post-BB roles have been a mixed bag – appearing as a paralysed snowboarder in TV drama Switched At Birth, whereas 2016 sees Mitte as the lead of coming-of-age indie film, Who’s Driving Doug, and a strip club owner in Dixieland – alongside Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough. Beyond that, it’s highly doubtful RJ Mitte will sit
at home waiting on a phone call and watching reruns of Breaking Bad on Netflix – mainly as doing so would rep- resent something of a living nightmare, but also as this modern day renaissance man is likely to have his pick of film, modelling and charity jobs to choose from. He’s also keen to write and produce in future. Of course he is. As my audience with the workaholic actor comes
to a close, I have time for one last question. Walt Jr will take some beating, I say, but what would you say is your dream acting role? “I love action,” says Mitte, not skipping a beat. “I’d love to be a part of an action film, something very physical that makes me work out, because…” he pauses, perhaps realising the irony. “I’m actually quite lazy.” Lazy? Now there’s a word you shouldn’t use to de-
scribe RJ Mitte.
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