1 of 4 | "Young Washington" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this weekend. Image courtesy of Angel Studios
NEW YORK, June 14 (UPI) -- William Franklyn-Miller says he tried to separate the man from the myth when playing the titular military hero-turned-president in the new film, Young George Washington.
"This guy is such a known figure. We all know him as [being on] the dollar bill, as the first president of the United States and I think bringing the human aspect to his life is what helped me portray him," Franklyn-Miller, 22, told UPI in a Zoom interview Friday.
"At the end of the day, in THIS story, he's a 21-year-old boy and I think bringing that aspect to him was super-important."
Directed by Jon Erwin, the epic screened this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It opens in theaters July 3, on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
