Jacob Tremblay Abraham Attah Oscars - Getty - H 2016
Getty ImagesA version of this story first appeared in the March 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
Two days before the Oscars — where Room’s Jacob Tremblay, 9, and Beasts of No Nation’s Abraham Attah, 14, became the youngest actor-presenters in the ceremony’s history — the kids acted their age at Universal Studios.
“We were going on a scary water ride, and I hid and waited for him to come out, and I jumped out,” says Attah. Adds Tremblay, “I was so nervous because it was fast, and then he scared me!”
Other highlights for Tremblay were picking up a Harry Potter wand and spending time with his awards-season buddy, who was wiped out after their studio date. Says Attah, “I went on all the rides, and then I went back to my hotel room and fell asleep.”
