How did Five Hargreeves end up in the future? That’s something the actor who portrays him, Aidan Gallagher, knows quite well. In fact, he’s the one who came up with it! Check out the following Q&A and find out more about Five’s background and what it was like to work on The Umbrella Academy! The Umbrella Academy’s Five Hargreeves – Aidan Gallagher
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3 things you should know about me
If you have seen The Umbrella Academy, then you should know that I played Number Five, a time traveler and one of seven superhumans who attended a private school called The Umbrella Academy. Our lives were (are) based on a series of comic books of the same name by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. But before he was an actor, I got my start in improv comedy back in New York City at UCB. I trained under Adam McKay (director of films like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) where I cut my teeth performing on house teams A Red Line Runs Through It and Cipha Sounds & Friends present: Who? Weekly with fellow UCB performers Lennon Parham and Jessica St.
Growing Up in Chicago
If you’re a fan of The Umbrella Academy, then chances are you’ve been paying attention to star Aidan Gallagher for some time. After all, he’s been in other major productions—from The Worst Witch to Goosebumps and Stitchers. But now he’s getting his first chance at leading a TV series. Based on a series of comics from My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá, Umbrella Academy follows a group of siblings who are estranged until their father dies and they must come together to save humanity.
Acting since childhood
If you’re familiar with his work, you’ve probably seen him pop up in a few commercials and maybe some of your favorite shows. Now, he has landed his first role as Number Five in The Umbrella Academy on Netflix. At only age 15, that certainly seems promising for his future career. His younger siblings are also in show business so it is safe to say he was destined to make it big from day one.
4 Lessons from past roles
1. What have you learned from your past roles? 2. How has your relationship with your significant other changed since becoming famous? 3. What is it like to play a character like Number Five, who is actually an anti-hero and not a pure hero? 4. How do you feel about superhero shows becoming more and more popular on television recently? 5. Is there any advice that creator Steve Blackman would give to anyone who wants to be in acting or writing for TV/Film? 6. If you could go back, would you do anything differently about joining The Umbrella Academy cast or are you happy with how everything happened and where it ended up? 7.
5 Things to watch out for in ‘The Umbrella Academy’
The Umbrella Academy hits Netflix on February 15th, and it has already attracted a lot of attention from genre-loving fans. The show is based on a series of comics by Gerard Way (formerly of My Chemical Romance) about a family of superheroes who are all brought together to save the world after their father mysteriously dies. In an interview with Screen Rant, actor Aidan Gallagher – who plays The Boy/Umbrella Number Five in the new series – shared some hints at what we can expect from his character and how he connects to his siblings. Here are five things to watch out for in The Umbrella Academy
Funniest moments filming ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Section: Three questions I ask myself every day
If I hadn’t played the Boy in The Umbrella Academy, I wouldn’t have ended up in a post-apocalyptic world. That was one of the funniest moments filming The Umbrella Academy. I remember thinking: This is going to be amazing! And then it was just me and some other kid on set eating apples for two days because they couldn’t afford to feed us any more than that! It was hilarious! But also really cool. So yes, playing the Boy made me feel like my life could go anywhere from there on out. That even if things didn’t work out with acting that I could do anything else in the world. Which is true actually!
Best Advice Given To Me By My Father
My father taught me that if I try to be all things to all people, I will end up being nothing to everyone. There is a time in life when you have to grow up and learn to say no. It’s okay not to do something. Everyone has their limitations and they should be respected, especially by yourself. If you are constantly saying yes when you know deep down that it’s not in your best interest, then how can anyone ever respect your decision-making skills? People will only value what you bring to them if they understand where your boundaries lie.
Who plays five Hargreeves?
On February 22, 2016, it was announced that Aidan Gallagher has been cast as Five in The Umbrella Academy, a live-action series adaptation of My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way’s Eisner Award-winning comic book series. In addition to playing Five, acting as older brother to his four siblings (all superheroes), Gallagher will also serve as one of several executive producers on the series under his company Roam Entertainment. The 10-episode series is slated to premiere in 2018 on Netflix. This production marks his second time working with Netflix; he will also be appearing in and serving as an executive producer for Roam Entertainment’s newest animated film UglyDolls coming out later this year.
How old is aiden from Umbrella Academy?
He’s 19, but has experienced and lived through much more than that. To put it in perspective, our story takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of our world circa 1969. But we do visit a lot of different time periods, as each episode is told from a different brother or sister’s point of view, which gives us some freedom to explore other stories outside just Hargreeves’ life. So I would say he is probably 39 or 40 right now. The actor who plays him is 27!
How old is #5 in real?
Five is twelve in real life. But, since you bring it up… do I look older or younger than twelve? The first season of The Umbrella Academy did not tell us how old its characters are, so when they returned to Netflix for their second season, fans were excited to learn that Five is actually 12 years old. So what does his actor look like now? Twelve-year-old Aidan Gallagher stars as Number 5 on The Umbrella Academy but in real life he looks nothing like that child actor we met three years ago.
Is 5 asexual Umbrella Academy?
Some think so. In fact, it seems that’s just one of many clues given by showrunner Steve Blackman in support of the idea that one of our protagonists is an ace. The first sign is his reluctance to engage in a sexual relationship with Vanya (Ellen Page), but there are more, including his choice to not kill himself when reunited with his dead lover Klaus (Robert Sheehan). He is also shown getting slightly turned on by touching Danny’s shirt, as though he was imagining being intimate with him.
