{"id":41993,"date":"2020-10-02T15:35:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T05:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=41993"},"modified":"2021-12-14T12:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T01:33:55","slug":"little-billy-elliot-has-come-a-long-way-since-his-ballet-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity\/little-billy-elliot-has-come-a-long-way-since-his-ballet-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Billy Elliot Has Come A Long Way Since His Ballet Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You would think our desire to be a ballerina would be born from Swan Lake or The Nutcracker but no, it was<a href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/four-boys-announced-play-billy-elliot-during-australian-tour\/\"> <em>Billy Elliot<\/em><\/a> that sealed the deal for us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iconic 2000 movie is a damn delight for so many reasons: the storyline (we weep!), the male protagonist breaking stereotypes around dancing (we love!), the scene where he dances through his whole town (we stan!).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DWrGoGdmAfM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the OG Billy Elliot up to nowadays? Is he still dancing (read: acting)? Yes. The actor who played Billy, Jamie Bell, is 35 years old now and went on to star in a range of movies. He was in <em>Jumper<\/em> (2008), <em>Fantastic Four<\/em> (2015 &#8211; he played The Thing), and, more recently, <em>Rocketman<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also looks pretty different to his Billy Elliot days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByJFPHuhrCr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByJFPHuhrCr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <div style=\" display: flex; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ByJFPHuhrCr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Jamie Bell (@jamiebellarmy)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-05-31T21:24:52+00:00\">May 31, 2019 at 2:24pm PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside of his career, Jamie is a dad and husband. He was previously married to actress Evan Rachel Wood and had a son with her. Sadly, he and Rachel separated in 2014 and, in 2017, he married Kate Mara (megababe). They welcomed their first child together, a little girl, in May 2019. And yes, they\u2019re the cutest family out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BimWQLLAuqr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BimWQLLAuqr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"> <div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BimWQLLAuqr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Jamie Bell (@jamiebellarmy)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-05-10T13:49:14+00:00\">May 10, 2018 at 6:49am PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He might have grown up and moved on, but to us Jamie Bell will always be little Billy Elliot dancing his heart out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Images: Billy Elliot.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You would think our desire to be a ballerina would be born from Swan Lake or The Nutcracker but no, it was Billy Elliot that sealed the deal for us.&nbsp; 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