| HOT in the U.S.A. He launched his career in a cotton-wool bud advert at the ripe old age of 8 months. Then rested his laurels until the age of 5 when he worked with Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel in 'Falling in Love' Now 21 year old Jesse Bradford is set to hit our screens again as the lead in Speedway Junky where his character Johnny runs away from home to make it on the racing circuit. But when he falls in with a rebellious crowd Johnny find himself taking a walk on the wilde side. Also featuring on the Conneticut born lad's impressive CV is a role in Romeo and Juliet where Jesse played Leo's partner in crime Balthasar. 'That was crazy fun. We filmed for 15 weeks in Mexico City and we were just a bunch of kids making this movie we knew would rule.' And the guys got brains. Jesse is juggling his thriving movie career with a film studies degree at Columbia University, but don't worry, he has no plans to give up acting. 'If you keep some mystery and don't put yourself out there too much you'll at least keep working. That's all I can ask for.' Dark horse that he is, he won't divulge any lovelife secrets but admits the doe-eyed supermodel Trish Goff is his kind of girl. 'If you set us up on a date, i'd be happy to embarras myself in front of her.' he offers. It hasn't been all fun and games from Jesse during filming Bring It On with Kirsten Dunst last year. He took a break to go boogie-boarding. 'This big wave came at me and the board sucker-punched me in the face. It skinned a little dime-sized portion off my nose.' But that's obviously the only flaw this big screen babe has. back to articles. |