
I’m shamelessly slow on the uptake. It wasn’t until I watched
Scott Pilgrim vs the World that I finally put the pieces together regarding Johnny Simmons who’ve I’ve already seen in two movies this year – but didn’t realise. He was rather impressive in the relatively underrated
Jennifer’s Body and I remember Ryan praising his turn in
The Greatest. I kind of glossed over his performance in the latter, but despite the definite inadequacies in the script the acting in
The Greatest really is all-round goodness and Simmons is a good addition. What with the trimester of Aaron Johnson (also in the
The Greatest, then
Kick-Ass and
Nowhere Boy) it’s good seeing some good young men coming up in the business since they’re almost always overshadowed by the women.