WILLIAMS MARRIED ALEXIS
OHANIAN.
THEY HAVE A TWO-MONTH-OLD BABY
GIRL NAMED AFTER HER THAT.
THE NEW FILM, WONDER, TELLS
THE INSPIRING STORY OF A FIFTH-
GRADE BOY WITH FACIAL
DIFFERENCES WHO ENTER THE
MAINSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
JULIA ROBERTS AND OWEN
WILSON STAR AS HIS PARENTS
WE SAT DOWN WITH THE ACTOR
TO TALK ABOUT WONDER AND HOW
THE BROADWAY SHOW SLATE JUST
CHANGED HIS LIFE.
Reporter: I SAW YOU IN
HAMILTON.
DROP THE MIKE, I HAVE THE
CHILLS.
THAT EXPERIENCE FOR YOU I HAVE
TO ASK AT THE TOP OF THAT WAS
LIFE-CHANGING QUICK
TOTALLY LIFE-CHANGING AND
UNEXPECTED.
MY FRIEND HER WROTE A PLAY AND
ASKED IF I WOULD BE IN IT AND I
SAID SURE.
TWO YEARS LATER EVERYTHING IS
DIFFERENT.
IN HIS LATEST PROJECT, HE
PLAYS THE TEACHER IN WONDER,
THE HEARTWARMING STORY OF A BOY
BORN WITH FACIAL ISSUES THAT
PREVENTED HIM TO GOING TO
SCHOOL, HIS FAMILY AND THE
COMMUNITY STRUGGLED TO FIND HIS
ACCEPTANCE.
HIS JOURNEY MAKES HIM AN
UNLIKELY WHO -- HERO, JULIA
ROBERTS PLACE HIS MOM.
YOU CAN'T FAKE IT I DON'T
THINK.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHEMISTRY WITH
EACH OTHER AND SOMEHOW THE FOUR
OF US REALLY DID HAVE IMMEDIATE
CHEMISTRY.
DAVEED HAD NO SCENES WITH
THEM BUT SAID THE YOUNG ACTOR,
JACOB TREMBLAY KNOCKED IT OUT
OF THE PARK.
I USED TO BE A TEACHER AND
I'VE HAD SEVERAL WONDERFUL
TEACHERS IN MY LIFE.
I THINK GETTING TO PLAY A PART
THAT HONORED THE TEACHERS WHO
ARE VERY DEDICATED SO I WAS
EXCITED TO PRETRADE THIS
CHARACTER WHO SORT OF A MOSH TO
THOSE GREAT TEACHERS.
THE KID BLOW YOU AWAY QUICK
WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH
SOMEONE, HE'S BETTER THAN YOU,
JACOB IS THE BEST ACTOR.
HE'S ALSO SO GIVING AND SO
TALENTED.
THE MAGIC OF WONDER FOR YOU
-- WHAT'S THE MAGIC OF THE
FILM?
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS A
LOT.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT -- IT PUT
YOU BACK INTO THE MINDSET YOU
WERE IN WHEN YOU WERE A KID.
I THINK BY DOING THAT, IT
REMOVES ALL OF THESE WALLS WE
LEARNED TO PUT UP AS ADULTS
THAT ARE BLOCKING US FROM OUR
MISSIONS.
-- FROM OUR EMOTIONS.
THE FILM PUT YOU BACK IN THE
PLACE YOU WERE BEFORE YOU
LEARNED HOW TO NOT CRY.
