Thirteen-year-old Shaun was born in India. He likes cartoons and comics and movies. Since age 4 he started writing stories. At the age of 6, his first storybook was published and he was interviewed by Mumbai Mirror. After coming to London few of his books were published here in London as well.
Shaun did his first drama from National Theatre in school in Year 6, since then he got inclined towards theatres and movies. Speaking exclusively to Asian Voice, Shaun’s mother Rupa Sharma said, “We always encouraged him whatever he wanted to do, We started searching school if there is any such kind of education system from secondary school. We found 3-4 private theatre schools in London where they teach academics and vocational. Since year 7 Shaun started his theatre school.”
For Netflix’s movie ‘Matilda’ Shaun’s mother told us that he got an audition call from a school casting agency. Netflix auditioned worldwide for Matilda casting. Shaun got through audition in December 2020 and rehearsal and shooting started in January 2021. Shooting finished in August 2021. It will be released on Christmas 2022.
When asked what it takes as a parent to nurture both his craft and his education, Sharma said, “We both parents are from an engineering background and never thought about this field. But Shaun was always inclined towards the creative field and as he proposed his wish to go to this field, we encouraged him, as we believe that if you want to follow your passion success is always yours. As he is studying in theatre school but they also do academics so the study was not at all a problem.”
Addressing how safe and child-friendly film sets are, the mother said, “They are pretty friendly and being on set for him was really cool. The level of detail on set was extraordinary. Netflix is very professional and absolutely wonderful.”
We wondered how Shaun feel while being exposed to such early success in life. His mother said, “It feels really cool for him and it isn’t everything that he expected but it’s still really amazing and he feels really thankful to be in this line of work. This was his first biggest brand movie he exposes to.”
At a tender age, Shaun understands the difference between reel and the real-world and his parents want him to pursue this career. “Yes, of course, he is already entered into his career. He writes stories, scripts, comic writing, he has multiple sub choices in this field,” Rupa told Asian Voice.
