A 15-year-old boy who grew up in the Birmingham suburbs is receiving critical attention for his star-making turn as part of the ensemble cast being terrorized by one of the more iconic cinematic monsters of the last decade.
Blake Cameron James has been acting ever since he was a student at Berry Middle School in Hoover, but it was not until this year that his profile considerably rose portraying Will Hanlon in the HBO series “IT: Welcome to Derry,” a spinoff of the horror series “IT” featuring the killer extraterrestrial clown, Pennywise.
Premiering on Oct. 26, “IT: Welcome to Derry” quickly became one of the most watched debut TV shows on HBO Max, with 5.7 million people watching the season premiere…