An 11-year old Greek boy will co-star with Russell Crow in his new movie “The Water Divine,” which was shot in Turkey. His name is Dylan Geogriadis and he is a fifth-grade elementary school pupil from Melbourne.
Dylan was required to take some Turkish courses to play the role of a young Turkish boy. He put school on hold for about a month and a half and traveled to Sydney for four weeks after which he jetted off to Istanbul for another two weeks.
Young Dylan Georgiades said Russel Crow’s behavior towards him was absolutely perfect. “He mentored me and I learned so much. We worked really hard, but he always made it fun. He was really relaxed and made jokes and we were singing quite a bit.” Dylan said, adding “We would both sing opera. I’m not really a big fan of opera, but he’d start singing and I’d sing along with him and it was kind of like a little sing-off.”
The film is directed by Russel Crowe and the screenplay is written by Greek-Australian Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight .
The story takes place in 1919 and is based on an Australian father –played by Crowe — who travels to Turkey to find his three sons who went missing after the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915.
The film includes scenes from the Greek landing in Minor Asia in 1919 and an attack the Greeks seem to have carried out on a train containing Turkish soldiers.
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