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Young Hollywood: Hammer, Yelchin, Wood, Dunst on getting their starts

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Three members of this year’s Young Hollywood roundtable -- Kirsten Dunst, Evan Rachel Wood and Anton Yelchin -- all began acting when they were kids. But Armie Hammer began auditioning only a few years ago, and he got his first big break last year playing the Winkelvoss twins in ‘The Social Network.’

On Friday night, at the Los Angeles Times’ second-annual discussion, Hammer said he was first inspired to act after watching Macaulay Culkin’s performance in ‘Home Alone.’ But his ‘good, responsible parents’ wouldn’t let him try his hand at a career until he got older, he said.

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‘What are you trying to say, dude?’ joked Wood, who revealed that she had been up for Dunst’s part in ‘Interview With the Vampire’ at the tender age of 5.

‘I’m just saying that I know I experienced things in this business when I got into it at age 18, that if I was 12 having to deal with it, it would have crushed my soul,’ Hammer said, trying to defend his comment.

Eventually, the actor defied his parents’ wishes. He dropped out of high school -- and later college -- to try his hand at acting. To hear more about Hammer’s career trajectory, check out this clip from the event. Check back with 24 Frames this week, as we’ll continue to post short videos with additional highlights from the conversation.

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Young Hollywood: Yelchin, Wood, Hammer, Dunst on making it big

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Photo, from left: Anton Yelchin, Evan Rachel Wood, Armie Hammer and Kirsten Dunst at the second-annual Los Angeles Times Young Hollywood roundtable. Credit: David Livingston / Getty Images

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