{"id":918968,"date":"2026-07-07T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918968\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:41:15","slug":"lord-of-the-flies-narnia-star-david-mckenna-signs-with-caa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918968\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Lord Of The Flies&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Narnia&#8217; Star David McKenna Signs With CAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/david-mckenna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-mckenna\" data-tag=\"david-mckenna\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David McKenna<\/a>, one of the breakout stars of Netflix and the BBC\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lord-of-the-flies\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lord-of-the-flies\" data-tag=\"lord-of-the-flies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lord of The Flies<\/a> drama, is signing with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/caa\/\" id=\"auto-tag_caa\" data-tag=\"caa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe rising Irish actor was cast as Piggy, the emotional core of the series, following a lengthy process involving 7,000 young hopefuls. Jack Thorne\u2019s adaptation of William Golding\u2019s iconic novel marked McKenna\u2019s acting debut and brought with it a string of positive notices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcKenna was nominated for a Gotham Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series, the youngest actor to be nominated for the honor. Emmy noms arrive tomorrow. Let\u2019s see. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe 13-year old will next be seen in a key role in Greta Gerwig\u2019s anticipated Netflix movie <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/narnia\/\" id=\"auto-tag_narnia\" data-tag=\"narnia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Narnia<\/a>: The Magicians\u2019s Nephew. According to online reports, the actor will portray the character Digory Kirke, the professor played by Jim Broadbent in 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. McKenna stars with Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Craig and more. Netflix will release the film globally on February 12, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tYou can read our interview with the young actor following his breakout role in The Lord Of The Flies <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/lord-of-the-flies-david-mckenna-piggy-jack-thorne-west-end-1236743811\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMcKenna continues to be represented by Susannah Norris and Goodman, Genow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: David McKenna, one of the breakout stars of Netflix and the BBC\u2019s recent Lord of The Flies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":918969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[56905,371029,171,371030,53,281631,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-918968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-caa","tag-david-mckenna","tag-entertainment","tag-lord-of-the-flies","tag-movies","tag-narnia","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116879693464754538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}