It was really amazing the natural and great perfomance of that little boy.
It was surprising to see him and to see that IS HE,fisically it is identical right now.
Best thing about the entire film.
shareHe was excellent, full of childish innocence and charm. Perfect for this role.
In The Andy Griffith Show he was the same. In the Opie-centric episodes he really shone. When he had some material to work with he was able to steal the show, surrounded as he was there too by talented adult actors.
And, as others have said, he became a thoroughly good guy, grounded, talented and hard-working. Often I get sad when I hear about child actors whose job I enjoyed doing badly, but that's never the case with Ronnie Howard. It speaks well of the adults he had around him and of his own character.
His hysterical screaming and crying was very irritating. The director should have told him to dial it down several notches. Other than that he was pretty good, but nothing exceptional.
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