Child actor visits local grandmother
Jonathan Cronin, 13, of Las Vegas, Nev., recently took time out of his busy acting career to visit his grandmother, Jean Frantz in Uniontown. Cronin has acted in movies since he was 11. He said it all started when he was living in St. George, Utah, when he tried out for his first movie at a local recreation center.
Cronin said his first movie was called “Horse Crazy,” a direct-to-video movie, directed by Eric Hendershot, in which Cronin played a major role. He has been in other movies since then including “Big Trouble,” “Search of a Lost Princess” and “Scavenger Hunt.” Before acting in movies, Cronin said his only experience was performing in a few school plays.
Robert Scott, Cronin’s father, grew up in Uniontown, and came back for a class reunion, in addition to visiting relatives in the area. Scott said he originally left the area to find a better job, but enjoys coming back to visit friends and relatives.
Cronin said he likes acting and “playing different characters,” and he would like to continue in acting. Cronin has recently auditioned for a feature film with David Duchovny called “My Dark Places,” and a comedy series directed by Danny Devito called “The Funkhousers.” Cronin said he has also submitted voice-overs for some animated series, and he has also auditioned for various television programs.
“He eats this stuff up. He loves it,” said Scott.
“It’s hard sometimes,” said Cronin, noting it’s difficult when he has to go to an audition and he just wants to play. Cronin also said that it’s hard to go back to school sometimes after being away for an extended period of time. He has a tutor when he is unable to go to his regular school.
“It can be trying,” said Scott, but added, “He likes doing it.”
Scott said they would keep at it for as long as his son wanted to keep acting.
Cronin said his extended family thinks it’s great that he’s acting in movies, and he said his cousins like to watch movies he’s acted in.