Eugene Simon had a crazy year last year between landing his recurring role as the hilarious Jerome Clark on Nickelodeon's House of Anubis, as well as his spot on HBO's Game of Thrones as Lancel Lannister. To start 2012 off right, the 19-year-old British cutie sat down with J-14 to chat about his start in Hollywood, the culture shock he experienced visiting L.A. from London for the first time, and some of his upcoming projects that you need to check out!
J-14: Tell us about how you got started in acting.
Eugene Simon: The whole situation started when I was in my last year of school and I went to audition for the House of Anubis role down in London. On June 11, which is coincidentally my birthday, I received a call saying they would like to bring me in for the role Jerome. On the very same day, I also found out about Game of Thrones, so both things happened at the same time!
J-14: Have you've experienced any culture shock coming to the U.S.?
Eugene: The first time I was in the U.S. was for the Kids Choice Awards and it was such a thrill! We arrived and the fans seemed to be going mad for the first season of the show.