Watch Walker Scobell for only a minute or so in “The Adam Project” and you’ll be convinced he spent hours studying Ryan Reynolds in preparation for the movie.
In the consistently entertaining and relatively family-friendly sci-fi action romp — which plays like a cross between “Back to the Future” and “Big” and debuts on Netflix this week — the 13-year-old Scobell portrays the younger version of Reynolds’ character, Adam Reed.
As Young Adam, Scobell has his older counterpart’s speech cadence down and sounds like a chip off the sarcastic-but-charming block.
