A Newcastle teen has made his acting debut in the new Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe based on author Trent Dalton's novel.
Isaac Strutt-Stevens, 14, plays a terminally ill cancer patient called Christopher who meets Eli Bell (Felix Cameron) in hospital and conspires to help him escape. Street-smart Eli lives in suburban Brisbane with his recovering drug-addict mother Frankie (Phoebe Tonkin), his heroin-dealing stepdad Lyle (Travis Fimmel) and his older brother Gus (Lee Tiger Halley). Eli has a prison pen pal Alex (Adam Briggs) and is learning life lessons from his babysitter Slim Halliday (Bryan Brown), who is also a convicted murderer.
