Girls Life: 8 facts about Super 8's Joel Courtney

Girls Life magazine interviewed Joel for Super 8.

Brace yourself, babes. Joel Courtney is one star on the fast track to superstardom. He’s making his debut in the J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg summer thriller Super 8, hitting screens next Friday, June 10.

In Super 8, Joel takes on the role of Joe, a kid who loves moviemaking (circa 1979) and must abruptly deal with the mysterious disappearances in his town after witnessing a chaotic train crash while shooting a zombie flick with his buds and crush Alice (played by Elle Fanning).

While little has been released about the flick so far (keeping with its mysterious theme), we were intrigued to learn even more about its star. So we caught up with Joel and learned these eight surprising things about the cutie…

Find out about those 8 things over at Girls Life magazine!