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CHAMPION | Thursday, l,‘ _ Milton youth recognized as Best Young Actor (6â€"11) in | A Jake rocks it out on the screen; Web Based Senes/Vldeo \ CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF | 4 g By Julie Slad( % Jake Soley loves the camera â€" and the cat. ;The child actor is clearly a natural, and he even has dating advice for adults. The Milton youngster won a Joey award for «Pest Young Actor in a Web Based Series/Video | Age 6â€"11. Jake and his family flew to Burnaby, B.C. reâ€" cently for the event that saw Jake nominated in two categories. He won for a show proâ€" duced online by Canoodle Content. Kids On asks children various adultâ€"style quesâ€" tions in a hilarious format â€" on their level. The webâ€"based video is under five minutes, and Jake‘s bubbly personality shines through. In Jake‘s case, he even suggests that the | young man â€" who‘s seeking advice on variâ€" ous dating subjects, including how long he should continue paying for dinner â€" conâ€" tinue paying forever. ®or at least until you know that she‘s never | going to break up with you," said Jake in the | webâ€"based series. The Grade 2 student at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Elementary School has been acting for about two years now, explained his mothâ€" er Karen Soley. He was introduced to the business by a relaâ€" tive. "He‘s outgoing, he has that acting kind of character," she said. "We knew from a young age that he‘s always had that kind of personâ€" ality." The youngest of four children, Jake is working @,n a new television series. Set to air in Februâ€" y : ies . W o %-".I m Jake Soley flashes a big smile after accepting his Joey Award. Supplied photo ary, Taken is a prequel to the popular movie ; starring Liam Neeson. He also appears in Flatliners and miniâ€"series Alias Grace and he has had parts in the folâ€" lowing: Operation Christmas List, Four in the | ship to take care ofrodents. The film was shot | never misses any schoolwork; they have to do |\ Morning, American Gothic, Kids On, and Now | | | You Know. Jake explained that he enjoyed filming Alias | Grace, based on Margaret Atwood‘s novel, | the ship," Jake said. "I even got to steer the this past summer in Toronto and that‘s where | he met the cat. All the child actors were playing with Fiji, he | explained, named after the location its ownâ€" ers had originally found the stray. The cat is in / Start saving at Wayg Jag.com the movie because cats used to be on every | at various locations, including a ship on Lake | Ontario. Jake even got the chance to meet Margaret Atwood, although he likely wasn‘t aware of | her level of fame. "That was a lot of fun this summer being on ship." The Milton boy has also been featured in Govâ€" ernment of Ontario advertisements that saw children talking about the need to do someâ€" thing about the issue of climate change. Jake ‘ k e @Work .ca YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR LOCAL JOBs LocalWork.ca puts the power to wins Joey Award is the last child to speak stating "this isn‘t an April Fool‘s joke." | Jake, who is also part of the Milton Youth Theâ€" | atre group and takes vocal lessons at House of Chords, said he loves acting. "I like the fact that | get to go to cool sets and stuff...have to memorize the lines, someâ€" times it‘s hard," he said. "When | get perfect, | | just go upstairs and continue playing my | video games. Playing video games is my faâ€" vourite thing to do and Minecraft is my favouâ€" |_rite game." His mom, Karen, calls herself "Jake‘s driver" | since all the auditions are downtown Toronto, and in busy periods, he can have five or six | auditions or callâ€"backs and it goes seven days | a week. | She said it‘s a lot of work, but seeing him on television the first time was "pretty cool." | "It was exciting to see â€" it was weird and | cool at the same time," she said. | Jake, on the other hand, likes to read the | comments on YouTube; his favourite, of | course, coming after the government‘s cliâ€" mate change commercial. "Man this kid‘s savage," the viewer wrote. That, said Jake, gave him a good laugh. When on set, they have tutors so that Jake a minimum of two hours a day when they‘re on set. They also get all their meals provided. "This is all him, for me, I‘d be like ‘I‘m done | with this, he‘s really just learned to read," said | Karen."I tell him the line and he has it memoâ€" rized immediately. I‘m telling him the line and he says it back to me, and that‘s how we memorize scripts. It‘s time consuming. "Thankfully, he likes it. If it ever became a chore, to audition or go to work, that would be it." T hb 6E ppliance HOUSE P 3 547 Main St. E, Unit 16â€"17 Milton 905â€"876â€" 8988 w . aDC | ar':;’h(} im L hb t t SAVE S301 . oNEA t c hn / ssm