We caught up with 17-year-old Chris Massoglia, who plays Darren, and are just dying to share six fabulous facts you just have to know about this budding star…

1. He’s a risk taker. “As an actor, this was my first big role in a major film. It was very different from anything I had ever done. Being able to observe Oscar-nominated actors was, in a lot of ways, similar to Darren being thrown into this crazy world of the Cirque Du Freak and having to learn to become a vampire.”

2. He always gives it his all. “There is a scene in the movie where my vampire nails go into the chalkboard. In order to do this, I just used my normal hands, but the chalkboard was fake. During rehearsal, I just went for it and made marks all over the board. [But] they had told me a MILLION times, ‘wait until we are filming to touch the board.’ I felt so bad.”

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