Without Him We'd Be Dylan O'Cyrin

It almost seems like the beloved Dylan O’brien was born for the spotlight. However, to most of our surprise, Dylan wasn’t always the way he is now. In fact, acting was a career he didn’t particularly think of until his late teens. Dylan O’Brien may seem like just a pretty face on the outside, but his history is more than what meets the eye.

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In school, Dylan was less charismatic than you would expect. In fact, Dylan said himself, “I didn't have that many friends in my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.” (Internet Movie Database, Dylan O’Brien). But despite his shyness, Dylan found an interest in film when he was 18. Due to his desire to stay in L.A. taking classes and auditioning for roles, he took GE classes at a local community college instead of going to a university to study film. In 2011, he auditioned four times for the role of “Stiles” in the American television series “Teen Wolf.” From then on, Dylan’s name was made. He was being shown on television sets internationally. From then on you would expect directors to be begging him to be in their films, but, Dylan says, “I’m never offered any sorts of roles. I need to audition in a typically lengthy process to receive roles.” (Internet Movie Database, Dylan O’Brien). In 2014, Dylan starred as Thomas in the film adaption of The Maze Runner. The film was very successful, as said by Paul Asay, “This movie, like the monster-mad maze it pulls us into, is full of lots of twists, turns and surprises (some of them stomach-churning, others heart-enriching).” After The Maze Runner, Dylan had an assortment of movie genres completed, comedy, action, supernatural, romance, and indie, a great accomplishment for someone who’s only been doing acting for five years.

It’s no surprise Dylan O’Brien is incredibly well-known so early in his life. Beside good looks, Dylan has perseverance and talent to offer to the world. If you ever need someone to look up to for following their dreams, look to Dylan O’Brien. Hopefully we will be seeing him again in upcoming films, because without him we’d be Dylan O’Cyrin’.