KJ Apa on Becoming Jimmy Stewart, Speculation That He Is the Singer Mr. Fantasy and Opening Up About His Addictions and Recovery: ‘This Is A Huge Part of Who I Am’

KJ Apa on Becoming Jimmy Stewart, Speculation That He Is the Singer Mr. Fantasy and Opening Up About His Addictions and Recovery: ‘This Is A Huge Part of Who I Am’ hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 17, 2026 12:00pm PT KJ Apa on Becoming Jimmy Stewart, Speculation That He Is the Singer Mr. Fantasy and Opening Up About His Addictions and Recovery: ‘This Is A Huge Part of Who I Am’ By Marc Malkin Plus Icon Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events marcmalkin Latest Law Roach Wants to Try Acting: ‘If I’m Terrible at It, at Least I Tried’ 3 hours ago Julia Stiles Is ‘Crying’ at ‘DWTS’ Rehearsals Ahead of Heath Ledger Tribute: ‘Bringing Back So Many Memories’ 1 day ago CAA’s Kevin Huvane Donates Meal Delivery Van to Project Angel Food in Honor of Late Father 2 days ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments When KJ Apa was being considered to star as Jimmy Stewart in the new biopic “Jimmy,” he took another look at “It’s Wonderful Life.” “I was watching and thinking, how am I going to pull this off?” the actor, who is best known for his starring role as Archie in the CW coming-of-age series “Riverdale,” tells me.

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“I don’t look anything like him. I don’t sound anything like him.

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I’m not as tall as him. Like none of it lined up, but by the end of the movie, I was like, ‘I have to do it.’” Related Stories Timothy Busfield Indictment on Child Sex Abuse Charges Thrown Out by Judge “Jimmy,” directed by Aaron Burns, chronicles Stewart’s rise in Hollywood and time fighting in WWII.

After winning an Oscar for “The Philadelphia Story” in 1941, he was drafted to serve in the war. Rather than use his celebrity clout to dodge the draft, Stewart enlisted and flew 20 missions over Europe and rose to the rank of colonel.

Popular on Variety When he returned home from the war, however, Hollywood seemed to have forgotten about him. Stewaart considered moving back home to Indiana, Pennsylvania to work in his father’s general store.

But Frank Capra convinced him to star as George Bailey in what is now considered one of the greatest films of all time, the 1946 Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.” “Frank Capra gave him that script and he was going through a lot of what George Bailey was going through,” said Apa, who will receive a Spotlight Award on Oct. 18 at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

“I honestly think ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ was like therapy for him. He was able to continue in his career.

His daughter Kelly told me when he came back from the war, he said he wasn’t sure if he was a retired actor or a retired pilot. He just didn’t know what he was doing.

I think he was lost.” I sat down with Apa before the recent world premiere of “Jimmy” at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. We talked about finding Stewart’s voice, being open about his addictions and recovery and speculation that he is the singer Mr.

Quick note, I make a brief cameo in the film as a bandleader Glenn Miller. What did you know about Jimmy Stewart before signing on for the movie?

Growing up in New Zealand, I didn’t know much about old Hollywood. I wasn’t familiar with the old Hollywood movie stars.

Take me through the process of getting Jimmy Stewart’s voice? I was meant to shoot a movie called “The Sublime Biopic” about the band Sublime.

[Apa was set to star as the band’s late frontman Bradley Nowell]. I was working with a dialect coach, Eliza Simpson, at the time and she’s phenomenal.

I worked with her every second of every day for “Jimmy.” I watched all his films. I would listen to him over and over and over again.

You just have to spend a lot of time listening and repeating, listening and repeating, listening and repeating.

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