Newcomer Gabriel LaBelle has vaulted to the heart of awards season with his turn as a younger version of Steven Spielberg in the director’s autobiographical film “The Fabelmans.”
LaBelle, a 19-year-old actor from Vancouver with a handful of credits in TV and film, taped his audition and sent it off, not thinking too much about it. A couple days later, he began to hear whispers. That movie? It s a Steven Spielberg film. And the part? Playing Steven Spielberg.