Flying High.(upcoming works of actor Jamie Bell's)(Brief article)

Byline: editor: Valerie Steiker CAROLINE PALMER

Jamie Bell's latest role has him leaping over rooftops.

It's cringe-worthy. It's like looking back at yearbook photos," Jamie Bell groans of his star-making turn at the age of fourteen as the lead in the beloved film Billy Elliot. "You just can't believe how young you look."

Now the handsome British actor takes on a decidedly more mature role in the Rear Window --style film Mister Foe. The movie, which has already won a BAFTA in England, tells the tale of a wayward young man who, after becoming suspicious about the nature of his mother's death, leaves his family (including a, shall we say, less-than-appropriate stepmother) and begins to spy on people from rooftops. "I had to give him a sense of innocence because the first time I read the script I thought, Why would I root for this person?"

He more than succeeds in making his character ...