Sittingbourne's Kyai Calver eyes 007 role
Published: 12:42, 17 April 2013
Actor Daniel Craig had better watch out.
Kyai Calver is only 11 years old but he already has his sights set on playing 007 agent James Bond – when he’s old enough.
And if that doesn’t pan out, the action movie fan hopes to become either the next Jason Statham or Sylvester Stallone.
It may sound like a long distant dream but the Minterne Junior School pupil is working hard to make sure his aspirations come true.
He first hit the headlines in 2010 as the only boy to sign up to a newly-formed choir at St Michael’s Church, High Street, Sittingbourne.
He has left the group and now sings for the Canterbury Choral Society’s youth choir and Collegiate Church of St Mary and All Saints, Maidstone.
On top of that, the angel-voiced youngster is currently appearing in Lionel Bart’s musical Blitz! at the Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone.
He is playing the role of Alfie Higgins – an evacuee during the Second World War.
At the same time he is rehearsing for Whistle Down The Wind, which is due to open at the same venue in May.
In a bid to hone his acting skills further, he attends Kent Stage Academy in Sittingbourne, where he has just secured the lead role of Daniel Stoker for A Rocky Monster Show.
Kyai said: “It’s a big part and I have a lot of lines to learn. I am actually a bit of a nerd so it’s very exciting and different.”
Inspired by the show Billy Elliot, his next intention is to become a dancer.
As well as ballet, Kyai also wants to learn modern jazz and tap.
His goal is to attend the London-based Italia Conti Academy and the Sylvia Young stage school so he can spend more time “doing what I love”.
And as if that wasn’t enough, the talented youngster still finds the time to play the piano and learn the cornet.
His musical abilities have resulted in him being offered, and accepting, a music scholarship at Fulston Manor School next September.
He said: “I realise when I go to secondary school something’s got to give but I don’t know what.
“I can’t decide whether I want to go down the music or acting route because I love them both.”
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