Steven Spielberg recommended young Marriage Story actor Azhy Robertson for new horror film Come Play, because he thought the kid could play an authentic non-verbal character.Director Jacob Chase turned to his producer as he was casting the role of Oliver in the film and asked if he knew of any child actor who could pull off the challenging role – and the legendary director knew just the boy.Chase cast Robertson after Spielberg introduced him at an audition and the filmmaker tasked the kid with studying up on the role by spending time with children who are on the spectrum and studying for the role by watching classic horror tale Poltergeist with his father.The youngster also worked with movement and speech coaches to ensure accuracy in his.
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