Tyler Dean Flores attended his eighth grade graduation, he was on a plane to London. He had self-taped for a small role in what he thought was an indie film.
That was a cover, he soon learned, for what was then one of Hollywood’s most anticipated films: The young Harlem-born model-turned-actor couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to movie acting. “It was so funny because back then, I wasn’t really nervous at all,” he tells ET. “You’re just young, you know?
You pick up this role and you really don't realize how much it'll impact your life. This was like a couple months into acting, too.
And it just completely changed my life.”In the decade since, Flores has slowly and steadily been building out an acting career in New York City..
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