Macedon Ranges teenager Felix Cameron has won not just one but two Logie Awards at the awards ceremony in Sydney on Sunday night.
Felix claimed the Graham Kennedy award for Most Popular New Talent and Silver Logie for Best Lead Actor in a Drama for his role in the Netflix hit series, Boy Swallows Universe.
The now 15-year-old captivated audiences with his performance as the fearless and curious teenager Eli Bell in the epic coming-of-age story, which brought to life Trent Dalton’s semi-autobiographical and best-selling debut novel of the same title.
In the lead up to Sunday’s event, Felix said he was feeling both nervous and excited.
“I am really excited to see some familiar faces again like Lee Tiger Halley (who played my brother Gus), and also Stephen Curry who I just did a Shaun Micallef talk show with and he’s hilarious. But I’m a bit nervous to go onto the stage,” he told the Express.
Felix gave an emotional speech as he accepted his first award, particularly thanking his parents for their support and his dramaturg Nadia Townsend, saying he couldn’t have done it without her help.
“She had a saying that we were climbing a mountain, well, she never clarified whether that was Everest or the Dandenongs, but I think we got there!” he said.
Felix also joined his co-star Lee to present an award on the night.
