Five years ago, Gregg Sulkin, fierce athlete and rabid fan of England's Arsenal, blew out his knee on the soccer field. "When the doctor said, 'Gregg, you can't play for a year and a half,' I thought he was joking," says the London native. "Soccer was my whole life." But life has a funny way of making other plans, and if the eighteen-year-old hadn't hurt himself, he'd probably never have the chance to play a werewolf opposite Selena Gomez in Wizards of Waverly Place or spend two months in New Zealand filming the new Disney Channel movie Avalon High."I didn't ever think about being an actor," he says. "But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and interesting it is." As it turned out, his first film role combined both of his passions: In 2006's Sixty Six, he played a Bar Mitzvah boy whose party plans are dashed by the 1966 World Cup final.
These days Gregg is focusing on the small screen. He's working on the fourth season of Wizards, and TV movie Avalon High, in which he stars as a reincarnation of an Arthurian-age character opposite Life Unexpected's Britt Robertson, debuts in November. To prep for his role, Gregg learned American football and hit the gym ("to beef up," he says), but due to a last-minute decision, he had only two days to master the biggest challenge--an American accent.
His native lilt will be back in full force when he surprises his parents with a visit after spending almost a year away from home. "I was definitely a mommy's boy growing up. She's going to cry when I show up on their doorstep," Gregg says. "And I probably will too."
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