When you hear about Trey Moore’s southern charm, you may find yourself interested. When you hear about his support of his hometown’s local charities, you may be impressed. But, when you hear about his goals and accomplishments in the entertainment industry, you’ll realize that Trey Moore might just be the next big thing.

“I’ve been acting since I was big enough to walk,” said Moore. “I was the kid with the camcorder going around making movies.”

“I’d go up to the fat kids and tempt them with candy and I’d go up to the other kids and tempt them with some of my allowance, and we’d make little movies,” he said. “I mean, they were horrible but they were fun.”

When homemade movies weren’t cutting it anymore, Moore started studying theater, modeling for companies like Hollister Co. and Playboy U, and taking small television roles. In 2007, he was even named one of Cosmopolitan’s Bachelors of the Year.

“The people that know about it call me Mr. South Carolina,” he laughed. “It’s mostly hometown promotion, like when I walk into a restaurant and someone calls out ‘Hey, Mr. South Carolina!’ and I’m like ‘Thanks everyone, but I do more than that too.’”

That being said, Moore swears he doesn’t use the coveted title for his own advantage. “It’s not like ‘Hey girl, can I get your number? I’m a Cosmo bachelor of the year!’ It’s never like that.”

Moore’s main goal has always been to be involved in film.

“It’s something I’ve always had a deep-seated passion for and it’s something I always wanted to do,” Moore admitted. “There’s something magical about it. You get to wake up everyday and say ‘What character do I get to be today?’”

While Moore is very thankful for it, a career upstart in modeling creates a bit of concern for his acting career.

“Typecasting is a big concern of mine,” said Moore, who actively avoids stereotypical pretty boy roles. “If that is the only role you take, casting directors will think ‘That’s all he can do.’”

Most recently, the up-and-coming actor played a role in Leatherheads, acting beside some of his entertainment idols. “Leatherheads was awesome. Working with Clooney, Renée, John, and everyone was such an honor.”

Moore even managed to learn a few things from George Clooney on the set.

“The thing about George Clooney is he’s probably the most outstanding method actor there is,” said Moore. “There was a scene where he had to pretend to be out of breath, and anyone can pretend to be out of breath, but just before they called action, I see him sprinting across the field.”

“I’m thinking ‘Oh my gosh, Clooney has lost it!’”

Moore’s next film to be released will be starring in actor Adrian Rieder’s directorial debut production, A Noise of Many Waters. He has two more films on the way as well, but he remains tight-lipped about the details surrounding them.

“I have to keep them under wraps,” he said. “I’m under contract not to say anything.”

He was able to tell us that one film is about a person in a coma, while the second film is a western thriller “along the lines of 3:10 to Yuma where it’s an action-filled western.”

It looks like things are going well for this actor despite having questioned his career choices on the very first film he ever worked on, Captive.

“We were shooting this scene on top of a bar and it was freezing. It’s 30 or 40 degrees, it’s about 3 a.m., I’ve got stage blood over all of me and I’m beat up. I was shaking uncontrollably and I could barely deliver my lines,” he recalled. “I thought ‘Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life?’ But I realized ‘Yes, I do want to do this. I’ll go to bed tonight, get maybe two hours of sleep and be on set again, but I’m lucky just to be able to do what I do.’ It was really a defining moment for me.”

Trey Moore has been spending his time seeking out his next big role. He still has to find the ideal one, after all. Good thing he already has an idea what that part should be.

“Based on a role someone’s already done, Forrest Gump, without a doubt,” he said. “Anytime you can play a character with a physical or mental disability, if you can play that convincingly and do it well, that’s just the peak of film right there.”

Even with a certain role in mind, you shouldn’t think that it’s the only type of role Moore is going for.

“I hope to pursue different characters with every different film I do,” he said. “I’m just a little kid in a big kid’s body. I’m still playing cowboys and Indians.”

Ride 'em cowboy!

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