Shailene Woodley'sBig Little LiesSon Iain Armitage Supports Her at Her Broadway Play: 'Made My Heart So Happy'

Mar. 15, 2025

Iain Armitage, Shailene Woodley.Photo:Iain Armitage/Instagram

Iain Armitage/Instagram

“Last night I got to see my first fake Mama,@shailenewoodleyin a play on Broadway! She’s inCult of Loveat@2stnyc,” he captioned it. “When I was 7 I got cast inBig Little Lies. Before we headed to LA to begin filming, I had a FaceTime call with Shailene and I asked her what it would all be like. She assured me that it would be fun, ‘like playing’ and wow, she was so right. She, along with our excellent director Monsieur Jean-Marc set the tone for me and I’m certain that the joy we had onBig Little Liesis the reason I stayed with acting. So to get to see Shailene on stage in this remarkable NY stage debut was a thrill.”

“The play is about a family gathering on Christmas with all their tension, trauma, love, history and talent on full display and I loved it,” he continued. “I hope Shailene keeps coming back to theatre because it makes me so happy to see her up there and I hope she knows how proud I am to be her fake son!”

The actress, 33, put the post on herInstagram Stories, writing: “my Ziggy came to the show last night. made my heart so happy.”

She also reposted one of the photos from their younger years and wrote: “hes grown into such an extraordinary young man. can’t believe how much time has gone since we didBig Little Lies.”

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Fans might get to see an on-screen reunion between Woodley and Armitage soon, withNicole Kidmanseemingly confirminga third installment of the limited series in November 2023. In May, theYoung Sheldonstar alsoteased the potential upcoming season.

“I haven’t heard anything fully officially yet, but when such incredible intelligent people as our leading ladies start talking, I think it’s pretty hard not to listen,” he said in praise of Woodley, Kidman,Reese Witherspoon,Laura DernandZoë Kravitz. “I’d be honored to be back.”

Shailene Woodley (L) and Iain Armitage (R).Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Cult of Loveofficially opened on Dec. 12, where Woodley stars alongside her formerSnowdencostarZachary Quinto. The Second Stage Theater’s production tells the story of four adult siblings who return to their childhood home for a dramatic holiday season.

“It’s the holiday season for the Dahl family!” an official synopsis for the play reads. “The Dahl traditions include singing carols in harmony at the drop of a hat, but the gathering is anything but harmonious. Old conflicts resurface, new issues battled, and dinner is taking absolutely forever to be served. Will the love the Dahls have for each other be enough to get them through, or will this be their last Christmas together?”

Among the cast are other stars making their Broadway debuts as well, includingEuphoria’sBarbie Ferreira,GLOW’s Christopher Lowell,Younger’sMolly Bernard,Star Wars: The Acolyte’s Rebecca Henderson and musician Christopher Sears.

source: people.com