Asa Butterfield Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

18^th September 2015

Quote: "18's a big year, especially in London. You can drink... It's so heartbreaking to not be able to buy a drink." Actor Asa Butterfield can't believe he still has to wait three years to drink alcohol in the U.S. after recently celebrating his 18th birthday in Britain, where it's legal to booze at that age.

18^th September 2015

Quote: "Someone had the idea that to prove our manliness we would cross-dress and walk around the streets of Taiwan in short skirts and leggings. So we all dressed up... in a typhoon, no less. It was pouring down with rain (and) we had our umbrellas and our heels and we were walking around." Hugo star Asa Butterfield and his A Brilliant Young Mind co-stars had a gender-bending evening while filming in Taiwan.

30^th October 2013

Quote: "I used to play rugby... I stopped because film companies never enjoy you playing a sport where you might die... I was playing at Wembley Arena, which is a big rugby stadium in the U.K., and my club, the Hackney Bulls, were playing... and somehow... I cleated (studded) myself in the face... It was gruesome. There was blood (everywhere)." Hugo star Asa Butterfield has been forced to give up his passion for rugby after a nasty and bizarre injury.