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Meet the Children in the Cast of BBC’s ‘Lord of the Flies’

Rafael de Belligny plays Robert, one of Jack’s hunters who portrays the boar during their hunt and is almost killed by the other boys.

De Belligny is set to star in this year’s horror film Tommy Taffy as Matt alongside Rob Lowe and Crispin Glover.

Thomas Conner as Roger

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Thomas Conner is a Scottish actor who plays the loner Roger, who becomes one of Jack’s hunters and eventually commits one of the most heinous acts on the island.

Freddie Lee-Grey as Percival

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Freddie Lee-Grey plays little Percival, one of the smallest, youngest boys on the island. Lee-Grey is just six years old. As his father writes on IMDb, he “enjoys singing, dancing and acting as distinct disciplines and adores musical theatre.”

Beau Thompson as Philip

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BBC/Mark Rogers

Beau Thompson plays Philip, another of the younger boys on the island. Although this is his first role, he is already set to appear in three more high-profile projects: The Death of Robin Hood (with Noah Jupe, Hugh Jackman and Bill Skasgärd), Blood on Snow (with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green and Benedict Cumberbatch) and Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint (alongside Adjoa Andoh, Celia Imrie and Richard E. Grant).

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