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How The Dig s Archie Barnes became Britain s next child star The young actor reveals the secrets of his brilliant performance in The Dig – magic tricks, cycling scrapes, family grief and ill-timed naps 8 February 2021 • 6:00am 14-year-old Archie Barnes as Robert Pretty in Netflix s hit film about the Sutton Hoo treasure Credit: Netflix As anyone who has watched E.T. or The Sixth Sense will attest, one of the things that leaves a lasting impression is the question of how America finds such brilliant child actors. Yet those who have enjoyed Netflix’s marvellous film about the 1939 Sutton Hoo excavation, The Dig, won’t fail to have noticed that Britain seems to have unearthed one of its own. ....