Meet the 12-year-old star of ‘Coco’, Pixar’s new animated film

Anthony Gonzalez has a bright future ahead of him. Photo: Reuters

Headlining a Pixar film would mark a career high for many. Anthony Gonzalez did it near the start of his working life.

Now 12, the Los Angeles native was nine when filming began on Coco, the animation studio’s first near-musical. Amid a cast full of celebrated stars, Anthony is the clear highlight, singing and speaking the leading role – a boy named Miguel whose search for his family heritage and history accidentally transports him to the afterlife’s Land of the Dead.