Former Churcher’s College student has starring role in ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ movie

When you visit the cinema this autumn, you may recognise a young man from Liphook. Alex Lawther, a former student of Churcher’s College who left in 2013, can currently be seen in the box office hit Goodbye Christopher Robin released earlier this month. 

Goodbye Christopher Robin is a behind-the-scenes look at the life of author A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son, Christopher Robin. Alex plays Christopher Robin as a teenager and a young man.

Simon Williams, Headmaster at Churcher’s College said: “I have always hugely enjoyed watching Alex perform from his first role here as Mole in Wind and the Willows, through his own scripted plays such as ‘Rejected Fairytales’ to his silver screen breakthrough performance as the young Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and his memorable turn alongside Jerome Flynn in Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror series. It’s wonderful to now see him as the eponymous character in Goodbye Christopher Robin.”

The film stars Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson, is a fascinating insight into the origins of Winnie The Pooh, and the impact that success had on its writer AA Milne and his family, particularly his son Christopher Robin.

Alex Lawther can also be seen with Martin Freeman and Paul Whitehouse in the film adaptation of Ghost Stories based on the play by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson.