This story first appeared in the April 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
On Feb. 24, 2011, Pettyfer's whirlwind romance with Hollywood went up in flames — literally and figuratively. A fire broke out at the rising actor’s Beverly Hills home as he attended the premiere of Beastly, his second Hollywood film after I Am Number Four, which had opened in theaters only days earlier (the origin of the blaze has remained a mystery). The England-born actor, then 20, had been surly, arrogant and disrespectful when making both films.
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