Seventeen year old Australian actor Callan McAuliffe continues to leave his mark on Hollywood, with Variety now reporting he has taken the lead role in coming of age indie drama “Blue Potato.”

The Aron Gaudet-directed film revolves around two teenage boys and their last summer working the potato harvest in Aroostook County, Maine. Kiefer Sutherland’s daughter Sara Jude Sutherland has also been cast as McAuliffe’s love interest, and filming begins next week in Maine.

McAuliffe made his American film debut as the star of Rob Reiner’s “Flipped” and also appeared alongside Alex Pettyfer in “I Am Number Four.” He’ll next be seen as a young Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby.”