Diego Boneta: CinemaCon 2012's Rising Star Award

Diego Boneta looks sharp in all black at the 2012 CinemaCon Awards held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Thursday night (April 26).

The 21-year-old actor was honored with the Rising Star of the Year Award.

“How exciting to think that Diego Boneta‘s first film role will see him share the screen with the likes of Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alec Baldwin,” CinemaCon general managing director Mitch Neuhauser shared.

In speaking with USA Today, Diego opened up about what inspired him to get involved in show business.

“I grew up on Star Wars on the VHS at home (in Mexico),” he shared. “The moment I saw that, I wanted to be in that world. When I got older, I wanted to be in the world that made that magic.”

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