Early in his career he auditioned unsuccessfully for casting director Nina Gold for a part in Game of Thrones (2011). Later when he landed the role of Lance Corporal Schofield in 1917 (2019), it was Gold who picked him for the coveted part.
In preparation for his role in Peter Pan (2003), George and his fellow co-stars,
who had been cast as Lost Boys, received months of intensive training
in stunt with swords and how to film choreographed fight scenes.
2014: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.
As of September 2005, he is Year Ten at the Harrodian School, a private
school located in London. Theodore Chester and Rupert Simonian, two of his co-stars from
Peter Pan (2003), previously attended the same school.
In Australia, during the filming of Peter Pan (2003), George was schooled on-set
and also had the chance to go swimming on the Great Barrier
Reef.