The perilous road between children's television and the big screen seldom ends at the superstar level of a Shia LaBeouf. Fortunately for 21-year-old Josh Peck, he had a knight at his side as he sought the career-longevity grail. Sir Ben Kingsley co-stars with Peck in The Wackness, an indie flick about the relationship between a small-time pot dealer (Peck) and a depressed psychiatrist (Kingsley) in 1990s New York City. According to Peck, the Oscar-winning actor was his biggest supporter. "The first time I met Sir Ben," says Peck, "he walked up to me, gave me a hug and said, 'You didn't choose this part; this part chose you.'" As his Nickelodeon tween vehicle Drake & Josh disappears in the rearview mirror, Peck's style is maturing too, even if he isn't always the one calling the shots. "I let the females in my life take control of big fashion choices," says the native New Yorker. "Sneakers are the only decision I still make. These days they're either Nikes or Bathing Apes. I'm up to about 40 or 50 pairs."