Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Balthazar can not do it alone , so he recruits Dave Stutler ( Jay Baruchel ) , a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential , as his reluctant protÃ gÃ .
Simplified: This turns out to be Dave Stutler ( Jay Baruchel ) , a physics student at New York University , whom Balthazar takes as a reluctant protÃ gÃ .