Signing up to play a character based on a bestselling book feels like a double-edged sword. If that takes off, playing a popular character can send an actor into a new stratosphere of fame. If established fans don’t like the adaptation, you’re the face that broke their hearts. British actor Theo James certainly has experience in this field, as he has played various literary characters throughout his career. Of Divergenta Mr. Malcolm’s listI guess it’s fair to say he knows how to wield that sword.
Theo James, who also played sand, The sorcerer Yes The time traveler’s wife series, recently spoke with Gossipify about this topic. Before the launch of Mr. Malcolm’s list, has shared his approach over the years when it comes to portraying beloved literary characters. Giacomo said,
I think to sum it up I would say [I] use the source material because you have it, even if you want to do different things and deviate from it and in the election, whatever, use it because it puts you in the world. And then, secondly, once you’ve read the material, put it aside, don’t look at anything else. Don’t watch anything online and, you know, make your own decisions because it’s part of being an actor, you have to trust yourself to act the way you see fit, so you can’t be in debt. to how others can see the character or see the interpretation of the character. You just have to block that noise. But I mean, I’m still trying to figure it out.
Theo James gained worldwide recognition in 2014 when he played Four opposite Shailene Woodley’s Trio in Divergent movie. What started out as a successful and promising franchise began to crumble with its sequels, and fans never got to see the Divergent the movies end perhaps because the studio rushed the films, in the Lionsgate CEO’s own words.
While an experience like Divergent Though he burned down another actor, Theo James kept coming back to book adaptations and even video game adaptations. Castlevania. Between 2019 and his recent departure starred in PBS ‘ honed series, which is based on the work of Jane Austen. The actor also directed the HBO series. The time traveler’s wifewhich won’t continue into season two, but it also included some familiar characters.
As the actor shared in our interview, with so many roles behind him, his approach has become to use the source material as a backdrop and then trust his acting instincts and not read the chatter online at all when it comes to how. has or has not adapted these characters to the tastes of the fans. It’s a smart approach and it shows that Theo James has learned a lot over the years about how to start acting. However, as he also shared, he “is still finding out”.
in the end 2022 film premieres , Mr. Malcolm’s list, Theo James plays Captain Henry Ossory in the Regency love story based on a book by Suzanne Allain. The character finds himself embroiled in an elaborate joke by Zawe Ashton’s Lady Thistlewaite directed at Ṣọpẹẹ Dìrísù’s Mr. Malcolm after he stopped courting her due to non-compliance with requests for a secret list, leaving her peers embarrassed by her. . He hires her childhood friend, Selena de Freida Pinto, to woo Mr. Malcolm with the intention of humiliating him too.
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Source: Cinemablend
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