Later he had his turn as vampire David in the fourth film in the Underworld series, 2012’s Awakening. Early on I kept taking these incremental steps and I’ve been building on that.”Ī major part of James’ silver screen education came in the form of a starring role in the Divergent franchise opposite the then relatively unknown Shailene Woodley. “I got a relatively late start in this business and I’m anxious to use every opportunity I get to understand more about the process, to take more chances and, I guess, to scare myself.
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“I’m still learning with every movie I’m making,” he admits. His acting stock, clearly, has risen substantially. Now James gears up to star alongside Tinseltown heavyweights Billy Bob Thornton and Ben Kingsley in London Fields and Backstabbing for Beginners respectively. His is film career kicked off with minor roles in teenage vacation flick The Inbetweeners and period drama Downton Abbey. The Oxford-born actor and now London resident has proved himself as the personification of patience.
Take Theo James for instance - all 32 years of him. When we encounter the rarity of someone emerging in the middle of their life, we often embrace them all the more. For every actor who is blessed with a career that leaps into life as soon as they emerge from the womb, there are stars who have to bide their time. It just doesn’t happen that way, believe it or not. Not every Hollywood star is destined to grab their first role in those youthful days of innocence, before achieving twenty-something super-stardom and a graceful ascent to legendary status in their twilight years. He talks to Culture Calling about his break-out role in Divergent, vampires and Hugo Boss. With starring roles in two major franchises already to his name, a contract as the face of Hugo Boss and an upcoming part alongside a couple of silver-screen legends, Theo James’ career could finally be about to reach the big time.
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