Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFinn Cole gets to channel Bonnie and Clyde in “Dreamland,” a Depression-era drama that finds the “Animal Kingdom” actor playing a naive teenager who falls for Margot Robbie’s bank robber on the lam.It’s familiar territory for Cole, who previously played gangsters in “Animal Kingdom” and “Peaky Blinders,” but “Dreamland” also represented a big step forward for the actor, who gets top billing in a movie alongside an Oscar-nominated star.
Cole threw himself into the role, losing weight in advance of a steamy shower scene with Robbie, and researching the Dust Bowl to get a sense of the extreme poverty that led people to turn to crime. “Dreamland” premiered in limited release on Nov.
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