Bullet Train”), Julia Roberts (54, “Ticket to Paradise”) and Tom Cruise (60, “Top Gun: Maverick”) to make a buck. There just aren’t any millennials or Gen Z stars who have the box office power to capably replace them.Although supremely talented, young Oscar nominees such as Timothée Chalamet (26), Saoirse Ronan (28) and Lucas Hedges (25) have not yet proven massive draws — a necessity to selling the sort of non-tentpole films that tend to struggle to sell tickets.
Enter Harry Styles.Besides the former “One Direction” heartthrob’s successful albums and concert tours — he’s currently in the middle of a 15-show stint at Madison Square Garden — 28-year-old Styles has two movies premiering next month on separate continents.Sophisticated fare aimed at adults, both have the potential to do big business.
Thanks to Harry.There’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” directed by his girlfriend Olivia Wilde (“Booksmart”) and co-starring Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, which will debut at the Venice Film Festival.
And “My Policeman,” a British drama in which the singer plays a closeted gay cop, will bow at the Toronto International Film Festival shortly after.That’s two leading roles in prestigious movies with early Oscar buzz for a guy who’s barely acted in his life.
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