Theo James.Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicTheo JamesfeelsDivergentpigeonholed him into years of “boring” roles and projects.The White Lotusactor, 37, first played Tobias, aka Four, in 2014’sDivergentoppositeShailene Woodley. Over a two-year period, he also starred in the YA dystopian franchise’s two sequels,InsurgentandAllegiant. In an interviewwithVanity Fair, James said he felt typecast into those types of projects for years.“You do a certain type of film and you sign contracts where you are beholden to those roles for a certain period of time and people see you in a certain light that you have to wrestle your way out of,” he said. “That is a hundred percent the case with actors — and it was definitely the case with me.“Added James, “I felt I didn’t have the fluidity to move in the directions that I wanted. You’re very much in a certain type of role — and those roles can be pretty f—ing boring.“Shailene Woodley and Theo James inDivergent(2014).Red Wagon Entertainment/Kobal/ShutterstockNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.James also starred in the sci-fi action sequelsUnderworld: Awakening(2012) andUnderworld: Blood Wars(2016), the animated Netflix seriesCastlevaniaand the recently canceled HBO showThe Time Traveler’s Wife. He currently appears on the Emmy-winning HBO seriesThe White Lotus. Next, he will star on the upcoming Guy Ritchie Netflix showThe Gentlemen.The English actor told theEvening Standardback in 2020 that he is no longer interested in “big movies.““I like L.A. and have a lot of friends there [as well as a home]. As a young person, when you first get offered big movies you think, ‘This is great,’ but the older and slightly wiser I am, the more I know that isn’t something I’m particularly interested in,” James said at the time.He also said he was “aggressively private” and not willing to join social media: “From the very, very beginning I just said it wasn’t something I was interested in doing.”
Theo James.Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Theo JamesfeelsDivergentpigeonholed him into years of “boring” roles and projects.The White Lotusactor, 37, first played Tobias, aka Four, in 2014’sDivergentoppositeShailene Woodley. Over a two-year period, he also starred in the YA dystopian franchise’s two sequels,InsurgentandAllegiant. In an interviewwithVanity Fair, James said he felt typecast into those types of projects for years.“You do a certain type of film and you sign contracts where you are beholden to those roles for a certain period of time and people see you in a certain light that you have to wrestle your way out of,” he said. “That is a hundred percent the case with actors — and it was definitely the case with me.“Added James, “I felt I didn’t have the fluidity to move in the directions that I wanted. You’re very much in a certain type of role — and those roles can be pretty f—ing boring.“Shailene Woodley and Theo James inDivergent(2014).Red Wagon Entertainment/Kobal/ShutterstockNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.James also starred in the sci-fi action sequelsUnderworld: Awakening(2012) andUnderworld: Blood Wars(2016), the animated Netflix seriesCastlevaniaand the recently canceled HBO showThe Time Traveler’s Wife. He currently appears on the Emmy-winning HBO seriesThe White Lotus. Next, he will star on the upcoming Guy Ritchie Netflix showThe Gentlemen.The English actor told theEvening Standardback in 2020 that he is no longer interested in “big movies.““I like L.A. and have a lot of friends there [as well as a home]. As a young person, when you first get offered big movies you think, ‘This is great,’ but the older and slightly wiser I am, the more I know that isn’t something I’m particularly interested in,” James said at the time.He also said he was “aggressively private” and not willing to join social media: “From the very, very beginning I just said it wasn’t something I was interested in doing.”
Theo JamesfeelsDivergentpigeonholed him into years of “boring” roles and projects.
The White Lotusactor, 37, first played Tobias, aka Four, in 2014’sDivergentoppositeShailene Woodley. Over a two-year period, he also starred in the YA dystopian franchise’s two sequels,InsurgentandAllegiant. In an interviewwithVanity Fair, James said he felt typecast into those types of projects for years.
“You do a certain type of film and you sign contracts where you are beholden to those roles for a certain period of time and people see you in a certain light that you have to wrestle your way out of,” he said. “That is a hundred percent the case with actors — and it was definitely the case with me.”
Added James, “I felt I didn’t have the fluidity to move in the directions that I wanted. You’re very much in a certain type of role — and those roles can be pretty f—ing boring.”
Shailene Woodley and Theo James inDivergent(2014).Red Wagon Entertainment/Kobal/Shutterstock
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James also starred in the sci-fi action sequelsUnderworld: Awakening(2012) andUnderworld: Blood Wars(2016), the animated Netflix seriesCastlevaniaand the recently canceled HBO showThe Time Traveler’s Wife. He currently appears on the Emmy-winning HBO seriesThe White Lotus. Next, he will star on the upcoming Guy Ritchie Netflix showThe Gentlemen.
The English actor told theEvening Standardback in 2020 that he is no longer interested in “big movies.”
“I like L.A. and have a lot of friends there [as well as a home]. As a young person, when you first get offered big movies you think, ‘This is great,’ but the older and slightly wiser I am, the more I know that isn’t something I’m particularly interested in,” James said at the time.
He also said he was “aggressively private” and not willing to join social media: “From the very, very beginning I just said it wasn’t something I was interested in doing.”
source: people.com
