If you need proof that Josh O’Connor is one of the most booked-and-busy actors working today, just look at his projects this year alone as proof. He stars opposite Paul Mescal in the tender queer romance “The History of Sound”; leads the upcoming cowboy drama “Rebuilding” from Max Walker-Silverman as well as the Kelly Reichardt-directed heist flick “The Mastermind"; and steals scenes from Daniel Craig, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Andrew Scott, Kerry Washington and more in "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery."
It’s a relentless but deserved rise for an actor who has consistently put in stellar work over the years, from his moving breakthrough in “God’s Own Country” to his Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning work as young Prince Charles in Netflix’s “The Crown."
And in the middle of all of it is "La Chimera," a tiny and gorgeous Italian film that O'Connor made in 2023. Its release was overshadowed by another one of the actor's more high-profile projects, the buzzy tennis drama "Challengers" with Zendaya and Mike Faist. Though "La Chimera" didn't have the same pop-cultural impact as "Challengers," the former sees O'Connor at his most wonderfully wistful, as a tombarolo digging through the layers of his own grief.
