16 Actors Who Could Be The Breakout Stars Of 2017
2. Fionn Whitehead
There was a lot of surprised chatter when it was revealed that Christopher Nolan had cast a near-total unknown, 19-year-old Fionn Whitehead who has just one completed TV credit to his name, as the lead for his upcoming war pic Dunkirk.
He clearly did something right in the open audition process, and to be able to say that Nolan plucked him out of thousands of hopefuls is nothing if not a badge of honour moving forward.
Sure, there's every possibility he could be a "one and done" actor, but if he lives up to Nolan's expectations, it seems likely that just about every casting agent in Hollywood will want to get their hands on him.