British Actor Harris Dickinson Fools Hollywood and Cruises for Breakout Success Aboard ‘Triangle of Sadness’
variety.comManori Ravindran International Editor In Hollywood, beauty isn’t just skin deep — it’s a currency. So it’s striking that Harris Dickinson makes fun of his own bountiful good looks in Ruben Östlund’s satirical comedy “Triangle of Sadness,” in which he plays a spoiled male model who goes on a humbling journey.
In person, Dickinson cuts a striking figure at 6’2”, with sculpted features and full, cherry lips. But ask this 26-year-old from a working-class, South London family about his own physicality, and he instantly recoils.
It’s easy to understand why: to objectify him for his beauty alone is to miss him entirely. Dickinson is increasingly everywhere — not only in British cinema but also in an impressive number of Hollywood features.
His may not be an overnight success, but his popularity has been simmering, andwill soon boil over into stardom. In four years, he’s had leading roles in indie hits like Joanna Hogg’s meta romance “The Souvenir II” and studio fare like Sony’s psychological murder mystery “Where the Crawdads Sing.” In “Triangle of Sadness,” he plays Carl, a Gen-Zer hustling for work while quietly raging against the frivolity of unchecked capitalism.
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