It’s early April and regardless of a chill within the air, Richmond-upon-Thames, simply exterior London, is trying just like the French Riviera. Daylight shimmers on the river and shines onto the face of 22-year-old actor Harrison Osterfield, perched on a jetty above, prefer it is aware of he’s the following massive factor.
There’s an simple air of Dickie Greenleaf from The Proficient Mr. Ripley about Osterfield. Not simply the piercing blue eyes, straightforward tan or the mousy blonde sweep. There’s a poise about him. Confidence past his years. A sly smile. The wrist tucked underneath the chin.
It’s all an act. “I find photo shoots nerve-wracking,” says Osterfield. “I find it easier to hide behind a character or a load of lines. When you put on these clothes that make you look a bit different then I just try and get into the character who would wear these clothes. Channeling a bit of Dickie Greenleaf, a bit of James Dean.”
The comparability is appreciated by Osterfield who sees Jude Regulation, who performed Greenleaf within the movie model, as a significant supply of each type and profession inspiration. (It’s additionally a motive why we styled him on this unique shoot in easy-wearing spring/summer time developments.)
By the seems of it, Osterfield is on an identical path to the older actor. His newest position finds him taking a pivotal position in George Clooney’s new TV adaptation of Catch-22. And he follows that with walk-on appearances in two Marvel superhero movies, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Infinity Battle.
“It’s a grand war epic,” he says about Catch-22. “I play a tail gunner called Snowden that has just come from America to Europe for the Second World War and is thrown into the mix right away. I have a pretty close relationship with the lead character who is played by Christopher Abbot. We have some really intimate scenes together that have a great effect on the grand scheme of things. It’s nice for me as even though it is a small part it has a big effect on the series.”
It’s not simply the seems and the type that draw comparisons to Jude Regulation. Again in 1993, Regulation was splashed throughout the entrance web page of journal and tradition bible The Face as one of many New Brit Pack, a gaggle of British actors of their early 20s, all tipped for greatness. Osterfield appears to be in one among his personal. It contains buddies Asa Butterfield, star of Hollywood blockbuster Ender’s Recreation and Netflix sleeper success Intercourse Schooling, and Spider-Man himself Tom Holland.
“As a young actor, you’re just thrown in at the deep end. You know what you want to do but unless you’ve got some sort of mentor who’s been through it before you haven’t got a clue and with Tom, I just so happen to have one who’s the same age as me and who I’ve known since I was 15.”
The 2 met on the Brit College (different well-known alumni embody Adele and Amy Winehouse), earlier than Holland went off to Hollywood, and Osterfield to the aggressive London Academy of Dramatic Arts. Holland invited Osterfield to return over to Tinseltown and with that, the college’s conventional theatre coaching began to jar with the thrill of engaged on a Hollywood blockbuster.
“LAMDA is an amazing theatre school but it doesn’t teach you how to work on a film or TV set. If you got given a call sheet at LAMDA they’d probably think it was a menu or something.”
Osterfield is targeted on performing however as is the case with trendy superstar, it’s not simply his roles that his followers and followers are concerned with. Half one million folks observe his actions on Instagram. With that type of viewers, he’s labored with the likes of Armani and Dsquared2 throughout Milan Vogue Week and has simply partnered with luxurious watch model Tag Heuer.
It’s not sufficient to only have the massive title drama faculty and George Clooney in your CV nowadays. It’s a must to have the total celeb package deal prepared, adoring followers in tow.
“It’s very strange to me that I can upload a video of me cooking baked beans at home and that gets viewed by a 100,000 people. It is a game changer. If I’m lucky enough to get cast in something then I’ve already got 500,000 people behind me,” he says.
Nonetheless, there’s no diva behaviour right here. There’s laborious work behind his castings and the social media foreign money, and each success Osterfield mentions is backed up by an affirmation of how fortunate he’s. He notes the down-to-earth behaviours of A-listers and fellow Marvel forged members Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans as an inspiration.
“I was Face-Timing my mum outside some of the trailers at the back of the lot and one of them opened and out walked Robert Downey Jr. Now she’s loved him since Natural Born Killers and I gave him a passing glance and he came over. My mum just freaked out and spent the whole time shouting ‘oh my god’.
“There’s a common conception that there are big divas out there but someone like Robert, he’s the most down to earth guy, so friendly and accepting. It doesn’t have to be like the stereotype.”
On the time of talking, Osterfield was within the midst of endurance coaching for the Virgin London Marathon as a part of his affiliation with Tag Heuer, which is the official timekeeper of the race. He’s keeping track of the watch (an Autavia in the event you’re questioning). “I signed up a bit late so I’ve been on a crash course for ten weeks but only just found out that the marathon training app lasts for 24. I’m worried.”
Coaching offers him order in his day-to-day, he says – one thing he likes. Regardless of the Hollywood buddies and large title manufacturers backing you, being a younger actor chasing jobs may be an endurance race of its personal. “[The training] gives me a consistency in the day. Those weeks where you have four or five auditions a week but nothing else it gives you a bit of extra oomph for those auditions.”
For all of Dickie Greenleaf’s hubris, he was successfully a gadabout wayward son. Osterfield is something however. Pushed, formidable and extremely personable, he’s the mannequin of what the fashionable day younger actor must be, full with the lit Instagram feed to go along with the casting tapes.
Harrison Osterfield skilled for the Virgin Money London Marathon 2019 and gave this interview as a part of his affiliation with TAG Heuer, the Official Timekeeper for the fourth consecutive 12 months. For extra data go to www.tagheuer.com, @tagheuer #DontCrackUnderPressure
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