The Next Factor / L.A. Times Magazine
The Next Factor is a feature in the L.A. Times magazine with 9 newbies ready to break out - and win hearts - as Hollywood leading men photographed Hedi Slimane.
Above, Rhys Wakefield:
"It’s a little too early in his career for Wakefield to be mobbed by the paps—though given his turn in James Cameron’s thriller Sanctum, it won’t be long before this Australia native must bid hooroo to his privacy. Still, success has come at a more immediate cost for the 22-year-old: shut-eye."
Below (clock wise) Sebastian Stan:
"Not yet 30 and already crowned by GQ as the next Paul Newman? Not bad. Like Newman, the blue-eyed Romanian certainly has an angel face and quite the talent for channeling naughty boys...[Formerly of 'Gossip Girl'] Stan held his own as a would-be suitor in Black Swan. And this summer, he leaps into a comic-book classic, playing Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger.”
Max Irons:
"Irons is the 25-year-old son of Jeremy, one of the greatest British actors still breathing. You’d think such an august surname would translate into quite the fall-at-your-feet acting life, especially for a chap who qualifies as irrefutably gorgeous. Alas, that’s not always the case. This month, Irons breaks big as Henry, Amanda Seyfried’s suitor in Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood. But getting the role was no stroll through the woods."
Sam Claflin:
“With guileless green eyes and penchant for newsboy caps, the 24-year-old British import could pass for a modern-day Oliver Twist. [Claflin's] big-screen debut—a key role as a gallant missionary in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”
Eddie Redmayne:
"The eyes! The hair! Once you’ve seen Redmayne—and if you spotted his red mane in the hotly followed miniseries Pillars of the Earth, you know exactly what we mean—forgetting him doesn’t come easily. This year, the 29-year-old Londoner officially graduates to big-screen stardom in My Week with Marilyn, playing a starstruck production assistant who helps a living legend escape her demons. As for his own inner boogeymen, Redmayne prefers to keep them close."
More newbies after the jump.
