The stage is set for 2025, a year where emerging young and experienced acting talents are expected to take center stage in Hollywood. These screen veterans have already left an impression on the audience with their outstanding performances and bold career moves; However, they are still somehow just getting started.
As the below-mentioned artists are set to prove themselves more with promising projects, here is a detailed look at what their fans can expect from them in the coming year.
Young stars set to dominate Hollywood in 2025
Kit Connor:
The actor has recently transitioned from a high school romance icon to a stage actor thanks to his still-running stint as Romeo on Broadway. In a THR interview, the young British star said he chose the show because it felt “unusual” to him and he plans to take the same approach when choosing his upcoming projects.
While Connor, 20, isn’t sure if his most famous work, Heartstopper, will return for a fourth season, he’s all set for his most adult role to date – Alex Garland’s A24 thriller Warfare, for which he’s Will start soon.
The film is set for release in April 2025.
Kaia Gerber:
While Gerber broke into showbiz as a model, following in the footsteps of her mother Cindy Crawford, the 23-year-old has spent the past few years adding acting credits to her name, working mostly in the comedy genre. She has appeared in Bottoms, Palm Royale, Saturday Night and other projects over the years, and will next be seen opposite Anne Hathaway in A24’s Mother Maryland and Keanu Reeves in Apple TV’s Outcome.
According to THR, Gerber, the founder of a popular book club, is also eyeing any lucrative book adaptation offers in the future.
Josh Rivera:
After getting a taste of fame through Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story in 2021, Rivera was out of work for so long that he ran out of money and had to start bartending. Well, if history is witness, actors with such conflicted stories have often made comebacks as solid as carbon crystal.
We look forward to Rivera’s performance on Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story next year. The actor will star as former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez in the new season of the FX offering.
Dominic Cessa:
While Sessa feared for his career after being kicked out of his boarding school drama department for starring in last year’s The Holdovers, the actor has had no problem maintaining himself in the rough terrains of the entertainment business since then . good for him!
His upcoming projects include a planned A24 biopic Oh. What. fun. And the third installment of the franchise Now You See Me.
Sessa told the aforementioned outlet that he’s trying to pick projects that he thinks they’ll enjoy watching.
Sophie Wild:
Following a blockbuster debut with the 2022 horror film Talk to Me, Wilde starred alongside Nicole Kidman in Helena Reason’s Babygirl this year. The actress is currently living with Alejandro G. in London. Iñárritu is shooting for the top-secret project with another icon, Tom Cruise.
At 26, the only problem with Wilde’s booked career is the enormous number of emails she has to respond to every day.
Veteran stars set to shine in Hollywood in 2025
Glen Powell:
An anonymous critic earlier this year labeled Powell more influential than Ryan Gosling, citing how he has a hold on both female and male audiences, while the Canadian actor had an impact only on the former faction. Although Powell very publicly and politely denied this claim, he continues to make waves in Hollywood after December 2023’s rom-com Anybird But You. In 2024, he enthralled the masses with Twisters and is all set to maintain the same momentum in the coming year.
The actor, who is also an entertainer writer and producer, is co-creating a TV series – a college football comedy – with the Manning Brothers. – that he will be acting for Hulu. He is also reportedly writing a Broadway musical.
Florence Pugh:
While Pugh has starred in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two in recent years, producers have yet to put the franchise entirely on the actress’ shoulders. Will this change next year? only time will tell.
We Live in Time with Andrew Garfield was Pugh’s most famous work this year.
Sydney Sweeney:
At just 26 years old, the Euphoria star has over 50 professional credits to her name, as well as several promising upcoming projects. Glenn’s Anybird But You co-stars will soon be seen throwing literal punches in an untitled Christy Martin biopic. She is also helming the upcoming Barbarella remake, which has Edgar Wright on board as its director.
This year, Sweeney appeared in Immaculate, Madame Web and Eden.
Timothée Chalamet:
We don’t remember Chalamet doing any project that didn’t work out. The actor boasted two back-to-back live-action films last year that were box office successes, Wonka and Dune: Part Two.
Chalamet, who gave his fans a worthwhile show as Bob Dylan in his Christmas biopic The Complete Unknown, is expected to continue the trend in his only announced project for next year – starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler, the Creator, A globetrotting adventure comedy called Marty Supreme with The Creator. , and more.
Jenna Ortega:
Ortega, who this year introduced her Netflix character Wednesday in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, also has Sony’s Clara and the Sun in the works as well as the A24 dark comedy Death of a Unicorn. With a slate like this, there are less chances of the actress disappointing her fans.
If things go as per plan, his ‘Wednesday 2’ is also coming next year.
Other artists we can’t wait to see perform in 2025 include Paul Mescal, Austin Butler, Megan Stalter, Ambika Maud, and Leo Woodall.
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