Fans are going wild online over Josh Hartnett's bloodthirsty new role.
The “Virgin Suicides” actor will return to screens this summer in M. Night Shyamalan's horror thriller “The Trap.” The film, scheduled for release on August 9th, stars Hartnett as a seemingly doting father who accompanies his teenage daughter to a pop concert.
Tensions rise as police rush into the arena to catch the serial killer inside. However, as is typical of Shyamalan's films, a major development occurs when it is revealed that Hartnett's character may actually be the suspect.
The trailer for “Trap” was released on Thursday and immediately drew enthusiastic reactions from fans, who seemed to remember their admiration for Hartnett, now 45, during her teen idol heyday in the late 1990s. Ta.
Watch the trailer for “Trap” below.
“My childhood crush on Josh Hartnett, who played a rebellious and angry teen on The Faculty and Halloween H20, turned into an adult love affair with Josh Hartnett, who played a DILF serial killer on The Trap. Developing an unrequited love for Hartnett is what growing up is all about,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
He added: “My entire timeline is Josh Hartnett and I'm in thirst trap heaven.”
Hartnett had a supporting role in 2023's “Oppenheimer,” which won the Best Picture Oscar last month. Still, “Trap'' appears to mark his return to leading roles in earnest, with some already likening his “return'' to his award-winning performance in “Whale,'' starring Brendan Fraser.
Hartnett hasn't completely given up on acting, appearing on Showtime's Penny Dreadful from 2014 to 2016, but he's kept a somewhat lower profile in Hollywood in recent years.
In a 2017 Huffington Post interview, he said he chose to take a break from the spotlight because he felt he had lost “control of my destiny.”
“It's a fool's errand to get obsessed with chasing goals that don't necessarily define you, and I wanted to have a healthy perspective on that,” he said at the time. “Not only a healthy perspective on fame itself, but also the pursuit of wealth and the pursuit of superficial values.”
He added: “I wanted to find out what I wanted to do with my life, and I've had a lot of great experiences outside of the industry, and I've rediscovered or restarted my love for filmmaking.” . ”
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