Connor Swindells was being “particularly British” when he tried to play it cool with a bit of self-deprecating humor, after receiving the Trophée Chopard at the Cannes Film Festival.
The honor, awarded annually to emerging actors with a strong track record of picking Oscar-winners-to-be. But Swindells admitted the weight of the recognition only fully hit him once the whirlwind of the previous evening began.
“I didn’t quite realize how special it was until it was all kicking off,” he said. “Then I was suddenly very, very anxious.”
Over the past several years, the actor has built a body of work that moves between sharp comedy and darker dramatic material. Despite the growing scale of the projects around him, he still speaks about acting less as a performance showcase and more as a collaborative instinct.
“I’m most attracted to the team behind the project — the actors, the people making it,” he said of choosing roles. “And if it’s shooting somewhere hot and sexy, then that’s even better.”
His down-to-earth groundedness may come from the fact that acting was never originally part of a career plan. Growing up, Swindells focused on sports and imaged that would be his future. Acting was “something I always had an
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