Star of Netflix’s Adolescence next role revealed – and it includes A-list Hollywood icons

Netflix’s thrilling new drama Adolescence has received rave reviews for its ‘terrifying’ portrayal of social media and toxic masculinity.

Directed by Philip Barantini and starring the likes of Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters, the haunting one-shot drama is already being tipped for Bafta success.

But taking the nation by storm is the monumental performance of 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who was acting in his first-ever professional project.

Starring as schoolboy Jamie Miller, his character is arrested inside his home during a dawn raid after he is accused of murdering a young girl.

Now, after already being dubbed the ‘Lionel Messi of the acting game’ by his co-star Walters, the 15-year-old has secured his next acting project alongside Hollywood stars Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie.

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Aged only 14 years old at the time of filming, Cooper was plucked from relative obscurity to overnight stardom after Graham saw something unique in the young actor, resulting in him landing his first-ever professional acting role.

Speaking in an interview on Heart radio, Graham, 51, explained how Cooper was up against 500 other boys to play the role of Jamie Miller.