Can't Wait To Be King

British actor FinnCole is carving out aplace for himself in Hollywood with a string of dark, gritty roles but really, hes one of the good guys.

- Elle McClure

WHEN FINN COLE LANDED the role of the character J in the TV production of Animal Kingdom (a decidedly glossier, Los Angelean take on the gritty Australian film), the clout of the original wasn’t lost on him. “Going into it, that film was one of my favourites. I thought what they did was perfect,” says Cole.

Cole’s J is, of course, the orphaned teen who ends up under the wing of his crime matriarch grandmother and tightknit, criminal uncles. “I remember thinking it was quite out of reach for a young, pretty inexperienced actor like myself at the time,” says Cole. “But it really fascinated me. I thought, ‘Where can this character go? What potential does he have?’ I knew I had to take it and go for it full throttle.”