Why Harris Dickinson Put His Rising Acting Career on Hold to Direct Cannes Premiere ‘Urchin’: ‘I Didn’t Work as an Actor for a Year’

When someone has an acting career in the sharp ascendancy, casting directors lining up to offer starry roles and a newly-crowned label as Hollywood’s latest It Boy, it’s unlikely that they’d then opt to take a break from the screen for an entire year. Nor would they probably be advised to by their agents.

But that’s exactly what Harris Dickinson — one of the industry’s fastest rising faces — did.

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After shooting wrapped on “Babygirl” in early 2024, he went straight into prep on “Urchin,” his directorial debut. “I didn’t work as an actor for a year,” he explains to Variety. “I

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