Divergent
The Young Adult genre has been around for a long time . Films like 1988’sThe Outsidershave beguile teen for decades , but it was when the YA musical genre turned to science fiction that those type of films started to brandish . Yet , it took some time for the flourishing to transpire . After 2006’sEragonbecame one of the worst review movies of its metre and 2008’sCity of Emberbombed at the box office , many guess the YA genre was done for . Then , entered Lionsgate withTwilight .
With Harry Potter breaking platter at the box office , 2009’sTwilightfurther opened door for the YA genre , which allowed films likeThe Hunger GamesandDivergentto become cultural phenomenons .
After Lionsgate earned over a billion dollars withThe Hunger Gamesfranchise , and turned Jennifer Lawrence into a Hollywood star , it needed another young grownup science fabrication novel to make into a movie behemoth . Hence , theDivergent filmsaga was bear . The novel franchise brought on new boldness and open up door for many of those talented stars .
alas , though , not every untested adult novel is destined for film glory . With the thirdDivergentfilm bombardment at the box office , the end was near for the beloved enfranchisement . Many of the actors that the series introduced went along with their careers , landing big picture show roles . Sadly , others did n’t have such fortune .
Here are10 Divergent Stars Who Became A - Listers ( And 7 Who Flopped ) .
Miles Teller (A-lister)
Many remember Miles Teller as being the annoying and sometimes mean character of Peter Hayes in theDivergentseries , but after and beforeDivergent , Teller was already a star .
He quickly became a get up star after his phenomenal operation as drummer Andrew Neiman in Damien Chazelle ’s 2014 filmWhiplash . That movie was nominated for several Academy Awards and finally won three Oscars for Best Mixing , Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for J.K. Simmons .
Though Teller was n’t recognized for his performance in Whiplash , Hollywood still remark and soon he start landing big roles .
Unfortunately , one of those bragging roles Teller landed was in 2015’sFantastic Four , as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic . That moving picture was a critical and box role failure , but thankfully it was n’t enough to totally wreck Teller ’s calling . shortly after , he landed the lead role opposite Jonah Hill in 2016’sWar Dogsand later that year star as boxer Vinny Pazienza inBleed for This .
In 2017 , Teller joined Josh Brolin in the biographic drama filmOnly The Braveand in October of that year captivated audiences with his performance inThank You For Your Serviceas Staff Sergeant Adam Schumann .
This year , Teller is arrange to star alongside Aubrey Plaza inThe Ark and the Aardvark , an repair retelling of Noah ’s Ark.
Zoe Kravitz (A-lister)
Zoe Kravitz was already on her direction of becoming an A - lister way before she landed the role of Christina on theDivergentfilm series . She first started gain realization after her roles in movies likeBirds of America , mind the Gonzo , andYelling to the Sky , but it was afterX - Men : First Classthat Kravitz get down her rise to stardom . Soon after the mutant superhero movie , she was cast as Christina in 2014’sDivergent . It was afterDivergentthat Kravitz truly became an A - lister .
One of her biggest movies after theDivergentseries was the Rick Famuyiwa filmDope , which she starred in before reprize her persona as Christina the following year inInsurgent . Her biggest moving picture afterDivergent , though , is undoubtedlyMad Max : Fury Road , where she act Toast the Knowing . That movie travel on to make headway several Academy Awards , including secure Editing , Best Sound Mixing and Costume Design .
Kravitz’sMad Max - fame soon landed her even bigger role . She voiced catwoman in 2017’sThe LEGO Batman Movieand this year will star as Leta Lestrange inFantastic Beasts : The Crime of Grindelwald . She even had a cameo as Leta in the originalFantastic savage and Where to rule Them , and co - stars in HBO ’s Emmy win seriesBig Little Lies .
Theo James (Flopped)
The English actor Theo James first stepped into the Hollywood spotlight when he appear in the 2010 Woody Allen filmYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger , which starred Antonio Banderas , Naomi Watts , and a number of other make actors .
It was with 2012’sUnderworld : Awakeningthat James began to cause some racket . His performance as the vampire David catch theUnderworldfandom and then , two years later on in 2014 , James land his most iconic persona in theDivergentfilm series as Tobias “ Four ” Eaton .
The serial definitely elevated the English worker to new heights , but unluckily , James career did n’t really take off like the careers of hisDivergentco - stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort . After the secondDivergentfilm , Insurgent , James appeared inThe BenefactorandWar on Everyone , but none of those moving-picture show make out to guide the player to bigger roles .
With the Underworld franchise losing more and more impulse as clip flies , it ’s not look somewhat for James ' moving picture enfranchisement .
It ’s inauspicious as James truly is a very gifted actor . Hopefully his upcoming 2018 filmsZoeandHow It Endscan help him get back in the game .
Ansel Elgort (A-Lister)
At the same prison term as starring as Caleb Prior in theDivergentfilm serial , Ansel Elgort was jazz for a very unlike case of film , The Fault in Our Stars . That film saw the player team up with hisDivergentco - star Shailene Woodley in a teen romanticistic dramatic play where both of their characters had Crab . The Fault in Our Starsbrought renown to Elgort and he and Woodley finally moved on toDivergent .
Like many of the entries on this list , the series brought extra fame to the gifted Elgort , and soon better opportunities start to give themselves . Among those opportunities was Edgar Wright ’s Oscar - nominated filmBaby Driver , where Elgort star in the chief character .
Baby Driverbecame an international genius at the time of its discharge , due to its stunning machine pursual and use of hardheaded effects . illustrious theatre director Edgar Wright ’s style of filmmaking brought the film ’s concept to life and behind the wheel of it all was Elgort . He played the character of Baby in the film , a role that took him straight to stardom . Even nipper were coiffe up as Baby for Halloween - if that does n’t spell out out A - lister plough then nothing does .
Elgort is set to asterisk as the main lead story opposite Taron Egerton and Emma Roberts in this year’sBillionaire Boys Club .
Jai Courtney (Flopped)
Jai Courtney has had a rather interesting career . Before landing his role of Eric Coulter in theDivergentfilm series , Courtney had already appeared in various star franchises .
In 2012 he was one of the main villains in Tom Cruise’sJack Reacherand then the follow year in 2013 , he asterisk polar Bruce Willis inA sound Day To Die Hard . Yet , even though Courtney played the son of the iconic movie character John McClain , that was n’t enough to make him a Hollywood household name . Then untilDivergentcame along .
The YA film quickly took the Australian actor to stardom , but unluckily what came next in Courtney ’s career was just a admixture of missed opportunities .
He played the master role in 2015’sTerminator : Genisys . That picture show hope to boot and rebrand theTerminatorfranchise , but fans and critic alike agreed thatGenisyswas a step backwards . Indeed , even though the film did n’t disappoint as an action film , it woefully did n’t live up to any of the previousTerminatorinstallments .
Courtney ’s next lack opportunity came withSuicide Squad . The DC film was not a hit among critics and left the fanbase divided . Even more , Courtney ’s Boomerang graphic symbol was totally forgettable , unlike the Joker and Harley Quinn who now have movies come in out .
Shailene Woodley (A-lister)
Shailene Woodley stepped into the Hollywood glare when she landed the lead theatrical role in theDivergentseries . As Tris Prior , she immediately connected with audience around the world , create a fanbase that ’s been keep up her ever since .
Woodley ’s incredible fanbase can be seen on social spiritualist and the like , supporting her every move . Such was the character when Woodley , an devouring environmental activist , was arrested while dissent the Dakota Access Pipeline . Her fans quickly produce a call to action to help circulate Woodley ’s cause around the interwebs . Only A - listers can accomplish such a terrific effort .
Indeed , what makes Woodley an A - middlebreaker is not just her endowment on screen , but her contribution to the earth off - camera . She establish a non - profit organization to teach young people how to well regale themselves and the surroundings called All it drive . The constitution has led Woodley to win several environmental awards , including the Female Environmental Media Association Futures Award in 2016 .
On television , Woodley stars alongside Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon on HBO ’s Award - gain seriesBig little Lies .
Ray Stevenson (Flopped)
Ray Stevenson has appear in many big movies and franchises throughout his career . He first landed the role of Dagonet on the 2004 epicKing Arthurand then went along to star as Frank Castle / The Punisher in 2008’sPunisher : War Zone . While both films did n’t inevitably rustle Stevenson ’s career , he then made an appearance inThe Book of Eliopposite Denzel Washington .
Then in 2011 , he join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as one of Thor ’s best friend , Volstagg . Nevertheless , Stevenson ’s inclusion in the MCU is so minimal he was eliminated straight off inThor : Ragnarok . That ’s why his biggest flick franchise to appointment has been theDivergentfilm series .
InDivergenthe playact Marcus Eaton , the villainous don of Theo James ’ Four . Stevenson appear in all three of theDivergentmovies .
After his rivulet in Divergent , Stevenson has apparently disappeared from the big filmdom .
Yet , it seems that his career on the lowly silver screen has take a all dissimilar turn . He was the sensation of the HBO television seriesRome , where he diddle Titus Pullo . That show went along to garner great acclamation . Then in 2016 , Stevenson played the iconic fictitious character of Blackbeard on Starz’sBlack Sails . Since then , Stevenson has appeared in a number of small-scale films .
Bill Skarsgard (A-lister)
He is known for a very different sort of role nowadays , but many forget that Bill Skarsgard was part of theDivergentfilm series . Though he made hisDivergentdebut rather latterly in the third installment , Allegiant , his carrying out was celebrated by fan . In that celluloid , he play the case of Matthew .
Allegiantmay have given Skarsgard the right push forward as it was after that plastic film that his calling really took off . He first land the role of Merkel in David Leitch’sAtomic Blonde , a undercover agent thriller that made Charlize Theron more acute than Keanu Reeves inJohn Wick .
It was with Warner Bros. ’s IT that Skarsgard won the universe over .
InIT , Skarsgard played the villainous role of Pennywise the Dancing Clown . While some lover still praise the original Pennywise from the Greco-Roman limited series , many are now lay claim that Skarsgard ’s is now the classic reading of the evil clown . Skarsgard will once again don the clown make - up whenIT : Chapter 2comes around in 2019 .
TheITmovie in spades propelled Skarsgard to newfangled heights and in 2018 he even appeared inDeadpool 2 , which was also directed by David Leitch . In that motion picture Skarsgard play Zeitgeist , a mutant superhero with the ability to spew acidic vomit .
Tony Goldwyn (Flopped)
Tony Goldwyn has been around for a foresighted time . His filmography is broad enough to garner him a lifespan achievement honour , and that ’s with role in very in effect pic . He appeared in the 1995 Oscar - put forward filmNixonand starred in the 1990 cult hitGhost , which arguably jump - start his road to the top .
While Goldwyn has n’t been a lead actor for most of his calling , mostly serving as a supporting histrion , he land the principal part in the Disney animated classicTarzan , voicing Tarzan himself . His next self-aggrandising movie came with Tom Cruise’sThe Last Samurai , where Goldwyn had a striking role with great deal of screenland time . All seem well then when he was cast as Andrew Prior in theDivergentfilm series .
As the beginner of Shailene Woodley ’s Tris Prior , Godlwyn nabbed a leading spot in a stentorian picture dealership , but all good things do to an conclusion eventually . After his part perished , that was it for Goldwyn in theDivergentseries .
Since the dealership , Goldwyn has appeared in a diverseness of movies , with his biggest so far beingMark Felt : The Man Who bring Down The White House . Unfortunately , that picture and his others afterDivergenthaven’t been successful at the box power or critically .
Keiynan Lonsdale (A-lister)
Keiynan Lonsdale appeared on the Australian teen dramaDance Academybefore transitioning to the Hollywood stage . His first big movie use was in the secondDivergentfilm , Insurgent , where he play Uriah Pedrad .
That was in 2015 and that same year Lonsdale nabbed the role of Wally West / Kid Flash on ThCW’sThe Flash . Lonsdale did n’t have that grownup of a role in the followingDivergentfilm , Allegiant , but his road to achiever was already map when that enfranchisement finally ended .
Lonsdale once again sway the silver grey screen in 2018 with his performance as Bram Greenfeld in this year ’s Love , Simon .
That film was mastermind by Greg Berlanti , who also produce most of DC ’s superhero show on TheCW . Lonsdale as Wally West is more of a recurring fiber onThe Flash . He mother much more screenland prison term on the clip - traveling showDC ’s Legends of Tomorrow .
Lonsdale lately announced , though , that he will be leavingThe FlashandLegends of Tomorrowto refocus his vocation . Since , so far his life history ’s been on an splendid route , require him in even bigger movie roles very before long .
