The Hidden Link You Missed Between Thomas Brodie-Sangster And Hugh Grant

Speaking about his Queen's Gambit role as chess champion Benny, Thomas Brodie-Sangster admitted he got the gig after working with director Scott Frank in Godless. "He called me up and said that he had this general idea about a world of chess, and how he had this character he was working on that he'd like me to attempt," he told Augustman. "That got me excited, and I trusted him, so I read the script. It was really interesting, but the telling of the story as a whole was challenging as well, so I decided to go for it." Good call!

So, where can you expect to see him next? According to Deadline, Brodie-Sangster is set for even bigger things, scoring one the leading roles in the "audio movie event" Unsinkable alongside The New Pope's John Malkovich and Succession's Brian Cox. "I don't think I've ever done anything on this scale before, the script and the story is such a high level," the actor said of the role.