Via YouTubeFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsTimothée Chalamet: the reluctant heir with fuckboy hair in The King trailerKing Henry V, or the Dalston boy who ghosted you?ShareLink copied ✔️August 27, 2019August 27, 2019TextBrit Dawson The first trailer for Netflix’s The King is here and it features a lot of haircuts. Starring Timothée Chalamet as Hal (AKA King Henry V), the film will follow his journey from rebellious prince to British monarch. Hitting Netflix on September 2, the film also stars Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, and Ben Mendelsohn. Judging by their indie band haircuts, Chalamet, Pattinson, and Edgerton have seemingly taken a break from ghosting you on Tinder to make their appearances. The trailer opens with Chalamet morosely watching a man get beheaded as Depp’s voiceover asks him: “Do you feel a sense of achievement?” As the clip goes on, we see Chalamet grapple with his new responsibility, reluctantly leading an army of men into war. According to Netflix, the film will see Hal return to royal life following the death of his father. The young king must “navigate the palace politics, chaos, and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life”. Depp plays queen consort and king’s wife, Catherine of Valois, while Pattinson stars as Louis, a son of King Charles VI of France and Catherine’s brother. Directed by David Michôd and co-written by Michôd and Edgerton (who also plays Hal’s mentor John Falstaff), the film has been described as “Game of Thrones meets Shakespeare”. Given the selection of haircuts though, it’s looking more like Twin Peaks meets Mac DeMarco TBH. If you want more of Chalamet’s fuckboy hair – yes, really – get your fix in the Little Women trailer. The actor stars in the Greta Gerwig-directed classic reboot alongside Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Emma Watson, also out later this year. Watch The King trailer below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREDazed x MUBI Cinema Club returns with a screening of My Father’s ShadowNo Other Choice: Park Chan-wook’s bleak, bloody takedown of capitalismGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’Ben Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy