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    Haunting of Hill House star Oliver Jackson-Cohen: ‘I’ve played quite a lot of toxic men – it’s time to move on’

    by Tom Murray Jan 28, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: Getty

    I have this thing in my head,” Oliver Jackson-Cohen is telling me. “I don’t know where it comes from, but I am always convinced that everything I do is going to be s***. So I’m always pleasantly surprised that it’s not as s***ty as I think.”

    The London-born actor really doesn’t need to be so anxious. Since landing his breakout role of heroin addict Luke Crain in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix anthology series The Haunting of Hill House in 2018, Jackson-Cohen has proven time and again his skill at playing damaged goods. Whether it’s his sociopathic turn as businessman Peter Quint in Flanagan’s sequel series The Haunting (2020), or as Dakota Johnson’s terrifying boyfriend in (2021), or as , Jackson-Cohen has cemented himself as one of Hollywood’s go-to baddies.

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