The Crown earlier this year, has announced his next project: a gay World War I drama titled The History of Sound.O’Connor joins actor Paul Mescal (Normal People) in the film, based on a short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ben Shattuck.
Oliver Hermanus, who directed the gay drama Moffie earlier this year, will helm the project.Variety reports that “the story follows two young men, Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor), who, during the WW1 period, set out to record the lives, voices, and music of their countrymen.” Along the way, the two fall madly in love.Related: What happened to the gay sex scenes in ‘God’s Own Country’?!“Paul and Josh are two of the most promising actors of their generation who will share with us deeply soulful.