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Samuel George Claflin (born 27 June, 1986) is an English actor. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his acting career on television and had his first film role as Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). Claflin gained wider recognition for playing Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games film series (2013–2015) and for his starring role in the romantic comedy Me Before You (2016). He has since portrayed Oswald Mosley in the television series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022) and Mycroft Holmes in the mystery film Enola Holmes (2020). In 2023, Claflin played Billy Dunne in Daisy Jones & The Six. Based on the book of the same name, it follows the story of a rock band in the 1970s, and premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2023.
Each season explores the journey, struggles, and investigations of a specific member of the Green Lantern Corps. It ties in with the Green Lantern films and broader DC universe films and shows. Season 1: after GL 2, concurrent with GL 3, follows Kyle Rayner investigating the murder of his girlfriend by sadistic villain Major Force and his initiation into the GLC. Season 2: after GL 3, follows Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz as partners investigating the dark and murderous William Hand while working through their traumas and conflicting styles; Jessica struggles to control her ring's power. Season 3: following the Black Hand situation, Guy Gardner refuses an order from the Guardians, leading to disaster; gets kicked out of the GLC, and struggles with his identity without a power ring leading to a major battle with his villainous brother, Mace. Season 4: shows how a man named Mark Richards almost received a GL power ring, but instead leaned into malice and was cursed to feel his victims' pain. The second half follows Nathan Broome, and his slow descent into sorrow following his breakup with Carol Ferris. Season 5: follows Jo Mullein's story and her investigation of a cosmic conspiracy; based on "Far Sector" graphic novel.
