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“I’m sure there’s a few more on my legs,” Dickinson says, smiling. “I can’t remember.”But the spirit of Loach runs strong in Dickinson’s directorial debut, “Urchin.” The film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the

on Saturday, stars Frank Dillane as a homeless London drug addict.A sensitive and preceptive character study, “Urchin” has been widely hailed as a standout at Cannes. Just as the 28-year-old Dickinson, who starred inis emerging as a major movie star, he’s revealed himself to be a filmmaker to watch, too.

“Before we screened, I was debilitated by nerves,” Dickinson said the day after the premiere. “I felt so vulnerable — which I do normally with acting, but not as much. I suddenly realized what an exposing thing this is. Like you said, it’s showing a different side of myself and putting that out there to be obliterated.”But Dickinson, who first emerged in Eliza Hittman’s

only expanded audiences’ notions of him with “Urchin.” As he explained in an interview, making it was important enough to him, even if it meant sacrificing parts at the very moment Hollywood won’t stop calling. Next, Dickinson will star as John Lennon in

The Associated Press’ conversation with Dickinson has been edited for clarity and brevity.There’s a little one for 2001’s “Donnie Darko,” but there’s a much larger one on his arm for “Kes,” Ken Loach’s seminal British social realism drama from 1969.

“I’m sure there’s a few more on my legs,” Dickinson says, smiling. “I can’t remember.”But the spirit of Loach runs strong in Dickinson’s directorial debut, “Urchin.” The film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the

on Saturday, stars Frank Dillane as a homeless London drug addict.A sensitive and preceptive character study, “Urchin” has been widely hailed as a standout at Cannes. Just as the 28-year-old Dickinson, who starred in