Fans Are Thirsting For Josh Hartnett After Seeing His Creepy New Role In 'Trap' Trailer

Josh Hartnett s bloodthirsty new role has his fans in an online frenzy. 

The Virgin Suicides actor returns to the big screen this summer in the horror thriller Trap, directed by M. Night Shyamalan . Due out Aug. 9, the film stars Hartnett as a seemingly doting dad who accompanies his teen daughter to a pop concert.

Tension ensues when the arena is swarmed by police in an attempt to capture a serial killer who is on the premises. As is Shyamalans cinematic signature, however, theres a big twist when its revealed that Hartnetts character may actually be the suspect.

The trailer for Trap was unveiled Thursday and instantly drew thirsty responses from fans, who seemed to be recalling their admiration for Hartnett, now 45, during his teen idol heyday in the late 1990s.

Watch the Trap trailer below.

Growing up is when your childhood crush on Josh Hartnett as a rebellious, angsty teen in The Faculty and Halloween H20 evolves into an adulthood crush on Josh Hartnett as a DILF serial killer in Trap, one person wrote on X , formerly Twitter.

Added another , My whole timeline is Josh Hartnett and Im in thirst trap heaven.

Hartnett had a supporting role in 2023s Oppenheimer , which won the Oscar for Best Picture last month. Still, Trap appears to mark his full-fledged return to starring roles, with some already likening his comeback to that of Brendan Frasers award-winning turn in The Whale.

While Hartnett has never given up acting completely, appearing on Showtimes Penny Dreadful from 2014 to 2016, hes maintained a somewhat low profile in Hollywood in recent years.

In a 2017 interview with HuffPost , he said hed chosen to step back from the spotlight a bit after feeling like hed lost control of my own destiny.

To get so consumed with chasing a goal that doesnt necessarily have to define you is a fools errand and I wanted to have a healthy perspective on it, he said at the time. Not only a healthy perspective on the fame itself, but the pursuit of wealth and the pursuit of surface values.

He added, I wanted to find out what I wanted to do with my life and have had a lot more experiences that are outside of the industry that have been fantastic and Ive re-found or re-started my love for filmmaking.