Can you hear me now? Nicholas Hoult films J.D. Salinger biopic Rebel in the Rye in old-fashioned phone booth

By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:12 EST, 26 May 2016 | Updated: 01:20 EST, 27 May 2016

Nicholas Hoult might be a millennial, but he gamely climbed inside an antique called a phone booth on the New York set of Rebel in the Rye on Thursday.

In the biopic, the 26-year-old Englishman plays a young J.D. Salinger, the celebrated-yet-reclusive author of the 1951 loss-of-innocence literary classic The Catcher in the Rye.

The X-Men: Apocalypse heartthrob dyed his hair black and wore brown contacts lenses as he suited up to better embody the Park Avenue-raised WWII veteran.

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Look, a relic! Nicholas Hoult might be a millennial, but he gamely climbed inside an antique called a phone booth on the New York set of Rebel in the Rye on Thursday

Look, a relic! Nicholas Hoult might be a millennial, but he gamely climbed inside an antique called a phone booth on the New York set of Rebel in the Rye on Thursday

Pictured in 1953: In the biopic, the 26-year-old Englishman plays a young J.D. Salinger, the celebrated-yet-reclusive author of the 1951 loss-of-innocence literary classic The Catcher in the Rye
Pictured in 1953: In the biopic, the 26-year-old Englishman plays a young J.D. Salinger, the celebrated-yet-reclusive author of the 1951 loss-of-innocence literary classic The Catcher in the Rye

Pictured in 1953: In the biopic, the 26-year-old Englishman plays a young J.D. Salinger, the celebrated-yet-reclusive author of the 1951 loss-of-innocence literary classic The Catcher in the Rye

Filming began April 26 on the period film, which is based on Kenneth Slawenski's 2010 biography J. D. Salinger: A Life.

Nicholas portrays Salinger - who died age 91 in 2010 - in his beginnings as a writer, first heartbreak, and military service leading up to the creation of angsty anti-hero Holden Caulfield.

Rebel in the Rye - hitting US theaters in 2017 - also stars Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, and Brian d'Arcy James.

In between takes, Hoult looked relaxed sipping a can of Canada Dry ginger ale, and toting orange juice while clad in jeans and trainers while in Manhattan's SoHo neighbourhood.  

Tamed his 'vulcan brows': The X-Men: Apocalypse heartthrob dyed his hair black and wore brown contacts lenses as he suited up to better embody the Park Avenue-raised WWII veteran
Tamed his 'vulcan brows': The X-Men: Apocalypse heartthrob dyed his hair black and wore brown contacts lenses as he suited up to better embody the Park Avenue-raised WWII veteran
Tamed his 'vulcan brows': The X-Men: Apocalypse heartthrob dyed his hair black and wore brown contacts lenses as he suited up to better embody the Park Avenue-raised WWII veteran

Tamed his 'vulcan brows': The X-Men: Apocalypse heartthrob dyed his hair black and wore brown contacts lenses as he suited up to better embody the Park Avenue-raised WWII veteran

Former child star: Filming began April 26 on the period film, which is based on Kenneth Slawenski's 2010 biography J. D. Salinger: A Life

Former child star: Filming began April 26 on the period film, which is based on Kenneth Slawenski's 2010 biography J. D. Salinger: A Life

Before he was a recluse: Nicholas portrays Salinger - who died age 91 in 2010 - in his beginnings as a writer, first heartbreak, and military service leading up to the creation of angsty anti-hero Holden Caulfield

Before he was a recluse: Nicholas portrays Salinger - who died age 91 in 2010 - in his beginnings as a writer, first heartbreak, and military service leading up to the creation of angsty anti-hero Holden Caulfield

Hitting US theaters in 2017! Rebel in the Rye also stars Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, and Brian d'Arcy James

Hitting US theaters in 2017! Rebel in the Rye also stars Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, and Brian d'Arcy James

Burberry suit: In between takes, Hoult looked relaxed sipping a can of Canada Dry ginger ale, and toting orange juice while clad in jeans and trainers while in Manhattan's SoHo neighbourhood
Burberry suit: In between takes, Hoult looked relaxed sipping a can of Canada Dry ginger ale, and toting orange juice while clad in jeans and trainers while in Manhattan's SoHo neighbourhood

Burberry suit: In between takes, Hoult looked relaxed sipping a can of Canada Dry ginger ale, and toting orange juice while clad in jeans and trainers while in Manhattan's SoHo neighbourhood

On Wednesday, the Berkshire-born Brit's onscreen love interest played by 21-year-old Zoey Deutch was in costume (and slippers) as teenage debutante Oona O'Neill.

'My feet are so blistered they look like i was walking around in wooden clogs (??) #sexappeal,' the nepotistically-privileged daughter of Lea Thompson tweeted to her 150K followers.

Oona was the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, and she broke Jerome David's heart in 1943 when she eloped with 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin a month after turning 18.

Empire co-creator Danny Strong makes his directorial debut on Rebel in the Rye, and he believes Salinger was like Holden Caulfield 'in many ways.'

Blue velvet frock: On Wednesday, the Berkshire-born Brit's onscreen love interest played by 21-year-old Zoey Deutch was in costume (and slippers) as teenage debutante Oona O'Neill
Blue velvet frock: On Wednesday, the Berkshire-born Brit's onscreen love interest played by 21-year-old Zoey Deutch was in costume (and slippers) as teenage debutante Oona O'Neill

Blue velvet frock: On Wednesday, the Berkshire-born Brit's onscreen love interest played by 21-year-old Zoey Deutch was in costume (and slippers) as teenage debutante Oona O'Neill

The nepotistically-privileged daughter of Lea Thompson tweeted to her 150K followers: 'My feet are so blistered they look like i was walking around in wooden clogs (??) #sexappeal'

The nepotistically-privileged daughter of Lea Thompson tweeted to her 150K followers: 'My feet are so blistered they look like i was walking around in wooden clogs (??) #sexappeal'

Sought-after dame: Oona was the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, and she broke J.D.'s heart in 1943 when she eloped with 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin a month after turning 18
Sought-after dame: Oona was the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, and she broke J.D.'s heart in 1943 when she eloped with 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin a month after turning 18

Sought-after dame: Oona was the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, and she broke J.D.'s heart in 1943 when she eloped with 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin a month after turning 18

At the helm: Empire co-creator Danny Strong (R) makes his directorial debut on Rebel in the Rye, and he believes Salinger was like Holden Caulfield 'in many ways' (pictured May 19)

At the helm: Empire co-creator Danny Strong (R) makes his directorial debut on Rebel in the Rye, and he believes Salinger was like Holden Caulfield 'in many ways' (pictured May 19)

'There's a rebellious streak and a very interesting, dynamic way of how he looked at the world,' the two-time Emmy winner told EW this month.

'He was very driven to be a writer. He really wanted it so bad and then when he got it, he ultimately didn’t want it anymore.'

But fans of the Mad Max: Fury Road stud can next see him as illustrator Silas falling for writer Nia (Kristen Stewart) in the sci-fi romance Equals, released on VOD Thursday and hitting US theaters July 15.

Next gig: But fans of the Mad Max: Fury Road stud can next see him as illustrator Silas falling for writer Nia (Kristen Stewart) in the sci-fi romance Equals, released on VOD Thursday and hitting US theaters July 15

Next gig: But fans of the Mad Max: Fury Road stud can next see him as illustrator Silas falling for writer Nia (Kristen Stewart) in the sci-fi romance Equals, released on VOD Thursday and hitting US theaters July 15

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