Louis Tomlinson Urges One Direction Fans To Follow Their Dreams

Louis Tomlinson is a man whose star seems to keep rising. One Direction singer Louis may be enjoying a break from One Direction, but that doesn’t mean that Tomlinson is sitting back with his feet up. Tomlinson is using his band downtime to explore new avenues for his career. It has been widely claimed that Louis will feature as a judge on the next season of The X Factor, he has launched his own record label, and of course Tomlinson devotes much of his time to his favorite charities.

Some months ago, it was reported in The Inquisitr that Louis is set to follow bandmate Harry Styles into acting. Film maker Adrian Buchart is keen to sign Tomlinson up to play Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy in an upcoming biopic of the soccer star.

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In many ways, Tomlinson seems an inspired choice to play the soccer star. Tomlinson and Vardy were both were plucked from obscurity and enjoyed a meteoric rise to the very top of their respective professions in a relatively short period of time. When Tomlinson was appearing on The X Factor, Vardy was playing non-league soccer. Vardy only made his Premier League debut for Leicester in 2014, but since then, he has gone on to set a Premier League record by scoring in 11 successive games. Vardy’s goals help Leicester City to overcome odds of 5,000-to-one to lift the Premier League crown.

England fans, including Louis, will be hoping that Vardy can repeat his scoring exploits in the forthcoming European Championships that kick off in France on June 10. If Vardy and England do well, then the potential for box office success will increase, and Tomlinson’s involvement would spark the interest of the countless millions of One Direction fans across the globe.

According to the Daily Mail, Tomlinson attended Vardy’s wedding over the course of the last weekend, and it was there that Louis gave the strongest indication to date that he was set to star in the soccer movie. Speaking to Hello!, Louis praised Jamie and said that playing him in a movie would be a “golden opportunity.” Louis also said that Jamie shows just what can be achieved when you follow your dreams.

“It’s a golden opportunity. Jamie’s story is incredible – he’s incredible”.

“He’s a lovely guy, very easy going and such a great example for anyone who thinks they can’t follow their dreams. For a football fan, any kind of involvement in a story like Jamie’s is exciting.”

One Direction fans will be aware that Louis’ bandmate Harry Styles is currently filming for his first big acting role. Styles is appearing in Christopher Nolan’s World War II movie, Dunkirk, and is filming in France at present. One Direction fans have little doubt that Styles will be a huge hit as an actor, but they also recognize that Louis might just have the edge on Harry.

Tomlinson has already had minor acting roles as a child star, and Louis’ love of soccer is well known. Louis has turned out for Doncaster Rovers reserves and will be playing in this weekend’s Soccer Aid charity match.

Of course, when it comes to One Direction, the gossip columns love to turn a positive into a negative. Unreality TV joins the trend today by claiming that Louis is “ditching One Direction for acting.”

The reality is that no-one knows what One Direction will look like in the future, but there is no reason to believe that Harry and Louis taking acting roles should mean an end for the band. Most One Direction fans realize that the end of the “On The Road Again” tour marked a turning point in the careers of Louis and all of the boys. That tour and the release of Made In The A.M. marked the end of their contractual obligations to Simon Cowell’s SyCo.

It is doubtful that Tomlinson and One Direction will slip back into the routine of releasing an album and backing it with a huge tour every year. In the future, it is likely Louis and the others will reunite only for short periods of time and spend the rest of the time pursuing their own interests. Tomlinson and the other members of One Direction have promised fans that they will return at some point; Louis and Harry taking acting roles does nothing to change that.

Let’s face it: Louis, Harry, Niall, and Liam are on a hiatus to channel their creative energies in new directions. You have to wonder why people seem to be surprised when they do just that.

Amongst the many traits that Louis Tomlinson and Jamie Vardy share, it is their determination to follow their dreams that shines through. Tomlinson and Vardy show that winners never quit, they followed their dreams with relentless determination and showed their fans just what can be achieved when you chase that dream with everything you have got.

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