He appeared as Bourke Cockran in his next feature film "The Current War", directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2017. Originally set for a theatrical released on 24 November 2017, the film's cinema outing was delayed to July 2019 in the UK and October in the US, after sexual misconduct allegations were made against Harvey Weinstein, shortly followed by a DVD release.