All there is to know about the stars of the March 2014 film Divergent, based on the bestselling novel by Veronica Roth The first installment in a trilogy, Divergent is the hottest new dystopian novel for young adults and adults alike. This must-read for fans follows the stories of the two stars of the forthcoming film. Shailene Woodley, who plays Tris Prior, is known to fans already as a star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and for her Independent Spirit Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated role in The Descendants. English actor Theo James, who stars as Tobias "Four" Eaton, played Turkish diplomat Kemal Pamuk in an episode of Downton Abbey, as well as starring in the British supernatural drama Bedlam.