until now , tom sturridge has been best known as the long-haired hipster who finally tamed sienna miller .
yet this year it looks as though the 29-year-old actor , who counts robert pattinson and andrew garfield among his best friends , could be set to become more famous than his a-list fiancee .
not only is the london-born actor wowing the west end in american buffalo , he 's about to step into the costume drama void left by aidan turner 's poldark , when he plays sergeant troy to carey mulligan 's bathsheba in the hotly-anticipated new adaptation of far from the madding crowd .