My favorite actor is Christian Bale. He has consistently played a diversity of roles that have no relation to each other (separate character types). In addition, the movies he plays in are original, thought-provoking, and usually dark.
Examples include "The Machinist," "The Dark Knight," and "American Psycho," as well as many others. He clearly is dedicated to his craft in how he has lost a hundred pounds for "The Machinist" and spent hundreds of hours in the gym for others. My favorite actress is currently Zoe Saldana.
Even though she's a woman, she's an avid science fiction fan and played in the two biggest movies of the year. She has a cool name and great looks, although they are non-traditional.
My favorite Actor is Anthony Hopkins. In one of the best portrayals of a madman, he was stunning as Hannibal Lector. Legends of the Fall, Fracture, Amistad, Nixon, Remains of the Day, Zorro, Meet Joe Black, Instinct .. .
The list goes on and on. I've never seen in him anything I didn't love his character and performance, and usually the movie.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.