“But I feel that I am really very, very lucky.

“I don’t think acting is ever guaranteed so I am grateful for each job and each experience,” he says. Perhaps it’s down to a classic example of the British stiff upper lip, or perhaps it’s a tough mental attitude. Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Vogue Man Arabia, Read Next: 5 of Hollywood Titan Kirk Douglas’ Most Iconic Roles. Rumor has it he’s also a frontrunner to be the next James Bond. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. “I love their dedication to restoring films,” he explains about his relationship with the brand, which is tightly connected to cinema.

"He's my favorite person to be around and makes me laugh harder than anybody," Lawrence gushed in 2012, hailing Hoult as her boyfriend and best friend. She had cut ties with Hoult and had finished filming the Hunger Games.

", And though they briefly broke up in 2013, they reunited on and off screen for X-Men: Days of Future Past. He’s part of the X-Men alumni, played the lead in the biopic blockbuster Tolkien, and is busy filming Mission: Impossible 7. Here’s How to be a Great Father in Self-Isolation, “Boys Do Cry” — Editor’s Letter on Why Vulnerability Needs to be an Important Aspect of Masculinity, Exclusive Interview: Rami Malek Won’t Compromise When It Comes To His Heritage, Inside Saudi Arabia’s Booming Esports Industry with Untapped Potential, 5 New Mystery-Filled Arabic Releases to Watch on Netflix Now, Everything to Know About This Year’s Dubai Comedy Festival.

Nicholas Hoult on 'Kill Your Friends', Jennifer Lawrence, and being a child actor Nicholas Hoult found fame as a child with a pudding-bowl haircut. It's just as difficult to grasp that this extremely well-mannered young man is also the same chap who delivers a sterling performance as Steven Stelfox, the unremittingly sexist, racist, cynical Nineties record company executive in Kill Your Friends, Owen Harris's hysterically funny adaptation of John Niven's best-selling book. He hates them almost as much as he despises his record business colleagues, so contemptuously finds them a tacky song, overdubs their voices and somehow gets them to the top of the charts. But forthcoming releases such as Equals (in which he stars with Kristen Stewart), Rebel in the Rye, where he plays J D Salinger, and Collide, a drug-smuggling film with Anthony Hopkins and Felicity Jones, will surely expose him to the world. He played Hank McCoy/Beast in director Matthew Vaughn's box-office smash, X-Men First Class, was the eponymous lead opposite Ewan McGregor and Stanley Tucci in Jack the Giant Slayer. Airing on Hulu this May, it’s already tipped for big things. All rights reserved. Today, she and Hoult have happily moved on. The man’s not for changing. And it was different for me than it is for some American child actors who are taken out of school and live in this weird vacuum that is another world.

But then how could he, when the character became the catalyst to a rare anthesis of the usual tragic child star story? Nicholas Hoult Interview: From Dating Jennifer Lawrence To Knitting For Hollywood Stars by Alexandria Gouveia Nicholas Hoult wears the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon Enamel watch

No one could blame the Wokingham-born actor for not putting the hours in.

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“And I really need that.

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He made his debut in the film Intimate Relations, aged seven, came to prominence in About a Boy, excelled in Kidulthood, became a heart-throb after a lead role in Skins and hit pay dirt playing opposite Colin Firth in A Single Man.

“It’s so important for cinema but also speaks of its commitment to heritage while always looking to the future,” Hoult says.

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Rumours abound regarding the pair. So yeah, I've got a lot to prove and a lot of things to learn, and a lot of room to get better.”, With Jennifer Lawrence in 'X-Men: First Class'.

Either way, Hoult is nothing short of charming, while proving himself adept at dodging questions that might reveal a little too much.

"Being 24 was this whole year of, ‘Who am I without these movies? © 2020 E!

As well as being an official partner of the Shanghai film festival since 2011, hosting gala dinners to support restoration in China, the watchmaker also supports the Venice film festival, awarding its classic Reverso watch – with a unique engraving – to the winner of the Golden Lion award for best film and Coppa Volpi awards for best actor and actress. On the subject of his middle name, Caradoc, which is Welsh for “beloved,” Hoult, who fiercely guards his private life, offers a rare glimpse: “My relationship with my son is the most beloved thing in my life.” A family man at heart, the proudest moment of his career so far isn’t fame or award nominations – it was “being able to bring my parents to a film premiere and have them enjoy the experience with me.”. Nicholas Hoult as the titular author in Tolkien (2019) with Lily Collins, The actor’s innocence paints a rare picture for a former child star. Dating must have been paparazzi hell, though?

Having once admitted to finding fame “a bit of a disaster,” he’s retreating even more into suburban living, spending his downtime with his family and friends, and exploring his many hobbies. “He starts out very self-controlled,” he explains.

“At the time there were moments of that in Los Angeles,” he admits, obviously reluctant to talk.

“But some of the coolest moments of my job are when someone comes up to you and says, 'I really enjoyed you in that film' – no picture, no autograph – just a genuine moment. “Most characters like Stelfox have some comeuppance or some repentance but he is willing to go darker than anyone else, is extremely twisted, unrelenting and unremorseful right to the very end. It's hard to believe that the tall, well-dressed young man sitting in front of me is the same Nicholas Caradoc Hoult I met when he was aged 12, with a Baldrick haircut, on the set of About a Boy. But this guy didn't know who he was and, for some reason, was actually taking close-ups of the coffee machine.”. But while he can’t quite predict the future, one thing’s for sure: despite the big roles and the major fame, Nicholas Hoult has a lot more left in the tank, and the journey will be on his own terms.

Entertainment Television, LLC A Division of NBCUniversal. As time would prove, she'd be perfectly fine without both. By Christine Rendon for MailOnline Published: 03:41 GMT, 10 October 2014 | Updated: 04:00 GMT, 10 October 2014 Getting to collaborate with an innovative yet timeless brand is an honor to me.”, For his next role, Hoult will transform into Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (played by Elle Fanning) for the TV series The Great. He walked up and said, 'Dude, like, what are you doing?' Who am I without this man?'".

“I can still go to a pub and have a pint and meander around,” he clarifies. Last April, he welcomed a son with model girlfriend Bryana Holly. “To see her transform into Catherine the Great and give such a nuanced performance is incredible.” With roles in period dramas and post-apocalyptic sci-fi, what era would Hoult prefer to explore? Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows!

He then reprised his Hank McCoy role in X-Men: Days of Future Past and embarked on a much-publicised, three-year on-and-off relationship with his co-star, Oscar-winner and the highest paid actress in the world, Jennifer Lawrence. After A Single Man, Hoult's career skyrocketed. Does he think he missed out on a proper childhood? But you’re more likely to find him knitting than at an A-list party.

I wasn't at all sure that the 25-year-old Hoult, or for that matter any actor younger than 30, could carry off Stelfox, a complex character, at once noxious and strangely charismatic, who harbours a peculiarly vicious cynicism that usually comes with age. Though Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult split in 2014, the friendly exes have continued working together on the franchise that introduced them way back in 2010.

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“But I live in London and can get on the Tube and no one will blink an eye. “All I want to do is not repeat myself or take easy film choices,” beams the actor who, of late, has played a soldier, a zombie, a psychotic and a mutant.

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Hoult insists he will not lose touch with reality.