FLORENCE PUGH
MOVIES: THE WONDER, A GOOD PERSON, DUNE: PART TWO, OPPENHEIMER
She's been fearless in every role, and became an icon of defiance just for holding an Aperol Spritz. Pugh stars in two of 2023's most anticipated films, Oppenheimer and the Dune sequel. She hasn't given up hope in the future of movie stars, partly because she knows Timothée Chalamet. "He's our Leo," she says. In that case, she may just be Kate Winslet.
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“LOOK, THERE WAS a time I thought it was a dirty word,” says Jonathan Majors. “You know what I mean?” He’s talking about stardom. He says the words movie star, then lets them hang in the air like an incantation. “In school, you would never dream of saying something so ambitious.” Majors grew up poor in Texas, where he was raised by his mom, who’s a pastor. As a teenager, he was combative. Anti-authority. Then he discovered the release valve that was acting. This year, the Yale drama school grad’s coiled presence is on display in Creed III and the new Ant-Man and the Wasp movie, and he’ll reign as the archvillain in the next phase of Marvel blockbusters. Majors pours himself into his roles and wants them to be seen, so he doesn’t shy away from the notion of stardom anymore. “I think it’s a word that I was afraid of, because it actually comes with a lot of hope,” he says, “and that’s scary.”
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