#harry interviews timothee

[twopoppies]

I feel like people don’t talk about this interview enough … It happened December 27, 2019 - Timothée was dating Lily Rose Depp for over a year at the time (and until spring of 2020), so his answer makes sense as he was with someone. Harry had just released Fine Line - alluding to him being heartbroken over his breakup with Camille, and now being single. Here is the quote I’m talking about!

H: If you were told you were only allowed to listen to one song, watch one movie, read one book and talk to one person for the rest of your life, what would you choose?

T: . . . And one person… I’ll keep that mysterious. I’ll keep that to myself, but I have a clear answer in my head. What about you? Can I flip that on you? Is that fair?

H: Of course. Feel free. My song would be . . .

T: And who’s your person?

H: My person… I’m going to do the same as you, I’m going to withhold.

T: Alright, fair, fair!

H: I think it’s a fair exchange.

T: Yes, yes. Oh, man.

Yep. That was a big one, IMO. But, of course, can be brushed off with, "he was dating someone new and didn't want to say" or "he was still pining for Camille" or whatever other het nonsense they want to use.

It also reminds me of the receipt about Louis' friend describing him as "practically married" in January 2017 smack in the middle of having broken up with Danielle and starting up again with Eleanor. Who, in that 1-2 month period, could he have been with who he was so in love with that he was "practically married" to them, but then dropped her to get back with Eleanor five minutes later?

Must have been some leggy brunette.

[persephoneflouwers]

Can I give it that back? I don’t want it frrrrrr

[1donoow]

CELEBRITY REC

PT.1

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♡ - smut

Most of them are fluff

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<a/n>i somewhat explain why there's alot in my pin post

stray kids

timothee chalamet

ryan reynolds

bella ramsey

oscar issac

pedro pascal

justin h. min

joseph quinn

harry styles

tom holland

stray kids

@fluffylino - Stray Kids reaction to when you tell them to get on their knees

- skz finding out you're touch starved

@cosmic-railwayxo - denying them kisses for a challenge

- skz and back hugs

@locallixie - stray kids' reactions to their dog protecting their s/o.

@dreamescapeswriting - you randomly buy him flowers

- their crush having a unique talent

@serendipitouxs - when you wear their merch around them for the first time

@emithecharmer - skz you two meet at isac

@kim-seung-mo - 24hr after your death

@blue-jisungs - you're an artist

- them flirting with you at isac2022

@mazeinthemiroh - stray kids reaction to their s/o being an ace in their idol group

- stray kids with a stylist s/o

@hwangsify - domesticity hc

- them as highschool bfs

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felix

@milkybonya - stupid o'clock

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seungmin

@rachalixie - sleepy seungmin

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timothee chalamet

@timmymyluv - wired autocomplete interview

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ryan reynolds

@piggyjeans - graduation (teen!reader)

@liberty-barnes - (y/n) meets walker scobell (y/n lively-reynolds)

@adorecline - the crush (daughter!reader)

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bella ramsey

@ell1ovr - movies and cuddles

@xhollandlilsx - interview shenanigans

@loverwebs - the perfect pair

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oscar issac

@moonxknightx - don't shave your beard

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pedro pascal

@amazonabxtch - nervous

@soulofapatrick - behind the scenes

@talaok - will you kiss me?

@valkyrieromanoff - interview

@matcha-kathrin - strangers

@pascallatte - slip-ups

- oi, pedro

@neo-nomatrix - too sweet to be mine

@judysxnd - picture you take of pedro

- proofs that pedro pascal and y/n l/n are dating pt.2

- you steal pedro's clothes

@imaginesbymonika - pure honey

@lovrre - your camera roll dating pedro pascal pt.2

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justin h. min

@xreader-writing - the best (not) couple

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joseph quinn

@thisisntmyrightera - leave me alone,get your stella

@evans-heaven - touch

@ygrworld - the little habits

@dreamsweetener - puppy giving

@hellfireloser - don't fret it

@quinnfender - ___

@hellenquiinn - needy baby

@joekeeryswife - comic con

@talaok - ___

- bad influence

@indouloureux - ___

- ___

- ___

- habits

- dojacat

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harry styles

@lovecanyon - caught in act(ceo!harry)

- curious gazes

- y/n's fans

@alittletaste - cravings

@harrysmimi - we all make mistakes

- lunch time

@secret-rendezvous1d - sick harry hc

@stylesberries - rainbow cardigan

@glitteredrry - 5 ways harry mentions you on stage

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mcu cast

@morizoras-cave - little coworker (child co-star!reader)

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tom holland

@morizoras-cave - brother from another mother (teen co-star!reader)

@liberty-barnes - (y/n) lively-reynolds take a lie detector test

- things tom does for y/n,always

[prettyrealm]

celebrity readings masterlist

miscellaneous

☆ yes or no questions

k-pop industry

aespa

☆ how did the aespa members feel about giselle’s n-word scandal?

☆ will giselle be in more controversies in the future? will she be a better person?

☆ karina positives + negatives

ateez

☆ san positives + negatives

☆ san positives + negatives (updated!)

☆ san ideal type

☆ san reputation within the industry

☆ san as a boyfriend

☆ san & wooyoung dynamic

☆ seonghwa love life

☆ hongjoong positives + negatives

blackpink

☆ lisa ideal type

bts

☆ jungkook positives + negatives

☆ what really happened between jimin & jeongyeon?

enhypen

☆ jungwon positives + negatives

exo

☆ kai positives + negatives

☆ jay ideal type

(g)i-dle

☆ yuqi positives + negatives

infinite

☆ how does sungjong feel about his “feminine” image?

itzy

☆ how does ryujin feel about her “masculine” image?

☆ ryujin ideal type

☆ yuna as a bestfriend

ive

☆ how do ive members see wonyoung?

☆ gaeul positives + negatives

☆ wonyoung positives + negatives

le sserafim

☆ chaewon positives + negatives

☆ yunjin positives + negatives

monsta x

☆ i.m ideal type reading

newjeans

☆ minji negatives + positives

☆ how do the newjeans members see danielle?

nct

☆ was the zoo unit specifically taeyong annoyed at giselle for messing up on stage?

☆ how does nct taeyong view nct haechan?

☆ jaehyun negatives + positives

☆ jeno negatives + positives

☆ haechan negatives + positives

nmixx

☆ lily positives + negatives

p1harmony

☆ most to least likely to date a fan in p1harmony?

☆ soul positives + negatives

☆ soul ideal type

☆ soul as a boyfriend

red velvet

☆ yeri positives + negatives

stayc

☆ sieun reputation within the industry

stray kids

☆ bangchan & felix dynamic

☆ felix positives + negatives

☆ hyunjin reputation within the industry

the boyz

☆ sunwoo ideal type

twice

☆ jihyo positives + negatives

☆ mina positives + negatives

☆ nayeon securities vs insecurities

☆ sana positives + negatives

☆ tzuyu positives + negatives

☆ jeongyeon positives + negatives

☆ what really happened between jimin & jeongyeon?

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☆ soobin positives + negatives

☆ conversations with soobin

☆ yeonjun positives + negatives

☆ yeonjun ideal type

soloists

☆ jeon somi positives + negatives

☆ lucas reputation within the industry reading

k-drama industry

☆ current events: han sohee vs lee hyeri

☆ Iee hyeri reputation within the industry

j-industry

☆ haruma miura positives + negatives

☆ kentaro sakaguchi positives + negatives

western

☆ chloé bailey current energy - may 23, 2023

☆ doja cat current energy - may 31 2023

☆ beyoncé current energy - march 11, 2024

☆ how does taylor swift feel about the drama around her dating matty healy?

☆ what is the nature of the relationship between halle bailey and jonah hauer-king?

☆ aaron taylor-johnson positives + negatives

☆ billie eilish positives + negatives

☆ blueface positives + negatives

☆ hailey bieber positives + negatives

☆ harry styles positives + negatives

☆ ice spice positives + negatives

☆ jenna ortega positives + negatives

☆ kendall jenner positives + negatives

☆ lana del rey positives + negatives

☆ matty healy positives + negatives

☆ how does matty healy feel about his recent scandals? - june 27, 2023

☆ pedro pascal positives + negatives

☆ pinkpantheress positives + negatives

☆ taylor swift positives + negatives

☆ timothee chalamet positives + negatives

☆ how did taylor swift feel meeting future for the first time?

☆ interview series: doja cat

☆ current events: drake vs future

[weclassybouquetfun]

There are a number of films releasing on Hanukkah / Christmas.

We have the Nicole Kidman/Harris Dickinson erotic drama BABYGIRL,

there's Robert Eggers' NOSFERATU, which is a faithful retelling of the 1922 film NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR. It's a stellar film that makes great use of its cast and makes vampires dark and scary again (but still a tad sexy, which..I don't know how that happened, but it did). A proper Gothic tale.

There's a September issue of Another Man magazine interview where Robert Eggers interviews Bill Skarsgård. I avoided it until I saw the movie in case it was spoilery, glad to be unshackled to read it because it offers fascinating insight on Skarsgard and how he got into character for the film.

If you don't mind spoilers, check out the feature (https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/15823/bill-skarsgard-interview-nosferatu-robert-eggers). If you are a spoiler-phobe like me, perhaps wait until you have had a visit with Count Orlock.

Also, out will be the Bob Dylan biopic A COMPLETE UNKNOWN starring Timothee Chalamet who has been having fun cosplaying as Dylan during this press run

but now with the release near, he gave us a throwback to L'il Timmy Tim.

OTHER CHRISTMAS / HANUKKAH/BOXING DAY/WEDNESDAY RELEASES.

Playing Dylan's girlfriend during that time Sylvie Russo (a reimagined Suze Rotolo) is Elle Fanning.

With dual press runs, NOSFERATU's Nicholas Hoult was able to interview his pal and his THE GREAT costar Fanning for Entertainment Weekly.

They are so cute trying to make their own little Barbenheimer.

It's just been a reunion-paloza for Nicky as he was interviewed by his ABOUT A BOY costar Hugh Grant, costarred in the solid JUROR #2 with his ABOUT A BOY costar Toni Colette and was interviewed by his friend and former SKINS costar Daniel Kaluuya for a screening of JUROR #2 and the excellent THE ORDER (which also stars his X:MEN FIRST CLASS costar Tye Sheridan) where he plays real life white nationalist Bob Matthews.

We also have the Robbie Williams biopic BETTER MAN, which is my favourite film of the year. An absolute stunner. If you don't know of Robbie Williams (British, former boybander), you will still love it. If you are put off by the fact that Robbie is portrayed as a chimp...WHERE IS YOUR SENSE OF ADVENTURE???

-A less splashy offering is the solid true story, inspirational sports film THE FIRE INSIDE starring Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry.

directed by BLACK PANTHER cinematographer Rachel Morrison, it's a look of the road boxer Claressa Shields took to get to Olympics glory, but it does a rare thing - shows after the fact and how hard it is to actually capitalize on that success, especially for women athletes.

[saintlaurentproblems]

There were nearly 40 people in line to meet miss taylor russel which they're head to toe in Harry's merch. That's first time she has ever experienced to be a Celebrity like not even being in the same movie as timothee chalamet has ever gave her that exposure. I will never stop calling them pr business and fake as hell, and I'm 1000% sure about one of reasons to rebuild Harry's image. Cry harder anon anyway 😘

It’s definitely not hurting Taylor. But she needs to start doing interviews and get her face infront of the masses.

[mrchalamet-mrstyles]

Does he claim Kylie in the GQ interview? Bc if not I'm not interested. Kylie has been putting a lot of work into this relationship only for peoplento clown her, Timothee should start to do something about it like when he defended lily rose.

"Claim her"? You do know she isn't a piece pf luggage, right? And I'm not clear on what you mean by her "putting a lot of work" into this rs, as if he isn't in it at all? But you clearly believe it's all only pushed by her side and that doesn't sound as if you are at all supportive of them as a couple but I'll entertain you and post what was written. Enjoy:

Over the past six years, as Chalamet became famous and then very famous, he sometimes found himself measuring the distance between the real Timothée Chalamet and these varied perceptions of him. The dinner table of Timothée Chalamets. But this was precisely the sort of needle spinning that seemed to have subsided. This summer, it looked like the signal for true north was evident and clear, and the other noise was receding. He couldn’t control how the distortions travelled. He could only control who he was – and he was happy to own it.

This related to the other time Chalamet popped up in early 2023. In the spring, he was spotted on his way to Tito’s Tacos in Culver City. Notable only because the person he was supposedly with was Kylie Jenner, and the photos of each of their SUVs in proximity to the other spun around the world instantly, sparking rumours of a possible pairing.

Chalamet is not naïve about how celebrity culture works. In fact, besides living it every day, he is perhaps the foremost member of the first generation of mega-celebrity who himself was as internet obsessed with his favourite artists as people are with him. Kid Cudi. Leo. Etcetera. He is a product of that fever, in no way above it, and so he understands the desire to get close, to get all the way in. “I can’t say that this stuff doesn’t matter,” he said, “because my intense fandom has led me to where I am.” But he also bristles at the suggestion that he might not be entitled to a wholly private life.

When I told him that this is all a fair and practically inalienable right, but that if he really wanted to be left alone, he might not spend time with one of the four most followed people on Instagram, he nodded and chuckled: “This reminds me of that recent South Park episode with the Worldwide Privacy Tour,” he said, referring to a send-up of Harry and Meghan flying around in a private jet and appearing on a talk show to demand: We want privacy! We want privacy! “Sometimes, people are going to be hella confused when you say you’re trying to live a private life.”

After months of dodging rumours, the pair confirmed them by attending a Beyoncé concert together in LA in September, then the US Open men’s singles final together in New York, and otherwise not shying away from being out and about and affectionate together in public. Due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, I couldn’t follow up to ask him what happened to his existential plea for this part of his life to be left offstage, but I imagine he might’ve just protested: “We want privacy! We want privacy!”

[womanexile]

Harry went MIA for 2 weeks and then we suddenly see him out and about on the busiest, most touristy streets in London pictured with TR. And now this with the article coming out before the video of them holding hands, meanwhile how would they know if the video wasn't out. This has to be PR atp. I don't get it why is Harry doing this when he doesn't need to do PR at all. If he's partnering with Loewe he can just go missing for a bit and then post pictures of himself online. The fans will eat it up cause we miss him and want content from him anyway. What's with pushing TR at the forefront of things all of a sudden. The play in London, now this. OW before that was using him for her movie. It's tiring just watching him get used left and right all the time. And it's not even discreet, or natural. It's embarrassing for everyone. But I would say the most embarrassing for the brand in the first place and then second for TR. Cause even if I like her now I'm questioning whether or not is she doing this to get herself ahead and I always lose respect for anyone who does this so evidently. If you do this, what else would you be willing to do? And I know that's Hollywood but it's yucky. Even last year, cause I am a Timothee fan, I was watching interviews for Bones and All and she was coming off a bit disingenuous. Pushing the shy, sweet and innocent agenda doesn't line up well with the group of people she surrounds herself, plus her nearing 30. Maybe when you're young it would work, but now it's weird. Or maybe they aren't friends but are just pretending to be in the public eye? Who knows atp. 🤷‍♀️ (PS. I have similar viewpoint on Zendaya too. She was okay with signing up for the 'squad' and get the attention with Taylor while she claims to not like drama, but didn't in the slightest hesitate to like tweets siding with Kim and Kanye in 2016. Also going to the Golden Globes with Harvey Weinstein when she didn't even have a movie she was a part of nominated (Even worse, found this in an article: Harvey is credited for giving Zendaya her big break in the movie industry. He even produced the music video for her single “Neverland.” The two are known for being close as she was even his guest of honor at the 2015 Oscars. [ https://www.foxella.com/they-received-random-payments/ ] ) then all of a sudden gets a role in Spiderman and then the news about HW come out, and she says that it's disgusting on a red carpet, but doesn't even mention him in a statement she made on social media when the MeToo movement was happening. I would assume her being an actress, she must have known about him. Many people knew, but were playing dumb. Never seen her the same ever since.)

If this is PR I don’t think HS is doing it for himself it’s more for TR. maybe he does like her & is trying to get her name out there but it’s still so weird cause HS has always says he likes to keep his private life private. And this has been so public from the beginning.

[georgevilliers]

What are they saying about Nicholas? Is it bad? I don't wanna get on twitter to find out D:

I'll be real with you, most of the negative stuff I've seen is coming from Harry Styles fans that are mad at The Idea of You for various reasons that I could get into but I don't even really want to bring specific negative comments from twitter onto tumblr. (And listen I was a 1D fan from 2012 until they broke up so like, I was in the trenches, and frankly his stans, especially the ones who ship Larry, have always been really extra and I feel exhausted by the thought of having to engage with them and their so-called "logic" again just because my current fave is tangentially associated with him right now!)

Also I think I'm just feeling melancholic over everything because I really want the best for his career but more exposure is always going to lead to more opinions, good and bad, and I just wish there was some way he could have the good career without the added opinions from people!!! I think it's hard for me, as someone who reads, listens to, and watches every interview he does, to then turn around and see someone online throw out baseless opinions about his character, or what he said, or what he did etc etc when they're likely basing all of that opinion on only one thing. Or perhaps they're coming at him from a place of wanting to dislike him for whatever their personal reasons are, and so they willfully misrepresent or misunderstand. It's especially hard as I know he has spoken about his fears of being misunderstood multiple times and now I am witnessing it happening in real time.

I really don't want to be a bummer especially as this is a really really exciting time for his career and it honestly feels like he has the whole world at his feet and I'm excited to see what projects he will be doing moving forward! I am full of both excitement and a bit of melancholy and that's ok, I am simply parasocialing a little too close to the sun lol.

Honestly, there are always going to be good and bad experiences on every platform that you can engage in fandom. I have probably 100 people on tumblr blocked to protect my fan experience lmao! And there's lots of people on twitter who I think are really funny and fun stans of Nick's! I just think on twitter there's a lot all at once and it's easier to see opinions from people who aren't actual fans of his, if that makes sense.

Although I will share one comment that made me laugh, which was someone on twitter complaining about how they keep seeing the same few actors in every single movie and Nick was listed along with names like Timothee Chalamet and others and it made me kinda laugh because Timothee rose to fame in 2017 with Call Me By Your Name and has been working steadily ever since so yeah I kinda understand the Timothee fatigue. But in 2017 Nick was still a struggling actor working side jobs and hadn't yet had a "big break". He quite literally has only started becoming well known in 2023, so if this person is already sick of him, they have a lot more coming their way 💀

[wellthatwasaletdown]

I was looking at photos of Taylor Russell and was thinking at how people call her shy because I just don’t perceive shyness from her behaviour she’s just acting childish when interacting with people but i don’t see her having that shy energy harry has for example when in fron of photographers on red carpets. He always looks for someone he knows to give him confidence (think about kid harpoon at the Grammys). Taylor on the other hand seems pretty confident in being taken pics of and even the poses she doesn’t seem shy and cute. This make me think she might not be that cute sweet person she portrait herself as but more a wannabe deep celebrity with that pretentious cute and childish way to do that I personally find irritating after a while. But that’s just my opinion I’m not sending her hate just expressing a point of view based on the few things I saw and felt about her. Apparently timothee shalamet and his fans were not big lover of this thing and in interview he was doing the job while she was just standing there using big words sometimes without giving any real substance. Was it because she was smitten of Timmy? Yeah because she’s basically doing the same with harry. I don’t see cute energy in the videos with her friends

Harry Edward Styles is not shy in front of cameras. WTF

Also, he looked for Kid Harppon at The Grammys because Kid Harpoon wrote the songs, so he's the one he can actually discuss what the songs are about. LMAO

[harryforvogue]

i haven’t watched any of her interviews yet but the ones i’ve read so far are soooo cool and i can see so many similarities between her and harry!! there’s this one with timothee where she says that “to love is to respect one’s solitude” or something like that and when asked to give a fan love advice on one of the lasts shows harry said exactly that, which makes me think they probably talked about it or he watched the interview and got the line from her. you know he’s dating when he starts to steal lines lol

PLSSSSSS OKAY i'll watch a few interviews. i fear if i've ever seen any bones and all promo, i was staring at the man beside her </3

[djoswiftie]

Hi! Adore you and your blog! Wondering if I could put out a question to you and your amazing followers, just out of curiosity. With celebrity crushes has anyone else gone from Harry Styles to Timothee Chalamet to Joe Keery. No shade to them or anything, I just noticed as I graduated college my attraction from Chalamet and Styles who always approached interviews with the attempt to be seen as intellectual/deep to just loving how chill and genuine Joe is and that he spends interviews just wanting to talk about things he loves and just vibe. Again no criticism of anyone, I became kind of the black sheep of my friends with shift in attraction/crushes and wonder if anyone is in a similar headspace.

I think it’s very easy to crush on Joe. He really does have this natural charisma about him that it’s super infectious. I’d be curious to hear from everyone tho on how their celeb crushes have changed.

[blackandwhlteaesthetlc]

But seriously what do Kylie and Timothee even talk about…like the best place to get matcha or something? I think he would have been better w/ Kendall but I guess bad bunny got there first.

I would love to be a fly on the wall of their conversations because I really couldn’t begin to guess. But y’know they’re both young, wealthy and gorgeous. That’s enough for some people, haha

I really don’t know too much about them. I haven’t watched the Kardashians in years and I’ve only seen a few of Timothee’s interviews he’s done during press tours. I really liked the print interview he did with Harry but yeah, apart from that I don’t have a solid read on either of their personalities. Maybe they’re more compatible than people would assume?

I’m fully aware this could also just be some fun press for both. Who knows? It’s just so unexpected that i have to admit I’m curious to see where it goes. I’m guessing nothing serious but I’m sure we’ll find out every detail. 😂

[mandeepbainss]

Interview Styles

When looking through magazines there are two main ways in which interviews seemed to be presented, the first being quotes embedded into quite conversational paragraphs which can be found in magazines such as Rolling stone and Vogue and the second being question and answer style.

With my magazine I'm aiming to create a picture of the culture, lifestyle and fashion within the city that each issue focuses on. By interviewing real people who live in these cities I think I will be able to capture the essence of these places most accurately. I feel as though creating this atmosphere will be largely dependent on the photographs and imagery within the magazine however the interviews with the people of the city are what will encapsulate the spirit of the city. I plan to carry out question and answer style interviews as I want ask each of my interviewees the same questions so that readers can compare a range of answers to get a grasp of the types of people in that city. I think that by the end of the magazine this will build an image for the reader of what life is like in that city for a range of different people and hopefully allow them to find someone who they might be able to relate to.

Two magazines I looked at that often carry out interviews of this style were I-D and Interview magazine.

I-D Magazine

When researching which magazines carried out interviews in the style that I planned on using, I remembered an interview I had seen a few years ago in I-D of Harry styles interviewing Timothee Chalamet. I remembered this interview being very casual and simple, it was merely a conversation between the two where Styles would ask a question and Chalamet would answer and they'd have a bit of a discussion about the answer or it would lead to a follow up question. Although this sounds similar to that of the 'conversational embedded quote' style interviews I mentioned are found in magazines such as Rolling stone the way this interview was presented is what made it different. Instead of being a paragraph written from the point of view of the interviewer this interview simply had Styles first name initial with a colon, H:, followed by his question then a T: followed by Chalamet's answer.

When on the I-D website I found an article called '9 New Yorkers on style, creativity & community' which felt very similar to what I'm supposed to be doing In my magazine. The interview consisted of 9 random people in new York simply answering questions some of the questions asked to the people were the same so you got to see the difference in peoples answers. I liked the fact that the people who were answering the questions were not high profile people so when reading their answers it felt very real and authentic.

Interview Magazine:

The American Magazine was created by Andy Warhol and British journalist John Wilcock in 1969. The magazine is known for having celebrities interview other celebrities, very similar to that of the I-D interview between Harry Styles and Timothee Chalamet.

The casual demeanour of these interviews is something I want to replicate within my own magazine. I feel as though this helps the reader get to know the person being interviewed better, it makes the interview feel more personal.

[13eyond13]

4 and 13 for the movie ask please :)

4. An actor/actress it took you time to warm up to:

Robert Pattinson is up there, probably! Back in the day all I really knew him as was his small part as Cedric in the Harry Potter movies, and then he really blew up as Edward in Twilight. And of course bashing Twilight and hating on Edward and Bella was all the rage during the height of its fame, so back then I just rolled my eyes at him and never really paid much attention to him otherwise.

I specifically remember that I started seeing him in a slightly different light around the year 2009 or so, while Twilight was still going on, when my friend told me he was actually a pretty good singer. She showed me some sort of Windows Movie Maker slideshow on YouTube of him soulfully singing along to a guitar, which made me go "oh ok, maybe he has a bit more going on than I thought he did, then..."

Then I started noticing how funny and odd he is in his interviews, and what he said about how he chooses his acting roles based on how much of a freak the character he's going to play is made me laugh. I was convinced he has some impressive range and talent as an actor once I saw him in a few of his newer movie roles the past few years like The Lighthouse and The Batman. Definitely somebody that I am always glad to see onscreen now! I hope I'm not so mindlessly swayed by the bandwagoning hate trains again (I feel like other actors who are kinda getting this treatment nowadays are your Timothee Chalamets - where they're cool to like and have a crush on at first until they get a bit too mainstream and start doing things like playing a hot young version of Willy Wonka, and then people start hating on them and getting sick of them and memeing on them instead, whether or not they actually have any genuine acting talent underneath it all or whatever... I imagine that ol' Timothee will probably have a similar sort of comeback where it's cool to like him again a few more years down the road, so now I'm just gonna skip over the hate train and be like: "you know what, I always appreciate me a lil Timothee onscreen!")

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Another one for this "had to warm up to them" category for me is Jason Segel. I think probably the first thing I ever saw him in was Forgetting Sarah Marshall when it first came out in theaters? I was just really young and innocent back then and possibly too shocked by seeing his dick flapping around on the big screen to really warm up to him too much, haha. Then I grew up a bit more and also watched the show Freaks and Geeks, the first thing he ever acted in, and his performance as Nick Andopolis in that show is just SO GOOD to me, my god. He's just such a big goofy soft sincere enthusiastic open book of a guy, makes me laugh so much, and also genuinely kills me in the scenes where you watch him going through something super humiliating or heartbreaking, too (there's this one particular scene where his girlfriend's mom accidentally crushes him while trying to be nice to him that just breaks my heart every time I see it).

I love this tape of him auditioning for the role, too:

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is now also one of my all-time fave dumb 2000s romcoms now too! I rewatched it older a few years back I did a complete flip on it, and was like: "wtf I kinda love this actually." Apparently Jason Segel wrote the script for that movie himself based on his own personal experiences, which I think gives it a bit more heartfelt charm than your average generic Judd Apatow gang flick. Much of it is based on his breakup with his Freaks and Geeks costar Linda Cardellini... He really WAS dumped butt naked while he really was in all seriousness working on writing a Dracula muppet musical that he thought was going to be his next big thing after Freaks and Geeks got cancelled (a Dracula muppet musical which unironically sounds like it's full of bangers from what you see of it in that movie, ngl)... I feel like I had to actually have a bad breakup/get cheated on myself to fully appreciate how funny and relatable parts of that movie are and just how excellent he is at portraying a person going through that kind of stuff. I just love him so much now, though at first I wasn't a fan.

13. Name a movie adaptation you thought was better than or equal to its source material:

I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

This is a super strange and creepy little movie that I also read the book for, but the movie definitely sticks out in my mind quite a bit more than the book did! It got me back into obsessing over movies again for a bit when it first came out, because after I watched it I was just like "wtf I need to talk to somebody about this and try to interpret it with other people"... I LOVE Jesse Plemons and Toni Collette as actors in everything I've seen them in so far, and they're both great in it, and it made me want to see more stuff featuring Jessie Buckley as well. I think certain things about the aesthetics of the movie just felt strikingly familiar to my own rural Canadian upbringing as well, like the driving through a blizzard to visit your folks on their farm, and the polite reserved social interactions, and the stopping to get Dairy Queen even though it's like minus 40 degrees outside, idk...

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