Plus: Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans, A24, and one VF writer; the making of celebrity gossip in the AI era; Digger star Tom Cruise’s Oscar campaign
“Zada Bing!” That’s the print headline on Rebecca Ford’s profile of rising star Joseph Zada, who anchors not one but two major projects this fall: East of Eden, where he plays a role made famous by James Dean (no pressure), and The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, where he plays the younger version of the character Woody Harrelson plays in the original film series. (So again, no presh.) Zada, who posed for VF wearing his Wolf of Wall Street best, seems fairly unfazed by his imminent fame—even though he had to fight like a scrappy kid from District 12 to get that Hunger Games role. “They put me through what felt like an unnecessary hell until I got there and I was shooting,” he says. “And then you understand that it is necessary to put someone through a long and hard process because that’s what the film is.”
Elsewhere, Maxwell Adler charts how AI-generated images have stoked rumors of a romance between Michael B. Jordan and Raye (who are not, in fact, dating); Dan Adler digs into the culture of secrecy behind You Can See Everything; and Rebecca Ford also details the balancing act Tom Cruise must strike as awards season unfolds: campaigning for an Oscar without looking like he wants it too badly. (I have seen Digger, and I’d say Cruise is in no danger of getting a nomination for it. But stranger things have happened.) More tomorrow!
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HILLARY BUSIS
FEATURES EDITOR
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Zada battled thousands of fellow up-and-comers to nab the role of Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping—and that's not the only way his life imitates his art. Read more
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Movies
By Dan Adler
One writer finds himself caught in the web of eccentricity, intrigue, and villainy spun by Nathan Fielder, the notorious couple he shadowed, and the film studio’s cloak-and-dagger PR. Read more
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Culture
By Maxwell Adler
They’re not actually dating. But photorealistic images of their nonexistent romance show how easy it has become to manufacture celebrity gossip—and how difficult it is to make it disappear. Read more
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Royals
By Katie Nicholl
As the 30th anniversary of Diana’s death nears, Charles Spencer’s memoir, reports of Prince Harry making a documentary about his mother, and Prince William’s silence have thrust her back into the spotlight. Read more
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Hollywood
By Rebecca Ford
Timothée Chalamet and Bradley Cooper learned the cost of looking thirsty. Tom Cruise will have to pull off a tricky balancing act for his Digger campaign. Read more
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Ahead of their star turn in Neverman, the legendary performer and newly minted Parisian talks expat life, why they don’t date, and the beauty of their friendship with Jonathan Anderson.
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