Quick question: is the current trend in men’s fashion for suits to be cut much too tight? Because that’s what I was wondering as I looked through this suit-tastic editorial at GQ. GQ did a photoshoot with Tom Hiddleston where he was seemingly modeling the latest trends in businesswear, and while he looks fine (he would have been a decent model), I’m really bothered by the way the suits are cut. The pants are consistently too tight in the hips and crotch and the jackets look like their buttons are about to burst. You can see the slideshow from the editorial here at GQ. I’m almost positive that this is the photoshoot in London from early September (same ill-fitting suit). Tom also gave an interview to GQ. Some highlights.
How he felt after completing Crimson Peak: “I need to see the sunshine and I need to swim in the ocean, and I need to be my blond self for a bit… I’m so up for a romantic comedy at this point.”
The directors he would love to work with: “That’s one of those things where I dare not even list it. Every year there’s another crop of directors who inspire you. It would be lovely to complete the Mexican trio, with Iñárritu and Cuarón. I think Cuarón and Iñárritu are the first people Guillermo showed Crimson Peak to. He really trusts them. And we were shooting Crimson Peak when Cuarón won for Gravity, and I remember he thanked Guillermo in his acceptance speech, and I found that really touching.
How he feels about Guillermo del Toro’s work: “The thing about Guillermo that is less remarked on is his sensitivity and his sincerity. He’s incredibly sincere as a filmmaker. If you think about The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth, and Crimson Peak—and I do think that those three films fit together in his own mind and are very similar in their tone—there is a childlike innocence or open-heartedness. Guillermo is never glib or cynical or ironic. Everything is fully invested with meaning.
Whether he looks for earnestness in film projects: “Definitely, I would say so. I mean, that’s not to say I’m not game for a laugh. I’d really love to see if I could do a romantic comedy, because I think they’re really challenging and I think it would be really fun. But I think I am drawn to authenticity in people and in the work that I do. Everyone has a particular set of novels, films, or albums that you hang your identity on it for a bit. And I look back at what those films are, and I can see that they’re all really authentic performances: Daniel Day-Lewis in the Last of the Mohicans; Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day; Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Heat; Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I realize that if those are the films that shaped my imagination when I was younger, it’s inevitable that now that I’m an actor, that’s the type of work that I’m drawn to.
“Earnest” has always been a good descriptor for Tom, I’ve found. He often comes across as too pedantic and intellectual to really be truly silly. And yes, sometimes he’s cringe-worthy, like when he’s a dancing bear on the promotional trail or when he over-explains the impression he’s trying to do. What I’m trying to say is that I’m not sure Tom will be getting a romantic comedy anytime soon. Unless he wants to join my dream-cast for the entirely fictitious Richard Curtis film St. George’s Day, a Garry Marshall-type holiday-themed ensemble film that will include Idris Elba, Kiera Knightley, Colin Firth, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Archie Panjabi. Seriously, wouldn’t you see that movie?
Photos courtesy of GQ.
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