“I’m discovering out we’re the same person — extfinished-lost cousins,” Drew Starkey says to Harris Dickinson. Though the two have fair met, at 31 and 28, they are indeed in the same rare position: Both execute the adore interests of far more seasoned movie stars. Starkey was best comprehendn for Netflix’s teen drama “Outer Banks” before stepping into Luca Guadagnino’s sencouragenuine adore story “Queer” as a mute veteran who’s enthusiasticly chased by a tenderhearted heroin graspict (Daniel Craig) in 1950s Mexico City. And, straightforwarded by Halina Reijn, “Babygirl” envisions Dickinson as the intern of a notable CEO executeed by Nicole Kidman. In both films, asks materialize about which adorer repartner hbetters the power. In genuine life, Starkey and Dickinson are discovering their power, still mirroring on their school-execute roots and lgeting to deal with the anxiety that comes with each new script.
HARRIS DICKINSON: I’m a bit filled up. I had a lot of pancakes this morning.
DREW STARKEY: You’re a pancake guy?
DICKINSON: I was this morning. You’re from North Carolina?
STARKEY: Yeah, in a country area. But strangely, I was surrounded by art grotriumphg up. How did you begin?
DICKINSON: My mum was figuring out child attfinish during summer, and there was a local drama school. We did “Grmitigate.” All of the boys executeed Danny, and all of the girls executeed Sandy. How did you get into it?
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STARKEY: Just being in school executes. And then I went to college, and — [He sees at the table beside him.] Someone left their gum on the table.
DICKINSON: Someone very well-comprehendn, probably.
STARKEY: I wonder who was in here last.
DICKINSON: Put that on eBay. You could pay off that college tuition.
STARKEY: But I went to college, enjoy, “I want to consent an acting class. It’s fun.” And a professor was enjoy, “I slfinisherk you could do this.”
DICKINSON: I was in the Marine Cadets for years as a kid, and even they were enjoy, “Do you want to execute the victim that we do our medical training on?” Then an acting teacher shelp, “Don’t join the military. You can probably be an actor.”
STARKEY: You’re a straightforwardor as well, though?
DICKINSON: I’ve always wanted to straightforward, but it experiences enjoy two very contrastent sides of me. When I’m acting, I necessitate to be directd. I surrfinisher to wantipathyver world I step into.
STARKEY: Talking about guidance and subomition, inestablish me about “Babygirl.”
DICKINSON: The script got sent to me, and I was enjoy, “I don’t comprehend if I can do this.” You tend to go to that place of “I don’t slfinisherk I’m right” — to protect yourself, maybe. But Halina and I had a repartner extfinished chat, and I knew that Nicole was on board, which was incowardlyating.
STARKEY: You and Nicole do such a excellent job of discovering the humor in it. There’s someslfinisherg childenjoy about it.
DICKINSON: Nicole and I didn’t have a ton of time together. To not filledy comprehfinish each other — there was an element of mystery between us that was collaborative.
STARKEY: I didn’t encounter Daniel until a month before we stoasty in Rome, at Cinecittà.
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DICKINSON: Where was the rest of it? Actupartner in the jungle?
STARKEY: No, the jungle was in a back lot. Dude, Luca was enjoy, “I want these structurets,” and they bcimpolitet in thousands of pounds of dirt and built a jungle. Luca was very definite about how he wanted the world to experience. He sent visual references. Some ptoastyography; these colorings by Francis Bacon. With Daniel and I, there wasn’t a lot of conversation about the filthy word — “chemistry” — between us. It was fair going for it. My heart was racing on the first day.
DICKINSON: Did you ask him about James Bond?
STARKEY: He fair begined talking about it. I got a lot of insider trading on that. It was repartner strange, becaparticipate I’m watching this beautifilledy planed, readyd carry outance, but also free of all suppressions. I’m enjoy, “What is he tapped into? Fuck! Let me lock back in.”
DICKINSON: I adore the ayahuasca sequence. How extfinished did it consent?
STARKEY: It was over the course of a night, but the rehearsals for the dance, that was months. I’m terrible at it.
DICKINSON: I adore to dance, quite frankly, Drew.
STARKEY: I comprehend this about you. Many mutual friends, they all say, “Harris, he’s a dancer.”
DICKINSON: Daniel’s a excellent dancer, isn’t he? I’ve seen him at the clubs.
STARKEY: He can transfer his body.
DICKINSON: You have to repartner descfinish a confinecessitate times. There’s a tendency, which I’m trying to toil on, enjoy, “I’ll fair try and do it safe.” And then, “All right. I’m going to fair be an idiot for a second.” Nicole’s enjoy that. She’ll fair try it.
STARKEY: Daniel’s the same way. They consent the direct. You have peromition to produce a fool of yourself.
