I-Big Style Issue edlalwa ngumlingisi u-Scott Eastwood kumagazini omusha we-Gentlemen's Quarterly GQ Australia oshuthwe ngu-Tom Craig.
Kukhona ithuba le-punter's ukuthi uScott Eastwood une-frostbite. Sisophahleni eNtshonalanga London. Ineziqu ezimbili. (Uhlelo lokusebenza lwesimo sezulu se-iPhone 'ukuzizwa kwangempela': -2oC).
U-Eastwood, ngesibindi, ugqoke ijakhethi engasindi - into uJames Dean abeyozamazama ngayo ngobusuku behlobo obupholile.
Abasizi bemfashini, abagqoke izendlalelo cishe ezine kune-Eastwood, bayaqhaqhazela. Umoya wabo uyabonakala. Ukuzisola komsebenzi wesikhashana kubhalwe ebusweni babo - kubanda kangako.
Umzuzu ebesiwulindile uyafika: ingxenye yamafu kanye nokukhanya kwehora okusagolide kuvula isitudiyo se-cosmic proportions, ama-nuggets okugcina okukhanya kwasemini adansa ngokuphelele ebusweni buka-Eastwood. Ikhamera ihamba ngokushesha. Umlingo wenziwa.
Ilungisa ukuma, i-Eastwood ibamba iladi lensimbi eliseduze. Ahlehle ahlehle ethukile.
“Lokhu kuzwakala sengathi kuyabanda kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi. Akukaze kushise lokhu.”
Nakuba isitayela sakhe sisekelwe kukhiye ophansi we-Cali opholile, i-Eastwood ithatha imfashini ephezulu kalula. “Kubukeka kahle!” kumemeza umgijimi odlula lapho u-Eastwood emisa imbongolo yakhe eduze komsele ophakathi nedolobha obuyela esitudiyo. “Ngiyabonga ndoda!”
Emuva ngaphakathi, phakathi kokudubula, sizwa amazwi amahlebeza ngobusuku bangayizolo - ebusuku ithimba lase-Eastwood laseMelika yonke lifike eLondon. Ziyizinkulumo zokuhleba zama-nightclub kanye nesevisi yetafula namamodeli agcwele lawo matafula anesevisi. U-Old Blighty, kubonakala sengathi usevele elungile emndenini wase-Eastwood. Noma kunjalo, oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala ushiye ifilimu ekhethwe kahle kakhulu iMarseille ukuze abe nathi kulolu sizi olubandayo. Wagibela ikilasi le-economic ebhuthini. Yebo, umngane unesitayela.
Sinquma ukwenza into ehloniphekile: faka umlingisi ngaphakathi, endaweni yokushicilela ethokomele, futhi uthole ubhiya (futhi, mhlawumbe) ne-whisky esandleni sakhe. Usekuzuzile.
Esikhathini esingangonyaka, kungenzeka ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukungena emgodini wokunisela i-Kensal Green futhi sihlale phansi ukuze senze inhlolokhono ehloniphekile kanye neziphuzo ezihambisana nayo. U-Eastwood useduze 'kwesikhashana': ebambe inkanyezi eduze kwabalingisi abaphezulu eqenjini lakamuva, elibulalayo elibulalayo (Leto, Smith, Robbie et al), ungenela okuthile okudabukisayo ku-Oliver Stone's Snowden (the is-he- i-a-traitor biopic wonke umuntu waseMelika ulindile) ngaphambi kokuthi abophele isitolimende sesishiyagalombili esisuka phansi siye phansi se-Fast and Furious Franchise.
Kuze kube manje, indima ephawuleka kakhulu yengane kwaba, ngaphezu kwezivumelwano ezizuzisayo nezibonakalayo ezisikwe noPersol (izibuko zelanga) kanye noDavidoff (iphunga), ukuguqula u-Taylor Swift kusiqeshana sevidiyo ye-single yakhe ethi 'Wildest Dreams'. Ngokwerekhodi, akanayo inyama yenkomo ngokuyiswa endaweni yokulala yase-Afrika futhi ephikiswa: “[Abameleli bami] babekhuluma izinto ezinjengokuthi, 'Kungani ufuna ukuba ithoyizi lomfana likaTaylor Swift?' Bese ngithi, 'Awu. , bengingeke ngani? Uyadlala?'"
Kukhona nendima encane ka-Eastwood ku-Brad Pitt's Fury (wacishe walwa isibhakela no-Pitt kanye nozakwabo u-Shia LaBeouf esethi - ukungaboni ngaso linye mayelana nokukhafula ugwayi, ngokusobala) futhi waba nenkanyezi kulokho okwakuyi-Notebook VIII, Ukugibela Okude Kakhulu. Lowo mzamo uqhumise abalandeli bakhe besifazane (amademo angukhiye: 16-24; 45+) futhi wamenza i-Hot Guy Tumblr GIF - i-metric ebalulekile kuma-sweepstake abesilisa abahamba phambili.
Yebo, okungaphezu kwakho konke lokhu wuzalo lwakhe. Ngoba ngaphezu kwakho konke lokhu indoda okuthiwa uClint.
Ngaphandle kokuphakama kwakhe okuthe ukukhuphuka, le Eastwood iwumngcele ongehlukaniseki noyise. Uyambheka futhi ngokushesha uthatha umhlathi, i-grin, i-brow evelele kunazo zonke emhlabeni - uzibuza ukuthi izakhi zofuzo zikanina empeleni zaba namuphi umthelela, uma ukhona. Kunjengokungathi i-DNA ka-Clint ihlukumeza indlela yayo, i-alpha-grunting futhi igoqa kakhulu ukwakheka kwendodana yakhe.
Kuyamangaza ukuthi i-Eastwood idume ngokuhlangana. Kuyamangaza ukuthi u-So Damn Handsome. Nokho, lokho angeke kube njalo. I-squint ka-Harry engcolile kanye ne-grin enkulu akuwenzi umsebenzi. Kuvame ukuba khona umzuzu obalulekile - isikhathi sokusuka olwandle olufana nesifuba sika-Nicholas Sparks esibuhlungu siye kokuthile okucacile. I-pivot iza ngezindlela eziningi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lokho okujabulisa abantu abagcotshwe ngamafutha (bona u-Channing Tatum kuMagic Mike), umfowenu onenhliziyo (bona u-Zac Efron kwethi Bad Neighbours) noma indida ekhohlisayo (bona URyan Gosling kukho konke).
Ngoba kuyinto eyodwa ukuzuza inkomishi ye-Eastwood, enye ukufaka leyo machismo eluhlaza, leyo grit - leyo mpi. Eminyakeni engu-30, lena akuyona indaba ye-wunderkind yentsha. Cha, lesi isikhathi semfoloko emgwaqeni saseScott Eastwood. Isikhathi sesifikile sokuqhubeka. Futhi umbuzo uwukuthi - ingabe lolu chungechunge lwamafilimu luzoba yisiqalo se-Hollywood unomphela? Noma ngeke kuthathe - ingabe i-Eastwood izoncibilika ibe yi-inky, ethunzini elicashile likayise odumile, ngeke iphinde ibe wusizo?
Niyabo, kulula ukubanjwa ethunzini. Okunzima ukubona ukuthi ungakwazi ukunyakaza.
Isitifiketi sokuzalwa sikaScott Eastwood sifundeka kanje: “UBABA WALA.”
Umama wakhe, uJacelyn Reeves, wayengumsizi endizeni lapho ehlangana noClint owayeshade ngaleso sikhathi. Kubikwa ukuthi ukuthandana kwabo kwathatha iminyaka - uReeves no-Eastwood babenendodakazi, uKathryn. Futhi uClint uzohlala eyingxenye ebalulekile yengane yakhe.
UScott ukhuluma ngenhlonipho, deferentially, ngokubonga ngoBaba wakhe. Ngokuziqhenya uchaza Ikhodi yase-Eastwood. Akukho kanye, emahoreni angu-20 esiwachitha ndawonye, ingabe uyaphikisana, aphikise, alulaze, alulaze, alulaze, noma abuze ikhehla lakhe.
Izinkumbulo zasebuntwaneni zase-Eastwood zikayise zihlala zicacile: ukuphenya ifilimu ebekwe ku-Space Cowboys; ukuthatha indiza enophephela emhlane ende igibele ogwini lwaseCalifornia, uClint esihlalweni somshayeli. Ngaso sonke isikhathi, wayevumela indodana yakhe yangaphambi kokuthomba ukuba iphathe enye yezilawuli ezimbaxambili. Kwesinye isikhathi, uScott wayeba nesiyezi futhi babeke i-chopper phansi esiqeshini se-Redwoods futhi badle amasemishi e-turkey.
“Ngesikhathi ngisemncane kwakukhona uhlobo lwe-aura yobukhulu. Njengokuthi, uyiqhawe lami. Manje, ngicabanga ukuthi wonke amathuba yithuba lokuzwa enye indaba emnandi. Umfana ufana ne-vault yezindaba. Ngizama ukukhipha izindaba eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka kuye. Ngokuphazima kweso, uzofika esihlokweni bese ufana nokuthi, ‘Hawu, wena noFrank Sinatra nenzeni ndawonye?’ Kuyoba izinto ezinjalo futhi ufana nokuthi, ‘Yima, yeka, mina ngidinga ukuzwa lokhu. Ngeke ube khona unomphela, ngakho…’ —Scott Eastwood
Into eyodwa isheshe icace: KuKhodi yase-Eastwood, yonke into kufanele izuzwe. Phambilini emsebenzini wakhe, exwayile ukuhleka usulu, uScott wasebenzisa igama likanina eliyintombi. Lapho eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, ngesikhathi efunda e-Santa Barbara City College, u-Eastwood wayesusa amatafula ezindawo zokudlela, egibele ibhayisikili lakhe phakathi komsebenzi nekilasi.
“Ngashayela [uBaba] ucingo futhi ngathi, ‘Ngiwutholile lo msebenzi, ngingawuthola yini umkhulu oyisishiyagalombili ukuze ngithenge iloli? Ngisebenza lo msebenzi, ngingakukhokhela inani elingu-‘X’ ngenyanga, uyazi,’ futhi ngikhumbula ukuthi ucingo luthule… Futhi wayevele athi, ‘Yebo, cha. Awunalutho ngalokhu okwenzayo.’ Wayengeke anginike ngisho indibilishi.
“Futhi angifuni ukumnika lonke udumo, ngoba uMama waba neqhaza elikhulu ekungikhuliseni nami, futhi wangenza indoda engcono, kodwa ngempela wayeyisando. Ngangi... ngangiwumuntu omatasatasa, oshayelayo ukuze ngiphumelele, futhi ngifike lapho ngikhona. Ngiyakuthanda lokho. Ngisenalowo mqondo wokuphithizela,” kunikeza u-Eastwood osemncane, encika esofeni lesikhumba, obekwe ngemuva kwendawo yokuphuzela utshwala.
Engathandwa yi-LA nakho konke okuhlanganisayo, u-Eastwood junior wasuka, waya eningizimu, eminyakeni yakhe yokuqala yamashumi amabili. (“Bheka uChris Hemsworth, wabuyela e-Australia, akunjalo?”) E-San Diego, wayesebenza ubusuku bonke njengomthengisi wotshwala futhi wachitha izinsuku eziningi eya e-LA ukuze ahlolwe.
“Ngangifunda imigqa ye-fucking ngemuva kwe-bar. Kuvalwa ngo-3am, bese ushayela ufika e-LA ngakusasa ekuseni ngemva kokulala amahora amahlanu. Ngangiyishisa ngokuphelele inhlolokhono, ngingenzi kahle, bese ngishayela ngibuyela ekhaya, ngidla utshwala ngalobo busuku, ngikwenza ngokuphindaphindiwe.”
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