I Love A Distant Man Who’s Employed
Visiting Christopher Abbott.
Yeah, like they say: Walk with me!
Christopher Abbott, the Golden Globe nominated actor, famous for his role as Charlie Dattolo in Girls alongside Black Bear, Possessor, On The Count Of Three—and in most instances, that one video film twitter praises Jessica Chastain for, is everything the current supply of movie stars are lacking. The filmography range, the laid-back wardrobe, the piercing (yet nearly as melancholic as a twink’s from a ‘70s porno) brown eyes, the curly locks, the stubble-to-beard, the mole near his nose, and the natural charisma that makes the strongest girl you know giggle and twirl her hair until Lana Del Rey’s evocative cover to Nina Simone’s “The Other Woman” plays inside her head. In other words, he gives off Elliott Gould mixed with just enough of Robert De Niro.
“[Abbott] He’s not so clean-cut. He looks a little bit different now,” Friday Night Lights’ star Kyle Chandler informed Vanity Fair. “He’s got a very specific look to him. His eyes . . . he’s just cool-looking. He’s a cool-looking guy.” But there’s something a little more appealing towards the halfrican man’s presence: his certain state of enigma.
Recently, Blonde’s Ana de Armas bravely said the concept of movie stars has disappeared “because of social media.” However, Abbott has intelligibly maneuvered the complete opposite by allowing his talent to speak itself. I mean, let’s take a peek at his Instagram account…
The seven random posts. The lack of existence while existing. The (1) attempt of promoting Lorca Watches, a sumptuous watch brand, he’s apparently besotting. The account being made in 2019. Even for a typical man, that’s … quite rare to see— let alone by some other actor possessing Christopher’s mainstream exposure. When you (unintentionally *wink wink) view his profile you think, “I have nothing to say about this man.” And that is exactly how it should be in regard to Abbott’s digital footprint. Statistically speaking, you don’t have to assume that his user pops up in the likes of all the women he thirst-follows because he’s too mysterious to slip easily. Or, basically, Abbott is the last man you’ll witness using Snapchat. It’s giving, I don’t know, Paul Schrader talking about Stars At Noon’s Joe Alwyn: “Very cool, impressive actor. People wonder ‘Can he keep TS [Taylor Swift]?’ After meeting him, I had the opposite thought: Can she keep him?”
What also sets Christopher apart from his peers is that he doesn’t remain in the spot where he’s expected. Abbott has a gift of barely undergoing a form of typecasting; always trying to move ahead. He is not Noel Albert Gugliemi enacting Californian gangsters named Hector. From working in theatre and portraying an diffident then secure on-and-off boyfriend (Girls), a struggling twenty-something (James White), astronaut David Scott (First Man), a reporter (Vox Lux), a father with murderous desires (Piercing), an intimidating friend (Tyrel), John Yossarian (Catch-22) to playing two roles in one film (Black Bear), the current host of an assassin (Possessor), an recovering suicide attempter (On The Count of Three), a forehead-diamonded elf (Ramy), and a dominatrix’s cilent (Sanctuary). “I’ve got to be honest: usually when I’m done with something I don’t think about it,” he told The Guardian. “It feels a little bit like a checklist: I’ve had that experience, I’ve had that feeling, now move on, now do something different.”
This year, Christopher will star in Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming adaptation of ‘POOR THINGS’ based on the novel of the same name by Alasdair Grey. The cast aside from Abbott, via IMDb: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Ramy Youssef, and Jerrod Carmichael. Furthermore, MUBI’s official synopsis provides the unique themes in effect: “Upon drowning herself to escape her abusive husband, a woman has her brain replaced with the brain of her unborn child with the help of her father.” Sounds pretty unhinged, right? But that’s thing about Abbott. Imagining what kind of project he’ll be attached to isn’t feasible. He also joined ‘Kraven the Hunter’ as the movie’s villain, an Apple TV series with Tom Holland, MUBI’s Irish thriller titled ‘Bring Them Down’, and reportedly Ari Aster’s untitled project as well as Emma Stone which A24 will produce.
From the beginning of his feature film debut, Martha Marcy May Marelene, Christopher is generally spotted attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, crowing about the premieres of numerous indies he does since 2011. Besides that Abbott is additionally reserved than other actors. He can mind his business, not post feet for free, and skip a few events while still being seen in public hanging out with Clairo in New York or at a New Year’s Eve bash held by The Batman’s Robert Pattinson.
Christopher previously declared his little fear of becoming “too big” but I have strong feeling he’ll settle perfectly in his career because the way he’s been operating. He contains the right amount of nebulousness; he doesn’t overshare about his personal life and remains elusive physically. The less you know about him, the more you focus on his talent—which to say is: the concept movie stars should abide by—even if they must serve jury duty (The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Or, you know, as people say: The MCU.) I, for one, like that Abbott is the male Alexa Demie. Not only is it smart, it’s highly attractive. Perhaps that won’t end anytime soon and I can’t think of anything more consummate.
“People wonder ‘Can he keep TS [Taylor Swift]?’ After meeting him, I had the opposite thought: Can she keep him?”” That was so brave of you... but I’m seeing this logic a bit, with how you brought up all of his new rolls and the stars he’s surrounded himself by. I have some film to watch, in his honor(yours too, for bringing it to my attention).