Richard Madden
Hometown: Elderslie, Scotland
Last seen: Earning a Golden Globe for best actor in a drama series for BBC’s Bodyguard
Up next: Playing Elton John’s manager and lover in Rocketman
Cause: Father & Son Day, which deals with testicular-cancer treatment
“The MeToo movement is important to me. My dad worked a lot, so I grew up with my two sisters and my mother. I’ve always had a very respectful relationship with women, and a very protective relationship over that. It feels like people are catching up with where we should be already, and where I’ve always been.”
Clothing by Burberry.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Dree Hemingway
Hometown: Sun Valley, Idaho
Last seen: Exploring modern love for In a Relationship
Up next: Run with the Hunted
Cause: “I work with Parley for the Oceans, an environmental organization that fights against the destruction of oceans, with a focus on plastic pollution.”
“Turning 30 and buzzing my head was actually really grounding. I don’t compare myself to other girls anymore, and it’s been a nice exploration of self and of my own femininity. I’ve played a lot of nice girls, and I shaved it for a role that terrified me. I don’t like comfort zones.”
Clothing by Michael Kors; earrings by Pomellato.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Cailee Spaeny
Hometown: Springfield, Missouri
Last seen: Marching on Washington in On the Basis of Sex after escaping a cult in Bad Times at the El Royale
Up next: Alex Garland’s Devs (FX)
Cause: No Kid Hungry
“I want people to have confidence, and I think the education system plays a huge part in that. I wasn’t good at tests and I wish someone had told me that just because I didn’t fit into the box, I would be good at something else. That might feel obvious if you’re reading this in L.A. or New York, but in smaller towns I know it feels like, if you don’t fit in, you’re never gonna make it. I hope I’m proof that’s not a reality.”
Clothing by Versace; hat by JJ Hat Center.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Ismael Cruz Cordova
Hometown: Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
Last seen in: Mary Queen of Scots
Up next: Miss Bala and Season Three of Epix’s Berlin Station
Cause: Taller Salud, a feminist organization dedicated to women’s health care, based in Puerto Rico
“I came from a very poor community and a highly illiterate family. You know that whole thing where a fish doesn’t know it’s in water? I didn’t realize that we were voiceless until I started becoming more curious. I try to make the roles that I pick count by shedding some light on some sort of community.”
Clothing by Fendi; earrings by Melody Ehsani.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
DeWanda Wise
Hometown: Baltimore
Last seen: On television in Shots Fired and Underground
Up next: Netflix’s Someone Great and Season Two of Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It
Cause: National Alliance on Mental Illness
“They talk about the death of the movie star, right? And I’m like, Good-bye, good riddance, because it’s so confining and finite. If Jen Aniston cut her hair, it was nationwide news. Nothing about that makes sense for an artist who prefers to disappear into another person, another story. That’s what I prefer to do.”
Clothing and shoes by GUCCI; rings by David Yurman and Nikolai Rose.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Jeremy O. Harris
Hometown: Martinsville, Virginia
Currently attending: Yale School of Drama, playwriting program
Writing creds: An Off Broadway production of his celebrated opus, Slave Play
Up next: His new play, Daddy, opens Off Broadway this month
Cause: The Movement Theatre Company
“Some people think that theater has a direct relationship with the way we engage in film and TV. And that’s just not true. Theater physiologically moves you differently. Right now, the most dynamic work happening is that of young black and brown, mainly female writers—people who look nothing like the people who have done it for decades. It would be a disappointment if the same engagement theater had in the 1930s, 1920s, was lost on our generation.”
Clothing and belt by Louis Vuitton; earrings by Cartier.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Pom Klementieff
Hometown: Paris
Last seen: Bringing the laughs in Ingrid Goes West
Up next: Reprising her role as Mantis for Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame
Cause: Empowering young girls and women
“I’ve always loved superhero films, and as a feminist, to be able to inspire young girls really, really touches me. I feel very close to all the things that are happening right now with women in power.”
Clothing by Givenchy; shoes by Dr. Martens; socks by Calvin Klein Underwear.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Steven Yeun
Hometown: Troy, Michigan
Last seen in: Chang-dong Lee’s Burning
Up next: The reboot of The Twilight Zone
Cause: Flint Water Fund, United Way of Genesee County
“I’m becoming more aware of the separate realities that we all live and how different each of our lives truly, truly are. We should strive to give each person space to be themselves and for us to not feel so fearful about life that we put people and things in boxes so that they make sense to us. We all need that space.”
Top by Chloé; jewelry by Lisa Eisner.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Rowan Blanchard
Hometown: Los Angeles
Last seen in: Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time
Up next: Snowpiercer on TNT
“It’s really easy to get cynical at a young age. I’m trying to read a lot more and to make sure that I’m holding myself accountable in real life to the things that we say on the Internet. I’ve been going through the archives to find early queer history, and I’m realizing, ‘O.K., we’ve been here for a really long time and we’ve survived a lot. We can get through this.’ ”
Clothing by Louis Vuitton; sneakers by Nike x John Elliott. Throughout: hair products by Leonor Greyl; makeup and grooming products by Clé de Peau Beauté; nail enamel by Essie.
Photograph by Micaiah Carter; Styled by Samira Nasr.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Hometown: New Orleans; Oakland
Last seen in: Aquaman
Up next: HBO’s Watchmen
Cause: Fam1st Family Foundation
“I’m really interested in exploring the idea of freedom for blacks in America. My father’s father was born in 1886, which means that my father was raised by someone who had a completely different idea of what freedom meant. So I inherited an idea of freedom that was still tainted with the past of slavery, and the past that was the opposite of what it actually means to be free. I want to be a part of art that really investigates: what does actual freedom mean now?”
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