There’s more to the Divergent actor than meets the eye.
When you think of Theo James the words “hunk” “stud” “babe” and “hawt” come to mind. All of those things are totally true, but there is more to Theo than his good looks. I swear it!
First of all, he is a learned gent.
“I was one of those little kids who did it around school, and then I got to university and made lots of bad plays and short films, and then midway through that, it suddenly dawned on me that this might be a satisfying way to earn a living, if that was at all feasible.”
He told ScreenRant,
“In truth, I guess I kind of take things as they come. I’m a bit too much of a pragmatist so I kind of take it day by day and I was actually working in Florida and I remember they called me and said that I was doing the part. And I was like: ’Yeahhh!’ But there was no-one to celebrate with and so I went to the bar on my own and got sh-tfaced.”
There was also the way he stated his case for staying off social media.
“I don’t have it and I never will,” he explained to Flaunt Magazine. “Other actors I know are really good at it and they rock and roll it, but it’s not for me. If I post a picture of us having a drink now and get loads of views or comments and stuff, then suddenly you’re quite exposed and you’re in a world of work. I just like being present.”
He became the face of Hugo Boss’ Boss the Scent and was a total boss about it.
The sultry commercial directed by Darren Aronofsky, Theo was all a hunk, sure, but he had a very mature appreciation for the ad.
“It came out of the blue,” he told Interview Magazine. “But classic masculinity is very interesting to me, because I’m more of an old-school-type dude.” Shooting the ads, he says, was “a funny learning curve. It’s strange to do, surreal. There’s no dialogue, so you have to invent a story in your head. Otherwise, you’re just standing there looking like a dude standing there.”
“The meaning of romance is spontaneity. I’m not great with gifts, but I’m good at random fun stuff, like taking trips and being able to say ’f–k it’ and go somewhere for a weekend,” he told Harper’s Bazaar.
Theo just so happens to be trained in ballet, tap, and jazz dancing techniques, which means he’s a true triple threat (dancing, singing, acting).
He keeps it real about love scenes.
It’s all about the pants. Theo jokes that the pants we uncomfortable and that their shirts were off, and the pants should have come off too. We second that Theo!
He knows how to keep his secrets.
Everybody deserves a private life, and Theo won’t sacrifice his secrets for screen-time!