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aka Mexican street corn on the cob.
Never on the cob at a business meal,
but off the cob, all bets are off.”OLIVIA GERKE / 34
Manager, 3Arts
With clients Julio Torres, Jaboukie
Young-White and Bowen Yang,
Gerke’s roster reads like a hot list
of 2019 comedy breakouts. Briefly
wanting to direct music videos after
college, the Boston University film
major — who was born in South
Korea and moved to Plano, Texas, as
a kid — got her foot in the door at
3Arts in 2007 as the second assis-
tant to the partners. She became a
manager in 2012 and moved to New
York two years later, signing Torres
and Joe Pera within months. “They
were this special blend of weirdo
that all the other comics really
respected,” says Gerke, who helped
Pera land his own Adult Swim show
and SNL alum Torres get two HBO
projects off the ground: comedy
series Los Espookys and stand-up
special My Favorite Shapes. Other
clients of Gerke’s who’ve seen
their profiles skyrocket this year?
Yang, who became a new SNL
castmember, and Young-White,
who has quickly become a Daily
Show favorite.
THE PERSON I’D SWITCH JOBS WITH FOR
A DAY “A dog walker. That would be a
very nice day.”MATTHEW
GILBERT-HAMERLING / 33
Partner, Fulton Management
As a Berkeley art history major who
graduated during the 2008 reces-
sion, Gilbert-Hamerling struggled to
find work. So, he spent the next year
doing odd jobs — one of which was
as “a data monkey” at a business
management firm. From there, he
got a bookkeeping gig. A decade
later, he’s managing money for
firm clients like Channing Tatum,
creators Rhett & Link and UFC
champ Conor McGregor. When he’s
not swing dancing in his spare time,
Gilbert-Hamerling can be found
navigating an international licensing
agreement, launching an apparel
deal and “saying no to lots of bad
investment opportunities presented
to clients by their friends.” Whether
it’s McGregor’s Proper No. 12 Irish
whiskey or Tatum’s Magic Mike
live male revue show empire,Gilbert-Hamerling says his job
keeps him on his toes. “You never
know what email is going to come
in that’s going to turn into the next
greatest adventure.”
FOOD/DRINK I LOVE BUT WOULD
NEVER ORDER AT A BUSINESS MEAL
“Coca-Cola flavored Slurpee.”SUSIE KIM / 35
Business Manager, Altman,
Greenfield & Selvaggi
Julianne Moore, her husband,
director Bart Freundlich, and Queer
Eye’s Antoni Porowski are among
the stars who trust Kim with their
money. The Queens native, whose
parents immigrated from South
Korea, chose accounting because
“it’s clear cut,” she says. “If you do
your job correctly, your books bal-
ance.” After her boss at a previous
firm did the exact opposite and
was busted for embezzlement, Kim
decided to go to night school toSimu Liu^ / 30
“You can’t spell ‘accounting’ without
‘acting,’ ” jokes Liu of his first career
at Deloitte. It was only after being
let go from that job and moving
back home that Liu responded to a
Craigslist ad asking for Asian extras
for a Hollywood movie. “I thought it
was going to be the biggest scam in
the world,” he says — but it turned
out to be Pacific Rim. Liu went on to
appear on Canadian sitcom Kim’s
Convenience before Marvel came
calling — literally. “I was lounging
around in my underwear eating
shrimp chips, when I got a call from
an unknown number in Burbank,”
remembers the actor, who a week
prior had a screen test for the MCU.
“A voice goes, ‘Hi, this is Kevin
Feige.’ ” Four days later, Liu was in
Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con being
introduced as Marvel’s first Asian
superhero, Shang Chi.
MY GO-TO KARAOKE SONG “A Whole
New World”George MacKay^ / 27
A casting director tapped a 10-year-
old MacKay during a scouting trip
to his primary school for his first
role as one of the Lost Boys in
Universal’s Peter Pan. Ever since, he
has been learning on the job, working
alongside the likes of Daniel Craig
(Defiance) and Bill Nighy (Pride). “I
didn’t get in to drama school,” says
MacKay, who was rejected from
England’s top theater programs,
RADA and LAMDA. “So I made a con-
scious decision to do plays for the
lessons in voice work.” His stateside
breakout came in Sundance darling
Captain Fantastic, but he’ll gain
leading man status with his roles in
two ambitious films: Sam Mendes’
World War I film 1917 (out Dec. 25)
and Justin Kurzel’s True History of
the Kelly Gang.
I’D LOVE TO HAVE A CAREER LIKE
“Cate Blanchett. I like the variation
and that the only consistency is
the quality.”Josh O’Connor^ / 29
After building a career in British
television and theater, with a break-
out performance in 2017 film God’s
Own Country, the actor is taking
on his biggest role yet as a young
Prince Charles in the third season
of Netflix’s The Crown. He recalls
a meeting he had with his agents
in which they discussed the pros
and cons of playing the iconic royal
figure — “and there were no cons,”
he says. O’Connor also talked over
the decision with Olivia Colman,
whom he’s acted with previously.
“I’m not interested in setting out to
play Prince Charles in the way that
we already know he exists and in
the way that we perceive him in the
public eye,” says O’Connor. “The
exciting thing about The Crown is
we go behind closed doors and I can
try to create something new that
feels fresh.”
IF I WEREN’T AN ACTOR I’D BE
“A ceramicist.”get a master’s degree. “It made me
want to become a better accoun-
tant,” she says, adding that she also
found better bosses. “They tell me,
‘Treat it like it’s your own money,’ ”
says Kim of the partners at hercurrent firm. When she’s not gently
encouraging clients to curb spend-
ing (“everyone spends too much”),
the newlywed, whose husband also
works at the firm, likes to swim
and indulge her sweet tooth (inCuulpaabblee
“I’m horrified
and kind
of fascinated
by stories
of gross
incompetence
or corruption
on behalf
of the govern-
ment and law
enforcement.”
— Steven
Brown, ICMWatcchWWWhat
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“Two hilarious
guys recap-
ping episodes
of The Real
Housewives on
Bravo. I don’t
even watch
the shows any-
more, just listen
to the recaps.”
— Annie Lee,
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phenomenal
and also makes
me scream at
my phone in
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regularly.”
— Josh Fagen,
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“I’m not
musically
inclined, so
hearing how
those who
are make
their magic is
fascinating.”
— Sadao
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