Sweet Spot Milk Bar, a magical dessert mecca by Christina Tosi, opens a New York agship
Vanities Opening Act
Earlier this year, Camila Morrone sent
shivers through South by Southwest
and jolted a standing ovation at the
Cannes Film Festival with her
performance in Annabelle Attanasio’s lm
Mickey and the Bear. Her breakout
role as the daughter of an opioid-addicted
veteran reaches audiences nationwide
this month, and now the American actor
and model, who happens to call
Leonardo DiCaprio her boyfriend, is
taking the lead. Here, some insights
gleaned from an evening at home with
Hollywood’s newest heroine.
SHE WAS BORN in Los Angeles to two
Argentinian actors—“growing up
in Hollywood, you can’t really run from
it”—and attended Beverly Hills High
School. “Our apartment happened to be
in the school district. It was very weird
when my classmates were getting
hundred-thousand-dollar cars because
that was so not my reality.”
SHE EARNED her role as the titular
Mickey from a self-tape audition shot in
her mother’s kitchen. A day after her
callback, she ew to the lm’s location in
remote Montana, where “fast food was
the norm.” She favors McDonald’s
chicken McNuggets, extra-large fries,
and an Oreo McFlurry, “vanilla always.”
SHE CALLS Al Pacino, who dated her
mother for years, a stepfather gure. He
watched an early cut of Mickey and
the Bear and sent along his “helpful”
thoughts to the rst-time director. (The
edits were made.)
THE INDIE FILM is being hailed for its
poignant closing scene. When reecting
on famous cinematic nales, she insists
Rick should have gotten on the plane
in Casablanca and that there was enough
room for Jack to t on the Titanic door
that saved Rose.
SHE RECENTLY FINISHED Conversations
With Friends by Sally Rooney in less
than 48 hours. She calls it “the best book
ever” but isn’t rooting for a screen
adaptation. “I can’t play either character,
so I’m not interested.”
YOU’D BE SURPRISED by the “amount of
Spanx” in her closet, as well as the fake
diamond tiara she wears every birthday.
HER HAPPY PLACE is her bed, next
to which hangs a picture of an elephant
named Zongoloni, which she adopted
through Kenya’s Sheldrick WildlifeTrust. “It costs 50 bucks a year to keep
them rehabilitated. It makes for a great
Christmas present.”
SHE INSISTS she’s rarely hit on, but
the worst pickup line she’s ever received
is “You have the most beautiful
eyes.” She retorts, “They’re not—they’re
brown and shitty.”
HER IDEAL DATE involves: “A great
movie, an Italian dinner, and my glass
of house Cab. That’s the only thing
I know how to order at a restaurant because
I don’t know anything about wine.”
SHE DEFENDED the 22-year age gap
between her and DiCaprio by posting
an archival photo of Lauren Bacall
and Humphrey Bogart (whose own age
dierence was four years more) for
her nearly 2 million Instagram followers.
“I’ve been starting to show my sense
of humor more,” she says.“People will
always have awful things to say because
there’s a sense of entitlement and
safety behind the screen, but trust me,
you don’t need to be that angry.”
SHE CRINGES when revisiting a private
moment captured by paparazzi at the Hotel
du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes: DiCaprio
diligently snapping iPhone photos of her
posed arabesque. “I saw the meme: You
either die a hero or you live long enough
to become an Instagram boyfriend.
Poor thing, he’s being called an Instagram
boyfriend—he’s an environmentalist
and a movie star and it doesn’t mean
anything.” — Al Pacino, a
stepfather igure, once
told her: ‘You canmess it up and still be
ine. Just act.’ ”The Flagship
Inside the Ace Hotel New York, the 17th Milk Bar location is the
bakery’s largest to date, with an empire that extends to
Toronto, D.C., Las Vegas, and L.A. Flagship specialties include
apple-pie-flavored soft serve and a pepperoni pizza roll.Build-a-Cookie-Pie Bar
Riff on the signature Compost Cookie, made
of potato chips, ground coffee, and pretzels,
with a choice of dough and three mix-ins, at
one of three DIY dessert stations.Mini Mart
Sweet swag is for sale at the bodega, from a
Milk Bar skateboard and status totes to
cookie mixes and bottles of dry cereal ready
to turn into Tosi’s famous cereal milk.Classroom
Pastry chefs teach students how to layer funfetti,
frosting, and crumbs into a birthday cake,
and share secrets behind the addictive Milk Bar
Pie (formerly known as Crack Pie).Ship Station
Build a care package with birthday cake
truffles or the Break Up Bundle,
decorated with stickers and stamps
to send overnight.32 VANITY FAIR NOVEMBER 2019
ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER OUMANSKI