wasfour; when hewas13,his
mothertoldhimthatfamilyfriend
Colin Stone,whohadbecome
Orlando’sguardianonHarry’s
death,wasinfacthisfather.
“It’snota straightforwardstory,”
hesays.“I didhavea fatherfigure,
inthatmyguardianwasinmy
life...butI alsorememberthat
whenI wasfour,mymumsaid:
‘You’rethemanofthehousenow.’
I waslike:‘Whaaat?’Nopressureat
allthere,then.
“Mymumworkeda lotwhenI
wasgrowingupbecauseshewas
runninga businessandwasalways
doingherbesttoprovidea great
lifeformyselfandmysister.I learnt
fromherandfrommysisterto
have a certain empathy with
women,tobea bitmoresensitive
aroundwhattheygothrough.
“Meanwhile,I waslookingat
meninthemovies,andtheother
menI knewthroughmyownlife,
totrytocreatea kindofideaof
whata manshouldbe.
“It wasn’talways easy, butI
definitelyhadloveinmylife,and
that’ssomethingI’mgettingalmost
moreawareofastimegoesby:how
importantit is thatweallhave love.”
FATHERANDSON
Hesayshe’sparticularlyawareof
thisinraisinghisownson,Flynn,
noweight,fromhismarriageto
Miranda.“I trytobereallypresent
withhim.I trytobeoffphones,I
trytocreatememories– again,it’s
thelittlethings,likegoingtobuy
anicecreamorgoingtohavetea
together.AndI liketotellhim
storiesatnight.LittlethingsthatI
invent– thenarrativeispretty
simpleandit’susuallyabouta small
personovercominggreatoddsand
winningoutintheend.I’lldress
uptodoit;I’llputa lampshadeon
myheadandputa scarfoverthe
lampshadesothatI canbethis
voicecomingfroma cave.Wehave
funwiththat.”
n theworkfront,hehasa new
s comingoutat theendofthis
month:CarnivalRow, a fantasy
detective drama set in
Victoriantimes,inwhichhe
playsa humandetectiveto
Cara Delevingne’s free-
spirited fairy. The series
nvolvesintenseactionscenes
- forwhichhehaskepthimself
rim.“I gotintocycling,whichI
oundI enjoyed.I workedouta
ot.I triedtoeatrightsothatI
anfunctionrightanddoall
e actionstuff.
“That’sjustpartof thegeneral
reparation,whateversortof
le youhave.Thehoursonany
lmingschedulearealways
uellingsoyouwanttobefit
d healthyandawakeforit.”
Socheeseburgersmaybe
currentlyoffthemenu...
Orlando– here
holidayingwithKatyin
Francelastmonth–
sayshehas“gotinto
”
INTERVIEW: GABRIELLE DONNELLY
H
‘I saw Katy in the
audience at the
Golden Globes and
I was like: “Wow!”’
OrlandoandKaty’slovestorybeginswitha famously
flirtatiousencounterata GoldenGlobesafterpartyin
2016 (left).Theactorco-starswithCaraDelevingnein
new Amazon Prime drama,Carnival Row (above) PHOTOS: BACKGRID. GETTY IMAGES. SPLASH NEWS
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