Cosmopolitan USA – September 2019

Hi and welcome to our new column, Sleeper

Bae, where we intro you to an obsession you

don’t yet have but soon will. Let’s start with this

imminent internet boyfriend and costar of

The Goldfinch (out September 13), shall we?

By MOLLY STOUT

Luke

K leintank

THE OLIVER

TWIST

“ I g re w u p re a l l y

poor. There was a

point when we lived

in a tent for a year.

Then we lived in

motels. I went to

school from motels.

I spent the most time

in a small trailer

with my six brothers

and sisters. I always

looked at acting

as therapy, but I

was also driven by

wanting more for

myself and my family.

I just bought my

parents a beautiful

home.”

THAT HIGH-

LOW LOVE

“My fiancée has

nothing to do with the

industry, and I find

that to be relaxing

and peaceful.

We a l s o c o m e f ro m

two different sides of

the tracks, like Romeo

and Juliet. She grew

up in a diplomat

kind of life, where

they had bodyguards

and all that stuff.”

NEW BEARD,

WHO DIS?

“My character in

The Goldfinch

becomes this sweet,

sad alcoholic.

He’s a heavier-set

guy, so I was like,

I’ll just eat pizza and

let myself go.

I had a beard that I

let get scraggly.

There’s something

telling about a man

who just doesn’t take

care of himself.”

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