Esquire USA - 03.2020

(Ann) #1

They can act...


British.


They can play


often better


than Yanks.


of them could


(definitely?


maybe?) be the


Bond. Get


next wave


of marquee men


the pond.


BRITONS


Need an actor who can master any accent? Call up JOSH O’CONNOR


(below). He spoke with aristocratic menace in The Riot Club, delivered a
rural Yorkshire growl in God’s Own Country, and nailed the posh diction of
Prince Charles on The Crown. “Accents for me are one of the first steps of


building a character,” says O’Connor. “It’s such a big part of our identity.”


Jacket ($1,750) by Brioni.


LOCATION: BAR ITALIA, FRITH STREET, SOHO

75 MARCH 2020
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