85HUNTER SCHAFER
22 • Extraordinary talent
BY ZENDAYA
I truly believe anyone lucky enough to meet Hunter Schafer will feel the
immense light that is constantly radiating from her. She makes everyone
in her orbit feel seen. I’ve had the privilege of watching her tap into every
facet of her creative being as an actress and artist while working with her
on Euphoria, and am lucky to call her one of my closest friends. Her ability
to fearlessly navigate the darkest and most emotionally taxing scenes with
such a haunting rawness and emotional honesty leaves me speechless.
She recently co-wrote and co-produced a special episode of Euphoria
centering on her character Jules, displaying a natural instinct mature
beyond her years. She visualizes something and knows exactly how it can
be realized. From writing words down on the page to bringing a character
to life onscreen—she just gets it. Hunter is so special, in so many ways that I
could go on forever, but this truly is only her beginning. There is no limit to
the beauty she will create.
Zendaya is an Emmy Award–winning actor
LaKeithStanfield29 • Cinematic
chameleonBY BOOTS RILEYLaKeith Stanfield is a ghost.
Watch him haunt Atlanta, Sorry
to Bother You or Judas and the
Black Messiah—you’ll see. His
eyes search and stab you. You
are overcome by familiarity,
recognition. You’ve hurt like
that. Been scared like that.
Lied like that.
Simply quoting the
acceptable words and slogans
is often sold as courageous,
but this filmic apparition bucks
that, never taking the easy
route of contorting his face
in the conventional ways that
we’ve been taught to accept
in film. No. He goes through it.
He goes through it to drag us
with him. LaKeith’s eyes shine
out in the dark, like a ghost in
some old cartoon waiting to
pounce—or do something we
already regret. A ghost of you.
Of all of us. Boo.Riley is a filmmaker who wrote
and directed the 2018 film
Sorry to Bother YouCOMBS: FRANK HOENSCH—REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES; WASHINGTON: ILLUSTRATION BY ALEXIS FRANKLIN FOR TIME;
SCHAFER: OLIVIA MALONE—TRUNK ARCHIVE; STANFIELD: RYAN PFLUGER—THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX