Hello! Magazine UK – 19 August 2019

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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