Ansel Elgort Goes Shirtless For ‘Wonderland’ Magazine, Talks Music Career!
Ansel Elgort is currently doing promotional rounds in support of his latest film, the action-packed “Baby Driver”, where he plays the lead character and gets to work with Lily James and Kevin Spacey, and that means will get to see the talented actor/singer/producer doing interviews on TV and radio, talking in press conferences, walking red carpets, and posing for magazines. And magazines mean original pictures of hottie Ansel. Look at his cover for Wonderland Magazine for instance, which just came out on newsstands. Ansel Elgort will not only show off his beautiful face, he will also show off his beautiful body and his love for Tommy Hilfiger boxers throughout the exclusive photo-shoot he did for Wonderland.
But aside pictures, Ansel also offered Wonderland an exclusive interview. In it, he mostly talked about his acting career and “Baby Driver” but two of the questions gladly had to do with his music. He was asked about how music allows him to express himself and what was the inspiration behind his 2016 single “Thief”.
*Heavy stuff! Let’s get back to you… Does your music allow you to express yourself in a more personal way than acting?
I think music is very genuine to me because it’s mine, I write the songs and I come up with the stories. It’s a way of expressing myself; on a movie set, sometimes there are days when you’re doing great scenes and you’re getting to really work and be artistic and there are days where you’re doing stunts for the whole week and while it’s very enjoyable, it gets less artistic for an actor at that point.
*Your single “Thief” is about stealing away feelings from a love interest. Was it based on anyone in particular?
It was written from a character. It wasn’t me. I love the idea of that point of view from a guy. There are certain people who will do the whole ‘player’ thing and sleep around and not be very nice to women, or vice versa. I think those people usually start to feel guilty about it, realise that they’re hurting people. I wanted to write about that. Somebody who’s numb and heartless on the surface, but he’s really not. He really feels like maybe he should be locked up and that maybe he’s wrong to do it, but he can’t stop himself. What kind of a guy steals girls’ hearts? The kind of guy that sleeps around and is a player, so it came from that character. It’s not about myself, but I love playing characters. I hope to play many different ones.
Really? That was it? Why not talk about his latest single “You Can Count On Me” or the upcoming EP/album Ansel’s working on? GRRR! Such a miss opportunity!
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