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Now Hectors is across the street from the Standard Hotel and a Tesla dealership.
They seemed very relaxed about the whole thing, but I dont want it to go away.
The film was directed byStranger Thingss Finn Wolfhard and his friend Billy Bryk, who also co-star.
Sometimes we were referencing a Carpenter movie, and sometimes we were referencing a Vine, he said.
She was like, I dont read scripts with that in mind.
My brain doesnt latch on to that.
When youre first on the call sheet, people look to you for guidance.
Starting out, it was really lovely, he said.
Theres something beautiful in not having to think about anything outside of that.
But I think that energy should be preserved in every role you play.
Was that the kind of actor hed like to be?
When I was starting out, producers would be like, Whose career do you want?
I would always say Barbara Stanwyck.
This was half a joke.
I think the Hollywood machine can try and contain actors.
Theyll look at you and attempt to put your demographic likeness into someone else.
Like, Do what he did.
Whats exciting about them is theyre doing their own thing.
But he really did love Barbara Stanwyck: She was so powerful, and so vulnerable.
I never can catch her acting.
Hechinger has said that he tries to find something to admire in every part he plays.
Even Emperor Caracalla inGladiator II?
I found him genuinely funny.
Maybeadmirewasnt the right word, he added.
More that they exhibit qualities hed never been able to express before, or simply wanted to dig into.
Take his role inNickel Boysas a seemingly harmless gofer who turns out to be capable of shocking violence.
He was someone who saw himself as this kind of aggrieved worker, he said.
There was an easy nihilism in that.
Were all responsible in our own ways for letting things go, and clocking out.
Like people you think are your friends, and then suddenly theyre supporting bombing places.
Hechinger is a lifelong New Yorker.
All these professionals in suits were fighting to get their five minutes.
It weirdly made me feel taken seriously.
In high school he took improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade under his futureWhite Lotusco-star Natasha Rothwell.
Theres something off, but fascinating, and really funny.
Hes going to rule Hollywood one day.
Hechinger doesnt have family support to fall back on, which means he works a lot.
One upside of this is that hes grown out of his earlier film-set anxiety.
Before, I was petrified that I could ruin the whole thing.
Hes been quietly taking singing lessons and loves to freestyle dance.
It offsets the cerebral in a really wonderful way.
Neither of us had been to one before, and it sounded fun.
He was like, If were going to do this, you have to do it right.
Just be aware youre opening up a portal.
Nevertheless, Hechinger opted for what the proprietors called the full shmear palms and chakras.
Wed hoped to get our readings together, but this went against protocol.
My psychic told me that I would have a long life.
Wed start as friends for two years, but eventually this would be the person Id settle down with.
In a way, this heartened me she really was reading my palm, not anything else.
We left with the vague sense of being swindled.
But we did get something out of it.
We got some sort of answer.
Outside, we compared notes.
You got a past life?
I did not get a past life, Hechinger said.
If he did, his innermost wish which, again, he could not share would come true.
She also told him that his third eye was closed.
Ideally I think its good to be open.
I asked how to open it, and I think she implied that would require more money.
So I might figure that one out on my own.
He looked on the bright side.
It still stirs something up.
Its interesting to have a moment in your day to be like,What do I actually wish for?
I do think there is mystery and it is probably winking at all times, he said.
I think thats an impetus for some of the curiosity.
Some things you have to experience before you know.
You know whats funny?
I think I really will buy three yellow roses.
