THE A.V. CLUB - In a recent interview with The A.V. Club, director Edgar Wright and the cast of Baby Driver showed off their film trivia skills. Jon Hamm, Eiza González, and Ansel Elgort combine strengths to take down Wright but prove to be no match for the director’s cinema knowledge. Wright even takes the opportunity to correct our own Alex McLevy on one of his questions. Clearly, we’re all out of our depths.
MTV INTERNATIONAL - How well can Ansel Elgort and Lily James lip read each other? The stars of new musical action comedy Baby Driver play a hilarious game of The Whisper Challenge!
Ansel Elgort is ready to ride. With his latest feature film Baby Driver and an upstart music career, the 23-year-old actor/dancer/musician is firmly hunkered down in Hollywood’s driver’s seat, testing the limits of both what he can do and shifting gears before getting too comfortable.
If his name sounds familiar, it’s because he comes from a line of artistic provenance. His father, Arthur Elgort, is a legendary fashion photographer whose work has lined the pages of Vogue for the past 45 years, and his mother, Grethe Barrett Holby, is a highly respected opera director and choreographer. Watching Elgort on screen transports you to a bygone era of the matinee idol: his deliberate, low voice and classically handsome looks are reminiscent of old Hollywood.
Elgort jumped onto the screen and into our teen-girl fantasies with starring roles in the Divergent franchise and The Fault in Our Stars. Calling him a “heartthrob” is no understatement. The actor is so beloved, the wooden bench that he kissed The Fault in Our Stars co-star Shailene Woodley on in Amsterdam went missing after the film, presumably stolen by Ansølo-crazed fans (his track-spinning pseudonym). With only a handful of feature films under his belt, Elgort has quickly risen to the top. While he’s known for his work in the Young Adult genre, he’s dovetailing that with meatier, more serious roles where he can really flex his muscles, both literally and figuratively.
Swerving out of the YA lane is his role in Baby Driver, a high- speed, car chase movie that lands somewhere between action and crime genres with a musical twist. Sounds unique? It sure is. Directed by Edgar Wright, also behind the cult-classic Shaun of the Dead, the film casts Elgort as Baby, a “strong but silent type” getaway driver. Although Baby is a man of few words, he is never without a pair of headphones—listening to a personal soundtrack at all times in order to drown out the tinnitus he developed as a child, caused by a fatal car crash that took his parents’ lives. “What makes him an interesting character is that you see him in a lot of different situations,” reasons Elgort. “You don’t just see him with the crime crew, you see him at home, with his foster dad, you see him in the diner with [love interest] Deborah. That’s where you really get to know who he is.”
As previously posted on the site, Ansel is featured on the cover of the July/August issue of Gentleman’s Journal! The cover and photos from the photoshoot have been released. You can check them out in the gallery! I will try to get scans of the magazine as soon as I can!
Photoshoots & Portraits > 2017 > Session 12 | Gentleman’s Journal
On Tuesday (June 27), Ansel and Edgar Wright talked with the BUILD Series to discuss Baby Driver. I have added photos from the interview as well as portraits taken at the studio to the gallery! The interview can be watched below if you missed it!
Photoshoots & Portraits > 2017 > Session 11 | BUILD Series
On Tuesday, Ansel made a visit at the SiriusXM studios. A few photos have been added to the gallery!
On Monday (June 26), Ansel attended a screening for Baby Driver hosted by TriStar Pictures, The Cinema Society, and Avion. I have added photos from the screening to the gallery. More to come!
