MAGAZINE, STYLING BY FRANCESCA BURNSĭespite his success-an Oscar nomination in 2017 and title roles in two movies last fall-Hedges isn’t yet stop-him-on-the-street famous. Louis Vuitton sweater, $5,200, select Louis Vuitton stores, Fendi shirt, $630,, the North Face backpack, $129, ĪLASDAIR MCLELLAN FOR WSJ. The “artwork” consists of an undergraduate diploma belonging to his brother and roommate, Simon, a cutout of Michael Cera’s face and a painting of a family of three that leans against a wall, a prop from Boy Erased. There’s a couch with green floral cushions bulging out and a stick of incense burning on the kitchen counter. It’s behind a liquor store, past a courtyard and up four flights of stairs it looks like it could belong to any recent college graduate adjusting unenthusiastically to adult life. Like his outfit, Hedges’s Nolita apartment is unassuming. It’s standard-issue attire for many 22-year-olds in the Northeast but less common for one of Hollywood’s most in-demand young actors. WHEN LUCAS HEDGES enters the frame in his latest movie, Ben Is Back, he’s wearing a fleece jacket with a hoodie pulled over his head, which is roughly the same outfit he wore in Manchester by the Sea, in his breakout role, and precisely how he’s dressed at his apartment one morning this past November.
