'Challengers' Isn’t the Only Stylish Josh O’Connor Movie Out Right Now
by GQ
GQ— When viewers first meet Arthur, a forlorn Englishman played by Challengers star Josh O’Connor in filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher’s latest feature La Chimera, he’s dozed off in a train car wearing a rumpled cream linen suit. He elicits giggles and whispers of “Where he from?” from three local girls who—as archaeologists might—scan Arthur’s ensemble for clues of his past, hoping to recompose a story of this disheveled but alluring traveler. It’s perhaps the most effortlessly cool character introduction...
GQ—Why Is Everyone Obsessed with Josh O’Connor’s ‘Challengers’ Outfits?. This is an edition of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the global fashion week circuit. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. What makes Josh O’Connor’s outfits in Challengers so alluring? On paper at least, it’s not obvious. When we meet dirtbag tour pro Patrick Zweig (played by O’Connor) in Luca Guadagnino’s sweaty tennis ménage à trois, he is in the finals of a dinky regional tournament, wearing a kit that looks like it was pulled off the top of...
Vulture—Before Challengers, Josh O’Connor Served Sex and Swagger in a Masterpiece Series. On The Durrells in Corfu, where he spends much of his time banging away on a typewriter and screaming.
Time—Zendaya Is a Powerhouse, But Challengers Belongs to Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. Luca Guadagnino's sexy tennis drama dispenses with the taboo around acknowledging the sensual appeal of athletes.