Alex Sharp is not the throw in to stay in one place for long.
Its mayhem, he says.
In the wonky comedyThe Hustle, he clowned around with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.
Alex Sharp
Still,3 Body Problem,out this week, promises to be his biggest project yet.
Questions of Chinas violent recent history intercept with quandaries about humanitys shared future.
When an English translation was published in 2014, fans includedPresident Obama and Mark Zuckerberg.
Alex Sharp with a bag he made and designed
Today, the trilogy is translated into 26 languages.
I didn’t know what to expect, Sharp says of meeting Benioff, Weiss, and Woo.
It was something I had witnessed.
The psychology of it was also very connected.
So it’s more like a mindset or an energy.
The deeper researchto enter the mind of someone aware of his imminent mortalityled Sharp to unexpected places.
I worked quite extensively with a few different death doulas, which was not a profession Id heard of.
It was incredibly profound and helpful.
In daily life, Sharp buzzes with a nervous, infectious energy, entirely unlike his tragic character.
Even through the clumsy mediation ofZoom,Sharps large, blue eyes emote wildly.
One moment, they pool with sincerity.
The next, they sparkle with mirth.
Soft spoken but quick, he evokes an earnest school boy or an irreverent rock star.
When asked about the massive audience the show will likely reach, Sharp grimaces.
I cant think about it too much or my brain will melt.
I never think about the audience as a hundred million people or something like that.
Im thinking about two people sitting on a couch.
Art is to be shared.
For me, that’s the point of it.
Previous adventures had included a 2,000 mile off-road Jeep journey.
I spent all my money on the Jeep, so I couldnt stay in hotels, he says.
So I slept in the back with the puppy I had just got.
He speaks of the laborious, emotional process with reverence.
This time, however, he went to Florence spent four months learning how to make womens luxury handbags.
The workshops proved meditative and fulfilling.
He befriendedGert-Johan Coetzee, the South African designer.
The two spent the summer reveling in Italian craftsmanship and sharing lots of Prosecco.
When I ask if Sharp foresees turning purses into a professional pursuit, I expect him to demure.
Instead, he says, Ive started to look into that seriously.
The bag itself is a handsome, architectural object.
In 2024, leading men often strut the red carpet in runway versions of their characters.
In his exhaustiveDune: Part Twopromotion, Timothee Chalamet wore futuristic getups, from leather jumpsuits to metal breastplates.
A bronzed and blond Ryan Gosling paraded for months in pastel suits ahead of his Oscar-nominated performance as Ken.
The strategy is a winning one as the sartorial references to the films stir up coverage.
On the promotional circuit, Sharp tries to use clothes as a way to make space from the character.
He admires many young designers, including Maximilian Davis of Ferragamo.
Armani is such a titan, Sharp says.
He sold his Volkswagen to start the company and then pioneered red carpet dressing.
I find it moving how pure it remains, how involved he remains.
