Ed Skrein: As actors, we dont have to put on a posh accent and toe the line – British GQ

Fresh from roles in Deadpool, If Beale Street Can Talk and Kill Your Friends, London actor Ed Skrein stars on one of four covers for GQ Style SS20. Shot by Ben Weller and styled by GQ Style Editor Luke Day, Skrein is every inch the leading man in looks by Vivienne Westwood, Levis, Dsquared2 and Carolina Herrera.

In an in-depth interview in East London with journalist Caspar Salmon, Skrein is refreshingly candid and no-nonsense on his rise to become to worldwide acclaim, his collaboration with Carolina Herrera as the face of the brands Bad Boy fragrance and his pivot to indie gems this year, acting alongside John Boyega and Bill Skarsgrd in the forthcoming Naked Singularity.

Read on for an exclusive preview of Ed Skreins shoot and interview

On being his authentic self as an actor:

Im a six-foot white man with brown hair and blue eyes... if you never heard me speak, I could be part of RADA and have a double-barrelled surname and all of that which is fine, but its not my route. I feel like as actors, what we can offer is only us, our true selves, our authentic selves, and Im proud of my authentic self, I dont want to hide it and furthermore, Ive been having conversations in recent times with fellow actors from similar demographics and we say that we now have a responsibility to be more honest about us to tell our stories, tell our truths and not feel like we have to fit into this Hollywood, safe, diplomatic mould. We dont have to put on a posh accent and toe the line. We should be honest, and we have a responsibility to our community. And Im repping...

On the statement he released announcing he was stepping down from his Hellboy role:

He wrote the statement from the heart, and I only showed it to three people my brother and father and Riz Ahmed. He carries on: I want to be an ally for people, for my friends that I care about.

I didnt put that statement out for everyone around the world, it was for my friends, my people, he says, sincere as ever, before adding, randomly, I was sitting in The Dumpling House when I sent that tweet.

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Ed Skrein: As actors, we dont have to put on a posh accent and toe the line - British GQ