There are a handful of how you might have encountered Reece Feldman over the previous 12 months. Possibly he confirmed up in your For Your Web page below the username @guywithamoviecamera, the place he brings viewers behind the scenes of movie and TV units, premieres, and award reveals. Or maybe you got here throughout his picture on “excessive style Twitter,” the place the 24-year-old has gained a current fan base due to his quirky and surprising purple carpet appears. The popularity Feldman is experiencing in the mean time is a bit serendipitous—however that’s to not say he doesn’t deserve it. So many TikTokers are pushing the boundaries of dressing, or posting “day within the life” movies from their job, as Feldman started doing whereas engaged on actuality TV reveals like The Actual Housewives of New Jersey after graduating from Tulane in 2020. However Feldman’s ability units, his soothing voice, and his guy-next-door demeanor units him aside from the pack—and manufacturing studios have taken discover, hiring Feldman to create content material on their units.

These first short-form movies have since led to alternatives for Feldman on Not Okay, Scream VI, and the upcoming Starvation Video games prequel, The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes, for which he makes movies to drum up curiosity on social media. In between these productions, he stopped by the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and numerous film premieres, offering viral content material alongside the way in which. “Sure, there’s a critical aspect of style, however there’s additionally a aspect that’s enjoyable—and in that regard, style is like movie,” Feldman tells W over Zoom. “It’s a spectacle, and it conjures up individuals.” Under, Feldman reveals how a few of his viral appears got here to be, how he received Aubrey Plaza to stare at him for a TikTok, and the extraordinarily area of interest film style he hopes to make a mark on at some point.

When did you first uncover your love for motion pictures?

My grandfather and my dad have been all the time large film individuals and, rising up, they confirmed me motion pictures that didn’t deal with me like a child; I really feel like loads of youngsters’ motion pictures educate and inform, however extra grownup movies present. I found that movie was how I may relate to the world. When my mother and father have been getting divorced, the one solace I ever discovered was in movie. It was how I used to be capable of perceive emotion, to narrate and empathize with others.

What’s your final dream?

If I gained the lottery tomorrow, I’d cease all the things and go instantly into pre-production on a few of my scripts. I need to write and direct and that’s it. I’d like to by no means need to attend something or submit something once more. Properly, I’d like to get to a degree the place I may submit and attend, however not as a result of I’ve to, as a result of I need to. The purpose is to create my very own tales so that individuals like me, who watch the Oscars yearly prefer it’s the Tremendous Bowl, can see me and assume, “I can do this.”

I need to speak slightly bit about your TikToks. How do you pitch these concepts to celebrities? For instance, do you simply method Aubrey Plaza on the purple carpet and ask, “Hey, can we stare at one another for a video?”

It relies upon. I do loads of analysis beforehand to ensure I do know everybody’s consolation ranges. I’ll are available in with actually 100 concepts with the hopes of constructing three movies. With Aubrey, I do know she’s not going to say something, she gained’t need to learn something, however she’d be okay to look forwards and backwards.

Let’s transfer on to your model, for which you’ve been seen lots currently. Have you ever all the time been taken with style?

Sure and no. My pal Lulu and I gained finest dressed at camp—however I wouldn’t say I all the time had a very good sense of favor. I used to be all the time very opinionated about what I used to be sporting, even when it was unhealthy. I by no means let my mother and father choose issues out for me. However to their credit score, they let me experiment.

I’ve additionally all the time been obsessive about costuming in motion pictures and the significance it’s had on the true world. Diane Keaton modified style with Annie Corridor. After I noticed Indiana Jones after I was, like, eight, I made my dad get me a fedora. As I received older and began engaged on extra high-profile tasks, I seen, virtually all the time, the ladies dressed effectively. With males, it was simply “Black swimsuit, black swimsuit, blue swimsuit, black swimsuit.” Now, after I’m at occasions, I need to be sure that I honor the work of the individuals I respect. A great way to try this is by dressing the half.

Stroll me via your appears for the Critics’ Alternative Awards and the Golden Globes. How did these come collectively?

I usually costume myself, however I labored with NBC and E! for the Golden Globes and so they gave me a styling stipend. I actually like the way in which Chloe Cherry from Euphoria clothes, so I discovered her stylist, Tabitha Sanchez, and reached out on Instagram. She received me straight away. She understood what I wished, which was to be rooted in custom, however nonetheless on the market. She additionally understood that I like performance. I don’t need to be uncomfortable. I need to have the ability to sleep in that look I wore.

As for my Critics’ Alternative look, that got here collectively very last-minute. I discovered I used to be attending a few days earlier than, however fortunately I had this skeleton shirt I’d bought a pair months again, after I noticed somebody submit about it on Pinterest. So, I wore it with a blazer I discovered at some thrift store and the choker, which I noticed on Timothée Chalamet after working with him on Bones and All. I simply thought it was so cool. I knew [The Nightmare Before Christmas director] Henry Selick could be there for Wendell & Wild so I assumed, “Let me simply make this Jack Skellington costume.”

What’s your favourite look you’ve worn thus far?

I actually appreciated the Globes look. There was additionally the one for the Babylon premiere: I wore this blue velvet swimsuit with a bow tie from a store on Etsy. The bowtie had snakes on it, and there’s a snake within the film. Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt noticed it and have been like, “Oh my god, that’s so cool!” Afterward, I despatched a notice to the lady who made the bowtie and informed her Margot and Brad appreciated it and he or she stated it was the proper exclamation level for her 2022.

What’s one among your favourite style moments in popular culture?

Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally. Each outfit in that film—the chunky cable-knits, the suede elbow patches on the blazer. The white sneakers, the excessive white tube socks, all the things is ideal.

Who’re your model icons?

I all the time say that when Harry Kinds or Timothée Chalamet wears one thing, which means I can do it. However there are different individuals, too—like, humorous sufficient, Larry David. He, as the youngsters say, “Do be dressin’.” He’s received it found out.

So far as purple carpet, I feel Kodi Smit-McPhee clothes very well. He’s additionally a unbelievable actor. His efficiency in The Energy of the Canine was a type of performances I want individuals talked about extra, simply because it’s quiet. Everybody likes a efficiency the place somebody’s yelling, whereas I like restraint.