Fred Hechinger
THE GLADIATOR II ACTOR PAUSES TO REFLECT UPON HIS MILE-A-MINUTE CAREER
WORDS OLLY RICHARDS
JAKE CHESSUM
“I HAVE A hard time taking a break,” says Fred Hechinger. “The thought of it is nice, but by the second day…” He pulls a bored face. This is not very surprising. Hechinger does not stop. In just six years as a working actor, he has had roles in over 20 films and four TV shows. He started with Bo Burnham’s raw high-school drama Eighth Grade, broke out with The White Lotus, and has racked up co-stars including Tom Hanks (News Of The World), Natalie Portman (Vox Lux), Christian Bale (The Pale Blue Eye), and Amy Adams (The Woman In The Window). He has five projects out this year alone.