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Leo Woodall Really Is That Charming
An afternoon with Hollywood’s favorite new heartthrob.
In the second season of The White Lotus, he harnessed the dark charisma of every contestant ever to appear on Love Island to play Jack, an Essex boy who seduces Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), an unwitting mark. He broke hearts, and found a fan base, as Dexter, an emotionally stunted, alcoholic charmer whose yearslong will-they-or-won’t-they relationship with a college friend (Ambika Mod) ends tragically. Onscreen, the role amounts to an uncomplicated checklist of romantic tropes — quirky meet-cute, good chat, first date, perfectly awkward sex scene — that gives way to a lovely relationship we mostly see in montage: Bridget and Roxster waking up together, strolling, dancing, snacking, playing backyard cricket, and being sweet to children.
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