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Frank Ocean’s directorial debut will star ‘Industry’ alum David Jonsson

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The directorial debut of Frank Ocean has found its star in Industry actor David Jonsson.

The film, which is currently untitled, has begun shooting in Mexico City, according to a report from Variety. The plot is currently under wraps.

Jonsson is best known for his role in TV drama Industry, which aired from 2020-2022 and followed a group of young graduates competing for permanent positions at an investment bank in London. He played Augustus “Gus” Sackey, an openly gay Oxford graduate, for the show’s first two seasons.

Movie fans will recognise him from last summer’s Alien: Romulus, playing Andy, an android and brother to lead character Rain, played by Cailee Spaeny. The film was described in NME’s five-star review as being “as thrilling and scary as the original”.

His success has seen him nominated for the prestigious Rising Star Award at this year’s BAFTAs, previously won by stars such as John BoyegaTom Holland, and Lashana Lynch.

He also appeared in the British independent hit Rye Lane, which was nominated for Outstanding British Film at the 2024 BAFTAs. He is also currently working on Stephen King  adaptation The Long Walk alongside Star Wars legend Mark Hamill.

This is Frank Ocean’s first foray into the world of cinema, with his music output also being sporadic since the release of his last studio album, 2016’s ‘Blonde’. Last summer, the singer-songwriter took to Instagram Stories to post a new photo of him seemingly tracking a new song in the studio.

Despite his inexperience in Hollywood, he has a connection to one of its most celebrated stars, Brad Pitt. The Fight Club actor described Ocean as “so special”, and late last year was captured discussing his favourite song from the artist’s back catalogue.

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  • Drake Gets Roasted For His Corny & Suggestive T-Shirt While Out In Australia

Drake Gets Roasted For His Corny & Suggestive T-Shirt While Out In Australia

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Drake is Down Under and apparently over his head, as a lot of people online raised their eyebrows when they saw a shirt that he wore while out during his Australia and New Zealand "Anita Max Win" tour. Moreover, the shirt reads "WAIT TILL U SEE MY" and shows an arrow pointing down... Classy, Drizzy, real classy. Of course, this led some people to bring up the allusions to his leaked videos in the Kendrick Lamar battle, whether that was the 6ix God boasting about his "video proof" or K.Dot claiming that he leaked the video himself.

A lot of folks clowned this move as a cringe-fueled display from someone pushing 40 or just found it funny, but either way, folks got a laugh out of it for better or worse. Of course, this is far from the first time that Drake caught flack for his outfits or for his maturity, but that's not a critique that Kanye West had in praise of his latest look. It was a hoodie with bullet holes in it with smoke emerging from them, a solid representation of how he's still standing after so many people dragged him through the mud.

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Elsewhere during this Australian trek, Drake also felt quite generous, as he gave two random fans at a Perth show $20K each. "I don’t know where you’ve been in your life... That’s what we do out here in Perth," he remarked. "You got to show love. You see, it’s nights like these that we can never take for granted. It’s 14,000 people inside one building, and we all got here safe." These moments of genuine appreciation and connection make outfits like these all the more bizarre and easy to pile on.

Regardless of whether or not more suggestive shirts are in the closet, Drake will continue his "Anita Max Win" trek all throughout February and wrap it up on March 16 in Auckland. Perhaps we will see more wild fits and virally clowned moments, but there's also a lot of interest in his next projects and whatever Kendrick has to say about the beef these days. So who knows what The Boy's next angle will be?

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