Will Poulter is getting stronger and stronger in Hollywood. With 30 years he already acted in renowned youth franchises -Narnia and Maze Runner-, under the orders of an Oscar winner -Kathryn Bigelow- and also with filmmakers of great present -Ari Aster and Lenny Abrahamson-. Now, his popularity seems to have peaked with his participation in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
His growing fame meant that he could no longer tread the streets of his native London like anyone else. In the United States, they also tend to slow it down.
In this sense, it is worth reviewing a funny anecdote he recently told about a chance encounter he had days ago with a person in a bathroom in Los Angeles.
Will Poulter is 30 years old and has a great career in Hollywood. Photo: Instagram
"You're in Toy Story, right?"
In dialogue with GQ, Poulter talked about how he gets along with gossip and recounted a curious situation he experienced last week in the United States.
"A guy in a urinal in Los Angeles last week turned to me and said, 'You're in Toy Story, right?' And I was like, 'Well, that was lively,'" Poulter said.
He continued: "I don't want to be rude. I also appreciate that there's a meme hanging around me: I dressed up as Sid from Toy Story for Anti-Bullying Week. So it could be said that I have not helped my case. But (Toy Story came out) in 1995. I was two years old. And they weren't doing it with live action."
The actor disguised himself as Sid for an anti-bullying cause.
Sid Phillips is the villain of the first film in the Disney-Pixar franchise, Toy Story. Being a cartoon, no actor played it – not even his movements (remember that it is a 1995 production).
The character was voiced in English by American actor and singer Erik Von Detten. The colleague who did his same job, but for Latin America and Spain, was the Mexican dubbing actor Enzo Fortuny.
Sid, Woody and Buzz's antagonist in Toy Story.
Fame: the price to pay
Poulter's face became known among moviegoers around the world after the success of the "daytime" horror film Midsommar. "For the past few years, practically every day someone takes a picture without asking, which is awkward," the actor said in the note.
"To a large extent, male privilege has protected me from that kind of objectification and the idea that so far I've actually been able to do my job and that my physical appearance is not a topic of conversation; That privilege has not taken place and has been granted to my female counterparts in the industry," she added.
Will Poulter in Guardians of the Galaxy.
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Poulter plays Adam Warlock, a being created by the Sovereign with the goal of destroying the protagonists.
According to his statements, Warlock brings "a lot of comedy" to be a character who is getting to know the world for the first time and "tries to develop his moral compass."
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