- His American accent in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016) was so convincing that his co-star Steve Martin had no idea he was from England until a few weeks into production.
- Son of Elizabeth, an author, columnist, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and Richard Alwyn, a documentary filmmaker.
- Great-grandson of composer, conductor, music teacher and BAFTA member William Alwyn, who was born William Alwyn Smith.
- Grandson of Director, Producer and Writer Jonathan Alwyn
- His great-uncle (maternal grandmother’s brother) is Bruce Kent, a political activist and former Roman Catholic priest, who was active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
- Joe studied at the same private school for boys as actor Daniel Radcliffe, the ‘City of London School’, located on the north bank of the River Thames.
- Studied theater at the same college as Andrew Garfield ‘Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’
- His favourite movie is On The Waterfront
- His favorite food is pizza
- His first prize as an actor was delivered in Cannes by the director of the Festival Thierry Frémaux
- Auditioned for the role of Sam in Love Actually (2003), but lost out to Thomas Brodie-Sangster. His first onscreen role came 13 years later, the lead in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016).
- Ben Whishaw, Mark Rylance, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel Day Lewis and Marlo Brando are his favorite actors
- he celebrated his 24th anniversary in the United States while doing screen tests and auditions for Billy Lynn Long Halftime Walk (they gave him a cake!)
- His favorite TV show is The Office (the British version)
- He really likes Paul Thomas Anderson
- He loves Jim Carrey’s work
- as a child he loved The Mask of Zorro and drove his mother crazy by carving little Z’s all over the house
- he prefers London to New York
- had lots of pets, from rats to turtles, fish and guinea pigs
He has (or had) a dog named Flint, and is currently the ‘father’ of a cat named Benjamin that he shares with his girlfriend Taylor Swift - he used to play rugby but stopped due to a shoulder injury
- his favorite color is blue
- In 2020 using the pseudonym “William Bowery”, Joe co-wrote 5 songs on the albums ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore’ they are: exile, betty, coney island, champagne problems, and evermore. For the latter, Joe composed the melody and plays the piano on the recorded track.
- he likes sad songs
- he likes peppermint tea
Joe watching Taylor perform in Glendale, AZ | May 8, 2018
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Joe watching Taylor perform in Glendale, AZ | May 8, 2018
Is destry related to The Stephen Spielberg???
yes his daughter! she’s an actor and director
The trouble is, films can be in development for years, so contact with a director doesn't mean anything is coming any time soon. But meeting a costume director is a different matter - you only do that if you need a costume basically now lol. And we did figure out AND before any of the trade publications mentioned it, so I'm confident we will spot the clues before them lol
haha we also found out about The Souvenir Part II way before it was announced so we’ve got a decent track record
Do you think we will see joe family in the eras tour ? Need to know if his mum will attend both nights 🙈
if not tonight, then at some point definitely! would be very cute if Joe and his mom were there for opening night again 🥹
when he said "there are a couple of things I probably did just because I wanted to work" ?
in his April 2022 interview for The Guardian Saturday
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We thought we had joe directed by chloe zhao and paul schrader but we have nothing 😭😭😭 also who knows when hamlet will be filmed... I miss him!
those are still possibilities! pretty sure joe’s got some things in the pipeline, we just gotta be patient unfortunately
i hope we see him soon though!
To his credit, Joe has been supportive of female directors and I’ve felt doing LLFYL played into that a little even if it wasn’t “prestige.”
and to that, I think it’s nice if Joe doesn’t always work with a well-know/distinguished director. he said in his actors on actors convo with Paul, he’d like to work with a first-time director and that would be really cool
Joe started following director Mimi Cave on instagram, and, more interestingly, costume designer Mitchell Travers just started following Joe. Don't know what for (some people are speculating it's for 'Holland, Michigan') but it does look like we might get news of something soon.
seems it’s already filming so if he’s involved should find out soon
but whether it’s that or something else, I also feel like casting news is coming soon '
Do you know why Joe did Last Letter from Your Lover? It seems at odds with his other choices and he seems to be very picky in a good way and discerning. Last Letter was not ever billed as a prestige project which all of his other jobs were. It also has neither a distinguished director nor a decent script. Not to mention it has the most lacklustre cast compared to his other projects in which he stars alonside icons.
Joe said in an interview during CWF press “there are a couple of things I probably did just because I wanted to work” …pretty sure he was referring to LLFYL
also when he was cast, the daily mail said (i know they suck lol but they’ve been accurate about Joe casting… [more]
