HUNGER - Issue 034

HUNGER - Issue 34

RITA ORA

"I think people always want to put you in a box. 'You're a singer' or 'you're an actor.' But I've never felt comfortable with that. My life in Portobello was about mixing everything — cultures, styles, ideas. Why would I stop now just because I'm in the spotlight?"

Rita Ora isn't playing by anyone's rules. Back at Rankin Studios – where she shot one of her first covers – the Kosovo-born Londoner is balancing her new Primark collection, supporting Kylie Minogue on tour, and filming with Henry Cavill without missing a beat. The Notting Hill market kid who learned to hustle among the stalls hasn't gone anywhere, even as her sound has evolved with her latest album "You & I," which documents her relationship with Taika Waititi. Between film sets and fashion lines, Ora maintains that same electric presence that first caught attention on "Hot Right Now" — just with more confidence in her multi-hyphenate path. "This is who I am," she states plainly, with all the assurance of someone who's done explaining herself.

FELICITY JONES

"Context is character. What are the forces upon you that are making you who you are?”

In Brady Corbet's The Brutalist, Felicity Jones's character doesn't appear until after the intermission — and yet she's still the beating heart of the film. The Oscar-nominated epic is what she'd call a golden nugget, and they're worth the wait. Sitting on Zoom with slightly awry hair and an unaffected presence, the 41-year-old actor discusses her role as Erzsébet, a Holocaust survivor she describes as the film's "vine" who "wraps around the story through to the end." Despite being physically absent from the first half (we only hear her voice), Jones anchors the lengthy postwar epic with a quiet intensity that earned her a second Academy Award nomination. The accolade isn’t a huge surprise, though. From early roles in The Archers (and Albatross) to starring opposite Adrien Brody, Jones has developed a remarkable talent for selecting projects that transcend their apparent limitations. "When anyone's looking for a job," she observes with characteristic pragmatism, "you're balancing a desire for intellectual fulfillment with necessity."

COSMO JARVIS

"Whether or not award recognition is important to me is irrelevant — it seems to be important to the industry.”

He's fresh from the success of Shōgun and between takes of a Guy Ritchie flick. Still, #CosmoJarvis remains unmoved by the trappings of fame. The 35-year-old actor responds to questions via email, his answers stripped of showbiz platitudes but full of thoughtful reverence for his craft. Whether discussing his role in Alex Garland's upcoming war film or his work alongside De Niro, Jarvis speaks with the precision of someone who prefers to let his performances do the talking. "I don't really want to play the same person twice," he explains when asked about his pattern of intense characters. It's this grounded approach that makes Jarvis stand out in an industry built on charm offensives — an actor, emphasis on that last syllable, more concerned with the excavation of character than the accumulation of accolades.

BETH DITTO

"Looking 'fancy' just isn't my thing. Being a fat kid, I was always told to hide my body. When I met all these ‘riot grrrls’ and queer people, I realized — what the fuck is beauty anyway?"

With humour and punk spirit in her arsenal, Beth Ditto fights on the side of the people. When our video call connects, the Gossip frontwoman appears in her Portland spare room, orange hair glowing against pajamas, Juul in hand. Twenty-four years after their debut and nearly thirteen since their last album, Ditto's band has returned with "Real Power" — dropping into a music industry the 43-year-old barely recognizes. In Trump's America, with LGBTQ+ rights under renewed threat, she represents something increasingly rare: authentic resistance that hasn't forgotten how to laugh. "How can you make people feel they're going to be OK," she asks, "if you can't feel like you're going to be OK?"

HUNGER is a fashion magazine created by honoured photographer Rankin. Mixing the highs and lows of fashion, beauty, music and art. Featuring stories from well known celebrities to up-and-coming new talent. Hunger Magazine issues 4 per annum, covering all of the seasons.

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