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Publicity-shy actor nicholas hoult opens up in a rare moment of candour about fatherhood and Hollywood sex scenes

- Alan Tanner

For an actor who’s made the transition from child star to Hollywood’s most wanted with apparent ease, Nicholas Hoult is notoriously protective over his privacy.

The actor and his partner Bryana Holly share a two-year-old son, but the couple never announced the pregnancy or birth, and the little boy’s name is still shrouded in mystery. For many months it wasn’t even known if Nicholas had fathered a boy or a girl as the new parents took to using gender-neutral pronouns.

“Someone will find out soon enough and that’s fine, no big deal,” Nicholas explained at the time. “For now, it’s my own precious little thing and I’m keeping it.”

But chatting from his LA home during the “interesting time” of lockdown, the typically guarded English star is remarkably candid and happy to divulge some delightful details about family life, saying, “It’s been lovely to be home.”

Nicholas, 30, and 27-year-old American model Bryana were first spotted together in 2017. Prior to that, his most notable relationship was with his X-Men co-star Jennifer Lawrence, while Bryana briefly dated Kim Kardashian West’s step-brother Brody Jenner.

Nicholas can currently be seen in the satirical and rather saucy comedy The Great, playing Peter III of Russia opposite Elle Fanning’s Queen Catherine. He has also worked with Angelina Jolie in the upcoming film Those Who Wish Me Dead and has been busy prepping for the next Mission: Impossible 7, making him a contender for a future Bond, surely!

Here, the brooding blue-eyed leading man reveals why the bedroom scenes with Elle had him giggling, how he’s savoring the rare downtime with his son, and who’s really in charge of the family’s TV remote...