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JAY ELLIS HAS the biggest smile on his face.
This isn't the smile of his Insecure character, Lawrence Walker, after accidentally charming his way into a threesome. This is the smile of a man who has spent hours in a jet, flying so fast the pull of gravity increased his bodyweight sevenfold while he delivered lines as fighter pilot Payback, his first role in an action film.
As hard as it was, [Jay] had a great time and appreciated every moment, says Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. Filming was so physically demanding that it left some of Ellis's costars puking and Kosinski proclaiming, I don't know if anyone will ever shoot a movie quite like this again.
Ellis couldn't be happier. I love being uncomfortable. There's so much growth in there, the 40-year-old says. I love exploring, and that is what acting is for me. I get to explore myself and parts of me I didn't know existed.
Smiling (probably) doesn't suggest Ellis is masochistic-he's just always been comfortable with the unknown. Born Wendell Ramone Ellis Jr. in Sumter, South Carolina, he moved around a lot due to his father's work with the Air Force, attending 12 schools in 13 years. To find solace amid the constant changes, Ellis says, he created an imaginary friend, Mikey, who was helping me make sense of the world. (More on him later.)
This story is from the May - June 2022 edition of Men's Health.
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