ezra pounces

"love thou thy dream
all base love scorning
love thou the wind
and here take warning
that dreams alone can truly be
for 'tis in dream i come to thee."
             - song by ezra pound

ever since i saw him in that movie with andy garcia, city island, playing mr. garcia's son, i became a fan of ezra miller. young as he is, he has that mesmerizing (i want to say magnetic, but that's another cliche) presence on the screen that even a tested thespian like mr. garcia can't match. his intensity reminds me of edward norton. like mr. norton, ezra does not rely solely on his well-chiseled face (too pretty) to win your attention. he has you at hello, so to speak.

when i saw him in we need to talk about kevin (adapted from lionel shriver's harrowing book about a mother trying to comprehend and cope with his teen-age son's crimes), i was more convinced that ezra, indeed, is one of his generation's best actors. he matched tilda swinton's oscar-worthy performance scene after scene.

the good news is, ezra is in a new film, another boook adaptation, this time by stephen chbosky - the perks of being a wallflower. i luv the book, which is about growing up, falling in luv for the first time, trying to fit in or not, and in the process discovering one's self. heavy, di ba?! ezra plays the flamboyantly gay patrick, step brother to emma watson's sam, the object of the main character's (charlie, the wallflower) affection.

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in promoting the movie, ezra also came out of the closet. talk about jumping the gun on everyone. double chos! in an interview with out magazine, ezra bravely said that he is gay.

here are some excerpts from the article (which also featured the other gorgeous young stars of the movie, logan lerman and johnny simmons. all grown up and oh so droolworthy!):

"as a young child, miller was mocked for having a speech impediment, which he learned to control by singing opera. (he was in new york’s metropolitan opera children’s chorus and the premiere of philip glass’swhite raven.) “i was trying to kiss boys in school,” he says, and then the best friend he fooled around with turned on him. “he had some macho realization that led him to believe that i was the problem. so i went from having a stutter to being a totally gay little opera singer to being, like, a really confused queer adolescent.

“getting socially outcast can be the best and most informative thing that can ever happen to you because you have to learn who you are separate from the pack.”

“i’m queer. i have a lot of really wonderful friends who are of very different sexes and genders. i am very much in love with no one in particular. i’ve been trying to figure out relationships, you know? i don’t know if it’s responsible for kids of my age to be so aggressively pursuing monogamous binds, because i don’t think we’re ready for them.”

for the full story, click here: http://www.out.com/entertainment/movies/2012/08/15/ezra-miller-im-queer

or better yet, buy the magazine. you won't regret it! the cover alone is worth the price.

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i hope i won't hear anybody saying, "sayang naman ang guapo pa naman." i really hate this statement (even some of my gay friends say this, which is annoying. ano yan, self-hatred?). it's as if being gay diminishes his value both as a human being and as a person. kainis!

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here's the trailer:

and we need to talk about kevin:

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(all pictures were taken from the internet. no copyright infringements intended).