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WALA sa mood si Ansel Elgort na makipag-selfie sa fans kapag hindi siya nagtatrabaho.
Lumaki ang 23-anyos na aktor sa isang malikhaing pamilya – ang kanyang amang si Arthur Elgort ay kilalang fashion photographer at stage director naman ang kanyang inang si Grethe.
Pinili ni Ansel ang karera sa pag-arte, at nakilala sa tear-jerker na The Fault in Our Stars, ngunit sinabi niya na mas nais niyang lumayo sa spotlight kapag hindi siya gumagawa ng pelikula.
“My work life and my regular life are very different - I feel like it’s two personalities,” aniya sa Women’s Health.
“There’s actor Ansel, where I have to play a role and be ‘on’. I take photos with everybody who asks, and I try to be professional.
“But when I’m real-life Ansel, I’m not on all the time. If I’m riding the subway with my father I might not want to take a picture. When I’m home in New York, I feel like that same kid that went to high school here and nobody knew. I can still blend in, which is nice. You can’t lose that, you know?”
Sinisikap ni Ansel, kasalakuyang mapapanood sa box office hit na Baby Driver, na hindi makaapekto sa buhay niya ang kanyang bagong star status, at iniiwasan ang usual trappings ng A-list life.
At magkasintahan pa rin sila ng kanyang high school sweetheart na si Violetta Komyshan, na nakilala niya sa prestihiyosong Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School sa New York.
“I’ve never been with somebody from Hollywood, so I don’t know pagbabahagi niya. “It’s nice that she knows me as me before I was influenced by success or the stress and responsibility of being an adult. I feel like everyone’s at their purest when they’re just a kid.”