Isaac Powell could play Lloyd, the effortless best friend at the heart of A24. At that moment, But in real life, he admits that Brat Summer won’t last long.
“I wouldn’t have endured it the way Lloyd did,” Powell told Gately in an exclusive interview. “Lloyd was riding waves with Charlie all the time. I don’t have the stamina. I don’t like staying out late. I don’t like crowds.”
Instead? Powell says he wants to enjoy the album in a quieter way. “I would have enjoyed playing it in the car and at the gym and other places. But no, Lloyd was right in the middle of it.”
That contrast stimulates many things. that momenta mockumentary starring Charli XCX as an enhanced version of herself as she races through pop stardom. The film, now in theaters, is a blend of scripted beats and improvisations about Charlie and his entourage as they try to extend the cultural longevity of their “brat” advantage.
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Build Lloyd from the inside out
For Powell, stepping into Lloyd’s didn’t require a major change.
“I felt like I really understood Lloyd,” he said. “From the first time I read the script, I was like, oh, this is him, I know who this guy is.”
That clarity made the film’s improvisational style less daunting. “Improvisation can be scary when you have questions about your character that you can’t answer,” Powell explained. “If you know the character well, there’s nothing scary about it.”
He credits the creative freedom on set and his castmates with elevating the scenes beyond the page. Powell has worked with comedian heavy hitters such as Jamie Demetriou and Kate Berlant, both of whom said it was difficult for them to maintain their composure.
“When I saw Alex play Johannes, I really had a hard time keeping my feelings together,” Alexander Skarsgård’s eccentric director said of the character. What about Berlant’s scenes while filming Vogue Style? “We did many takes. There were moments that didn’t make it to the final edit. She’s really good at it.”
Despite the laughs, Powell said he rarely broke character. The environments felt natural enough to blur the lines between action and cuts. “I didn’t really feel like I was making a movie,” he says. “It was very comfortable to live in.”
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A party that sets the mood
The first day of filming also served as a crash course in Lloyd’s personality.
Production began with a large party sequence packed with background actors. Rather than hanging around between takes, Powell relied entirely on Lloyd’s public trust.
“Lloyd came into this party thinking he knew everyone here,” he said. “So that’s how I treated it.”
The results surprised him. “Some of them thought we had met before,” he recalls. “I was improving as if we were sharing history.”
By the end of the night, Mr. Powell had made a real connection. “I learned the power of extroversion,” he said. “I didn’t have any reservations. I just enjoyed being around people.”
Friends first, colleagues second
At the heart of the film is the relationship between Lloyd and Charlie, which is rooted in friendship rather than hierarchy.
“Working with friends is really fun, but sometimes it can be a pain,” Powell said. He approached their relationship as a brotherly one, full of playful bickering and blurred boundaries.
That tension reflects the larger theme of the mockumentary. Powell said he is drawn to nonfiction storytelling, which makes the format particularly appealing. “There’s something fascinating about mockumentaries,” he said. “The line between fiction and non-fiction is blurred. The off-the-wall POV is very different from the formal settings I’m used to.”
He would like to consider similar projects in the future.
What about 2026? Mr. Powell has ambitions beyond the screen, including investments in real estate in the Midwest and Southeast. “I never thought I’d come here and start talking about my devilish real estate side hustle,” he joked.
But for now, audiences can watch him survive the brat summer on screen, even if he personally prefers “other tones of green.”
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Source: Gayety – gayety.com
