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Actor Henry Golding made history this week when he was named one of GQ’s Men of the Year, becoming the first Asian man to grace the cover of the glossy, high-profile magazine.
31-year-old Golding, a proud LGBTQ ally, made his feature film debut earlier this year, in the summer blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, which smashed box-office records as the biggest rom-com in a decade.
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Up next, he will play appear in the indie film Monsoon, playing a gay British-Vietnamese refugee who returns home with his parents’ ashes.
The actor shared the cover on Instagram, along with the caption: “Something we have been so excited to share with you all, what an honor… Thank you @gq for recognizing me as one of your men (and women) of the year”.
But he isn’t letting his newfound fame get to his head.
“I don’t get too carried away by the glittery, glamorous side of Hollywood,” he tells GQ. “Because I know what really matters in the world. I understand all of this is super fleeting. It could be the fact that I’m a flavor of the month.”
Hmmm. We suspect he’ll be around for much longer than just a month.
Scroll down for more pics from Golding’s Instagram page…
bowlingbutch
I AM IN LOVE!!! What a beautiful man, inside and outside.
liltomtom90
He’s so handsome! And seems like a very genuine person. Is monsoon originally a book?
pete54
He is gorgeous. Certainly made Rich Crazy Asians worth watching!
Can imagine him as James Bond.
dustashed
Hot! will def bone
GentlemanCaller
Huh? This is nice, but I’m astonished there hasn’t been an Asian man on the cover of GQ until 2018, what with all the GQ-worthy Asian actors out there: John Cho, Harry Shum Jr, Mackenyu…hell, even Aziz Ansari. Hooray for greater representation in mass media, but jesus christ that took a while.
Blackceo
Yeah…its ridiculous that we are still doing “firsts”
Brian
I was a little disappointed by Crazy Rich Asians. It was ok, but apart from the Asian cast, it’s nothing we haven’t seen 1000 times before, it’s basically Monster in Law.
He and Constance Wu definitely made a gorgeous couple.
spacecadet
I actually really enjoyed it and thought it was a lot of fun, the type of movie I could see again multiple times. It was funny, moved at the right pace, and was like a postcard for Singapore.
Creamsicle
I disagree. The movie showed how INSANELY wealthy the rising tide in Asia has made certain families. It both helped raise the profile of Singapore, and draws attention to the fact that Singapore made its money by being the corporate headquarters for all the multinational companies who are exploiting Asia after the wealthy were forced to flee Communist rule throughout Asia during the Cold War.
Brian
That’s like saying Love and Basketball is really about the end of slavery and how far black people have progressed since then. This movie had nothing to do with communism and the cold war.
Creamsicle
There is a seemingly throwaway line early in the movie about how the Young family fled Communist rule for Singapore. It’s so the viewer knows that they are an OLD money family, which is why they care about things like the main character’s pedigree. It’s not exactly one of the movie’s major plot points (but it does contribute to the “you’re not good enough” theme), but the historical context is there.
Yooper
Asian, Vogue, whatever… that is one hot sexy man. Hope in the not too distance future we can get over the race thing. Handsome is handsome, case closed.