Instagram gathers young talent at their Next Gen Hollywood event. Courtesy of Meta Instagram gathered a slew of young Hollywood talent last week at their Next Gen Hollywood event.
Actors from Not Suitable For Work, The Body, Off Campus, Widow’s Bay and more gathered at Nobu in West Hollywood for a night of mingling, food and cocktails under the social platform’s Close Friends Only series. Rising stars from The Body stuck together, even snapping pictures in front of their nearby billboard.
“This is the first night we’re all together while the show is ramping up,” star Sofia Wylie told The Hollywood Reporter at the party. “We’re all super jittery and excited, and the response so far for the show coming out has already been truly awesome.”
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The 22-year-old found the night to be a good sign of where the industry’s headed. “There’s so much passion and excitement in the industry right now for newcomers to really have their moment,” she said.
“Even though I’ve been doing this for 10 years, I feel like the newcomer and like this is my first time really doing this,” she continued. “[The Body] is a project that I feel so, so, so passionate about, so it all feels completely brand new.”
While other young starlets from several shows and movies intermingled — Not Suitable For Work‘s Nicholas Duvernay among them. The 27-year-old, who recently had a supporting role in Prime Video’s The Love Hypothesis, was chatting around the room.
Instagram’s Next Gen Hollywood party. Courtesy of Meta The actor’s been working in the Dominican Republic on a new film, Shiver, with Keanu Reeves. “He’s one of my heroes,” he told THR. “There’s so many times [when] I’m in a scene and I’m like, ‘Holy shit, that’s Keanu Reeves.'”
The mood of the party was high and there was a clear excitement in the air. “Things are going good,” Duvernay added. “I feel like the industry has had this awakening again, where so many things are coming through.”
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