Jonah HillknowsBeanie Feldsteinis destined for greatness — and he’s not just saying that because he’s her brother.
The actor, 35, opened up inWSJ.Magazine‘s June issueabout his 25-year-old sister and her turn in the coming-of-age comedyBooksmart, admitting Feldstein is his personal hero.
In fact, she inspires him so much that he has a tattoo reading “hello, beanie!” on his forearm. It’s a nod to Feldstein’s debut on Broadway inHello, Dolly!, where she played Minnie Fay alongsideBette Midler‘s Dolly Gallagher Levi from April 2017 through January 2018.
“People think I’m being over the top. I’m dead-ass serious,” Hill toldWSJ. Magazineof his admiration for his sister. “The things I struggle with, she had knocked down when she was 14.”
“I would worry about anyone else about to go through what she’s aboutto go through in the world, except for her,” he added of the recognition Feldstein is receiving.
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Beanie Feldstein forWSJ. Magazine.Katie McCurdy for WSJ. Magazine
Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein in 2016.Todd Williamson/Getty Images
“My insecurity would lead me to be like, ‘I’m going nowhere near anything like that,’ ” he said of what the situation would be like in a reversed scenario, where he was following in Feldstein’s comedic footsteps instead.
“And she’s such a baller,” Hill praised his sister. “With two middle fingers up, she’s like, ‘Oh word, yeah, Jonah was inSuperbad? Okay, cool, I’mgoing to make this movie that’sas good if not better and be better than him in it.”
Jonah HillinSuperbad(L); Beanie Feldstein inBooksmart(R).Melissa Moseley/Columbia//REX; ANNAPURNA PICTURES
As for her co-lead part inBooksmart— just her fourth role in a film to date, and one that “starts, like, on my face,” she joked — Feldstein couldn’t be more thankful.
“There are so many people that are naturally gifted or intensely talented and don’tget to do what I get to do,” she toldWSJ. Magazine. “I’m not taking this for granted, any little step of it.”
Serving asOlivia Wilde‘s directorial debut, Booksmart(also starringKaitlyn Dever,Noah Galvin,Billie Lourd,Jason Sudeikis,Lisa KudrowandWill Forte) opens in theaters Friday.
source: people.com
