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At Cannes promoting Paper Tiger, Miles Teller says he stopped doing press profiles after a 2015 Esquire piece labeled him as kind of a dick, arguing that off-camera interviews can be misquoted and he wants to control his narrative because negativity sells; he emphasizes that you can’t hide who you are on set.
Miles Teller recounts a 2015 Esquire profile that opened by asking if he was “a dick,” calling the piece mishandled and misquoted and leading him to step away from non-on-camera profiles. He notes the disconnect between how he sees himself and how the article portrayed him, and says the experience made him skeptical of magazine interviews aimed at clicks. He has since done only a few interviews for projects like Eternity and is promoting Paper Tiger, insisting on authentic portrayals and on-camera conversations when possible.
Miles Teller says the 2015 Esquire profile calling him “dickish” felt like a violation and helped fuel his reluctance to do sit-down interviews; he’s in Cannes promoting James Gray’s Paper Tiger while continuing to guard how his quotes are used in profiles.
Miles Teller says he stopped doing press profiles after a 2015 Esquire piece labeled him 'kind of a dick,' calling it a violation and mishandled; he continued Cannes promo for Paper Tiger but remains wary about how interviews are quoted or portrayed.
At Cannes, director James Gray tried to call Scarlett Johansson on FaceTime to celebrate the film’s 7-minute ovation for Paper Tiger, but she was unavailable due to filming The Exorcist reboot and the call went to voicemail as Gray gestured to his phone; co-stars Miles Teller and Adam Driver stood with him onstage.
James Gray's sixth Cannes premiere, Paper Tiger, earned a 10-minute standing ovation at the Grand Theatre Lumiere. Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore joined the applause as Gray, visibly moved, thanked the crowd for cinema’s vitality. NEON has US rights; the film stars Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Miles Teller and follows two brothers pursuing the American Dream while getting drawn into a dangerous Russian mafia plot. The premiere adds to Gray's Cannes legacy, though he has yet to win the festival.
Scarlett Johansson discusses her transformative performance as Hester in James Gray’s Paper Tiger, a Cannes-bound drama about a New York family chasing bigger dreams even as danger and a shady money scheme pull them apart. The film pairs Johansson with Miles Teller and Adam Driver, with Gray emphasizing a classical, emotionally driven narrative about love and resilience; Paper Tiger premieres at Cannes on May 16, with Neon handling U.S. rights.
Doug Liman will direct Star One, a true-story CIA thriller starring Miles Teller and Eddie Redmayne for Black Bear and CAA Media Finance at the Cannes Market, about two mismatched CIA agents on a covert arms-delivery mission across enemy territory; script by David Coggeshall with producers P.J. van Sandwijk, William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein. Domestic rights are with CAA and international with Black Bear. Liman is also finishing the Bitcoin thriller with Casey Affleck, Pete Davidson and Gal Gadot, and the project is noted for budget cuts via AI-assisted production and markerless capture.
LA hosted a concert-like premiere for Lionsgate’s Michael, with Jaafar Jackson and Miles Teller among the cast and a crowd that cheered hits like Thriller while largely overlooking MJ’s past scandals; the night included an energetic after-party with themed drinks, and critics are divided, but fans are clearly sold on the biopic.
Miles Teller has sold his minority stake in The Long Drink Company, the Finnish RTD beverage brand, to the Mark Anthony Group for about $325 million. Teller was deeply involved in building the brand, from hands-on marketing to distribution, driving growth that helped the company become a top U.S. RTD spirit brand by 2025. He declined to disclose his exact payout, emphasized that he’s not retiring from acting, and described the sale as a continuation of a partnership rather than a final exit, with the new owners aiming to scale the brand further.
Paramount revealed at CinemaCon that Tom Cruise will reprise Maverick in Top Gun 3, with Miles Teller returning as Rooster; the project was first discussed in 2024 with Ehren Kruger attached to write (co-writing Maverick with Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie), and Jerry Bruckheimer will produce; no director or release date has been announced yet.
Miles Teller gave his wife a remade version of her wedding dress as a Christmas gift after the original was destroyed in the January wildfires that devastated their home in Los Angeles, symbolizing resilience and rebuilding after the disaster.
Miles Teller surprised his wife Keleigh with a recreated wedding dress after their original gown was lost in the Los Angeles wildfires, as a heartfelt gesture following the destruction of their home and belongings.
Miles Teller comments on the possibility of being invited to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding, expressing uncertainty but happiness for the couple, with details about the wedding including a famous singer performing and speculation about the date.
Miles Teller hosted Saturday Night Live's season 51, episode 4, delivering a mixed performance with awkward monologue and stiff hosting, but the show still featured strong sketches, standout cast moments, and memorable satire, especially in the Property Brothers sketch and Weekend Update segment.