With sly and subversive humor, multihyphenate powerhouse Taika Waititi is redefining representation - while having more fun in Hollywood than just about anyone else:
It’s late April, and Waititi is sprawled in a booth at The Mulberry, a chic new bar in New York’s SoHo neighborhood of which he’s part owner, wearing Vans sneakers that say “Rez Dogs” on the heels, a “You Are on Native Land” baseball cap and chunky rings on most of his fingers. “I went full Native for you,” he says. In a few days, he’ll be at the Met Gala in a silver satin floor-length wrap coat draped with pearl chains, on the arm of his wife, English pop star Rita Ora.
Few people in Hollywood seem to be having more fun at the business of being famous than Waititi. He loves bars, so he bought one. Growing up, his mother worked in pubs in Wellington, and after school he’d go for a raspberry and lemonade and sit at the counter doodling or writing stories. “I associate places like this with feeling creative or just a good, warm — it’s like a cuddle,” he says. “There’s always someone who’s too drunk, telling interesting stories.
Waititi has managed to preserve the showmanship and silliness of his condo dance-off days, even as he has seen the stakes of his career raised. “I’m 47,” he says. “My God, take the pressure off. People are so obsessed with likes or leaving behind a legacy, being remembered. Here’s the thing: No one’s going to remember us. What’s the name of the director of? Arguably one of the greatest films of all time. No one knows his name.
It seems important to point out here that for the past 20 years, Waititi has been working very, very hard. He has directed six features, two of them Marvel movies —
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