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Blinders) and love interests (Soulmates, Love Life, High Fidelity). Fans of High
Fidelity—Hulu’s remake of the seminal aughts rom-com with Zoe Kravitz in the John

Cusack role and Ben-Adir as Mac, her One That Got Away—had their hearts broken

by its recent cancellation, and Ben-Adir shares their pain. But he recalls a
conversation with Kravitz where they talked about how these moments can mean
new opportunities. “It was the final lesson for me where I was just like, you've been

doing this for a while now and you just have to give over to whatever the higher

power is and know if it’s meant to be it will and if it’s not it’s not,” Ben-Adir recounts.
And though Kravitz’s Rob revealed she cheated on Mac when we last saw them, Ben-

Adir is going on record that Mac would have eventually taken her back. “He’s evolved
and matured in a way that she’s not and in a way that I’m probably not as well,” he

says smiling. “He is one of those guys who's above sexual jealousy and above
superficial status-y things.”

In large part due to his swoon-worthy role on Fidelity, Ben-Adir is the subject of a
growing dose of online thirst and dedicated social media accounts. But the man

himself prefers to be more mysterious, with no accounts to his name. “What I'm
learning is that with social media and those tools is that they become very addictive

and a lot of your self-esteem and your positive feedback ends up coming from your
machine,” he explains. “And I've got enough addictions and bad habits as it is.”

Ben Adir’s next role isn’t set yet. (Aside from getting back to work in 2021, he plans
to stay healthy: in addition to kicking the smoking habit he’s had since age 11, he

recovered from a mild case of Covid-19 last year where he lost his sense of smell for
some time.) “I’m breaking down a lot of scripts at the moment and I'm probably

going to be doing that for the next little while.” It’s more or less similar to how he
spent 2020—alone in his flat, watching “mad fucking films.” The pandemic, of

course, put a halt to his frequent returns to Kentish Town, where “his boys” and most
of his favorite restaurants and pubs still reside.

“Listen, to be honest with you I really can’t complain,” Ben-Adir reasons. “I've had so
much time to focus on work and so much time to read. Although I haven't been on

set, the scripts haven't stopped coming in. I just feel like there’s just been nonstop
work to do.”