Cooper Hoffman is opening up about navigating his career without his late father Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The 22-year-old Old Guy actor looked back on admiring his father’s work and wishing he was able to get advice from him.
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“He’s my favorite actor, but he’s also my dad,” he told GQ. “He’s also not here. A lot of people idolize their parents because they’re great parents. It’s a different thing to idolize your parent because you love their art.”
“I get to figure this out on my own,” Cooper added of his own career. “But also, I would love his advice. And I would also just love my dad.”
Earlier this year, the young actor made his Off Broadway debut in Curse of the Starving Class, and he recalls feeling directionless during his prep.
“I was like, I’m so ill-prepared for this,” he said. “The only person I really wanted to talk to was my dad.”
“As much as I would love him to be here and talk to him about acting, I also would be terrified to have him see my stuff and judge my stuff,” Cooper shared. “Not that he would judge it, because he was a very empathetic person, and he would probably — hopefully — hold my hand through all of it.”
Cooper has also previously appeared in Licorice Pizza, Wildcat and Saturday Night, plus he has several projects in the works, including Artificial, the upcoming movie about Elon Musk and OpenAI with Andrew Garfield and Ike Barinholtz. Luca Guadagnino is directing.
