Say the name “Pete Davidson” aloud, and it will conjure a certain image: a man strutting down the street in baggy pants, swarmed by paparazzi, clenching the hand of a screen beauty with a grin on his face. A man who’s dated everyone from Ariana Grande and Margaret Qualley to Kate Beckinsale and Kim Kardashian, who inspired the term “big dick energy” and the earworm “Thank U, Next.” “There should be a group for us,” Davidson jokes of guys like himself and Jake Gyllenhaal who’ve been the subject of breakup anthems. But I think Ariana’s fuckin’ cool and immensely talented and an awesome girl.
We’re not texting or whatever, but we’re cool.” It’s easy to see why women are drawn to Davidson. In person, he’s imposingly rangy and muscular and shoots you straight — a working-class fella from Staten Island, unlike those posh theater kids running around Hollywood. He’s also possessed of a wounded, underdog quality that invites warmth.
Davidson’s lothario image has come to overshadow his obvious talent: In 2014, at the age of 20, he became one of the youngest “Saturday Night Live” cast members ever, regaling audiences with his direct-to-camera monologues about his mental health and the travails of living at home with his mom in Staten Island. By 26, he was starring in his own Judd Apatow-helmed biopic, “The King of Staten Island,” which was supposed to be his “Trainwreck” moment, only to have its release derailed by COVID. In the years since, he’s performed stand-up to sold-out theaters alongside pals Jon Stewart and John Mulaney; popped up in films like “Fast X” and “Dumb Money”; created and starred in “Bupkis,” a critically acclaimed TV series based on his life; dated a Kardashian; hosted his own talk show on Netflix; and fathered a child.
Now the 32-year-old is making his big return to the silver screen in November’s “How to Rob a Bank,” playing a wounded war veteran who turns to robbing banks to provide for his family. He took the assignment seriously, packing on 15 pounds of muscle for the role. Davidson took Sermorelin and BPC-157 while training around the clock and consuming loads of protein.
When someone says, ‘Whoa, you’re in tremendous shape!’ and an actor goes, ‘Yup! Just broccoli, rice and chicken!,’ it’s like, ‘No, dude, you have a fuckin’ vein going from your forehead to your thumb.’” “How to Rob a Bank” is his most dramatic role yet, and he steals every scene he’s in. So are people finally ready to take Davidson seriously?
Directed by David Leitch (“Bullet Train”) and hitting theaters Nov. 13, “How to Rob a Bank” is a hyperkinetic action film that follows a group of 20-somethings (led by Nicholas Hoult) who’ve been screwed by the system and turn to bank robbery as payback, livestreaming their heists on social media in the hope of igniting a movement. Davidson plays Vince, Hoult’s second in command and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan whose lungs have been ravaged by exposure to burn pits. People feel safe around him in about 10 seconds.” Knowing his days are numbered, Vince robs banks to provide for his wife and young child.
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