\n\tWithers\u2019 revelation came during the pandemic. After years of making online videos, the former Florida State football player picked up and moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in acting. From there, he parlayed bit parts in Atlanta and Tell Me Lies into starring roles in this year\u2019s tentpoles Him and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Next, Withers will segue from scream king to an adaptation of Colleen Hoover\u2019s Reminders of Him, in which he stars opposite Maika Monroe. \u201cThat was the scariest one to make,\u201d he says, \u201cbecause you\u2019re living in the soft gentleness of masculinity and showing your emotions.\u201d The romance deals heavily with grief, which is something that the 27-year-old is familiar with. Withers lost his older brother in a 2021 car accident and wanted to explore his own pain head-on. Looking ahead, Withers would love to lean into comedy as well. In the meantime, he says of his breakout year: \u201cGoing into these projects, I always feared that I was not the right person for the role, and then I just had to keep reminding myself that I am enough.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tTHE FICTIONAL CHARACTER I IDENTIFY WITH THE MOST\u00a0\u201cNemo, from Finding Nemo. I feel like a little fish in a big sea, trying to find my way home, which means getting creative and finding your way to success. It\u2019s poetry.\u201d <\/p>\n
WHAT I DID WITH MY FIRST HOLLYWOOD PAYCHECK \u201cI was living in Atlanta and I got my check and took myself to Olive Garden. Growing up, my mom used to take me there to celebrate for my birthday, and we\u2019ve have soccer team dinners there. That was luxury. That is luxury.\u201d <\/p>\n
IF I\u2019M WEARING MY AIRPODS ON SET, I\u2019M PROBABLY LISTENING TO \u201c\u201dThe Climb\u201d by Miley Cyrus. She\u2019s talking about anxiety, and that calms my anxiety. But it depends on the scene. The song that gets me to a sad place is \u201cDear April\u201d by Frank Ocean, because I lost my brother in the month of April. And if you need to get crunk, you play Lil\u2019 Jon or \u201cDreams and Nightmares\u201d by Meek Mill.\u201d <\/p>\n
THE FIRST TIME I WAS STARSTRUCK \u201cI\u2019m shooting shots. Channing Tatum, LaKeith Stanfield, Keke Palmer, Jennifer Lawrence, Daniel Kaluuya, Florence Pugh, the list is endless. And Archie Madekwe, we\u2019ve got to do something together. Shoutout to Archie.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Withers\u2019 revelation came during the pandemic. After years of making online videos, the former Florida State football player…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[146756,236,24423,88,146757,146758,146759,84121],"class_list":{"0":"post-275576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-archie-madekwe","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-chase-sui-wonders","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-havana-rose-liu","13":"tag-isabel-may","14":"tag-next-gen-2025","15":"tag-tom-blyth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}