It’s time you get to know
Camila Morrone
. And what better way than spending an afternoon with the model and actress on the beach at Shelter Island, flocking with CHANEL surfboards and lemonade. Let me tell you, it was a fun time! Morrone has the sort of transcendent personality that makes you want to hang out with her every day. “I loved being the center of attention at all my family dinners,” she laughs.
The actress was born and raised in L.A. (not in Buenos Aires, like Wikipedia says, FYI). Her parents, both successful models and actors, hail from Argentina's capital, a place Morrone calls her second home. And if you know anything about Argentinians, you’ll notice she’s inherited the free-spirited characteristics synonymous with the South American city. “The Argentinian culture is pretty amazing! It’s similar to Italian in the sense that it’s very welcoming and open, and everyone invites you over to dinner at their house. It’s kind of an open-door, open-arms policy,” she gushed. Growing up in Hollywood, Morrone was surrounded by Hollywood elite—it only seemed natural she would follow suit. A successful career in modeling and a growing social media following set the groundwork for her pivot to the big screen. Now she stars in
Mickey and the Bear
, a poignant coming-of-age story of a young woman torn between staying in her rural town to take care of her veteran father with whom she has a volatile yet loving relationship, and breaking free in search of her own independence.
When we finally settled down from a day of surf and sand, and playing with CHANEL’s newest J12 watch, we talked about how she maintains privacy in the age of social media, being selective with her projects, and the bad habit she just can’t break.
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