“We definitely were aware that this was a funny movie because we were all breaking [mid-shot]. But the movie is genuinely also scary and I was really quite taken aback [at the premiere] that there were screams. My husband was clenching onto my hand.” 

Fresh from a stint studying the unfiltered mind of Marlon Brando in Off-Broadway play Kowalski, 13 Reasons Why alum Brandon Flynn is now encircled by Hollywood legends of latter times as the lead of Max horror-comedy The Parenting. Covering our Spring/Summer 2025 issue, he talks working with Lisa Kudrow and Parker Posey, winning over your boyfriend’s parents, the horror genre’s wrongs in queer representation and uncovering Brando’s jovial side.

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Photography by Menelik Puryear
Styling by Michael Philouze
Words by Andrew Wright 

Editor Andrew Wright
Art Director Michael Morton
Fashion Director Luke Day
Production Director Lola Randall
Junior Art Director Natasha Lesiakowska

Grooming by Benjamin Thigpen at Statement Artists 
Photography Assistant Ethan Bodine
Styling Assistant Myron Hernandez
Special thanks to The Marlton Hotel