Vogue India: Everyone wants a British boyfriend now. There’s Dua Lipa and Callum Turner, Zendaya and Tom Holland, Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles. What is it about British men?
Rish Shah: I don’t know the answer to that but it’s such a cheat code when I’m auditioning anywhere outside the UK. I’ll read my lines in an American accent, and when they realise I’m British, they’ll say, “Wait, can we do all of that again, but in your original accent?” There have been so many instances where I’ve read for an American character and they’ve changed it to a British one because Americans think we’re more charming.
Vogue India: Speaking of charm, what’s your preferred method of courtship?
Rish Shah: I write letters. I genuinely do, I’m not lying. These are my letters right here. [Holds up a box of letters and envelopes.] I’m actually a hopeless romantic—it’s probably from watching all those Bollywood films from when I was young.
Shazad Latif: I’m very impulsive. I had a partner who lived in Australia, and I flew eight times in one year just to see them. I have an Algerian buddy who gets cheap flights through his company so I was able to do it, but let that sink in for a minute: I flew to Australia eight times in one year.
