So far, Leo Woodall’s career has been built on his unique ability to embody a specific sort of love interest: the lovable menace you can’t help but fall for. In the second season of "The White Lotus," he harnessed the dark charisma of every contestant ever to appear on "Love Island" to play Essex boy Jack. He followed that with a lead role in Netflix's "One Day," breaking hearts and finding a fan base as the emotionally stunted, alcoholic charmer Dexter. “It’s been pointed out that both are just kind of drunken love rats,” he says of the two roles. Even with his upcoming role as one of the romantic leads in the fourth and final installment of "Bridget Jones," he isn’t sure he’s cut out for rom-com greatness: “I don’t feel passionate about continuing to play only rom-com guys or even romantic guys." But like many leading men before him, he’s now grappling with what being an internet boyfriend means. On bad days, he feels a specific kind of pressure that comes with being the object of widespread desire; it’s hard not to judge himself against the character he’s meant to play. “You immediately hold the mirror up to yourself and go, How do I fit that role? ” he says. On good days, he finds the collective thirst entertaining: “One of the ways that I’ve kept myself grounded is just making a big joke about it.”

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