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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Carsen Holaday

Miles Teller admits he stepped away from magazine interviews after viral 2015 Esquire cover

Miles Teller says he is wary of being interviewed for magazines after an article about him went viral for all the wrong reasons more than a decade ago.

Esquire’s 2015 profile on Teller began with the journalist “trying to figure out if he’s a d***” during their conversation before determining a few paragraphs later that, despite his charm, he was “kind of a d***.” At the time, the actor — who was quickly rising to fame after the success of Whiplash and Divergent — issued a statement in response to the profile saying: “I don’t think there’s anything cool or entertaining about being a d*** or an asshole.”

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