Zoe Kravitz Does Denim Her Way For Nylon

Zoe Kravitz was dubbed the coolest girl in the world, and we would have to agree.

The actress and musician is on the cover of Nylon’s August issue dedicated to denim, and the “Dope” star definitely put her own eccentric twist to the trend. Along with a denim on denim look, Kravitz rocked her signature braids with ’70s inspired flare jeans and a denim jacket with black bikini for the cover.

However, it was the 26-year-old’s comments on Hollywood and growing up with famous parents that really makes it clear that Kravitz is not your average starlet.

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One interesting tid bit from the interview was the fact that she lost out on a role in a major superhero movie not because of her talent, but because of her race.

From steretoypes in the movie industry to being raised in an “old school” way, here are some of the highlights from the interview: 

On her “privileged” childhood:  “I knew we were very lucky, and my dad raised me in an old-school way. His mom was from the Bahamas, and it was about manners and making the bed. It’s that old black shit, really—like, you get smacked if you talk the wrong way. It was about having respect for your elders and being thankful for what we had. He wanted to make sure I had chores, and not because we didn’t have a housekeeper, but because of the principle of the thing.”

On identifying with black culture: ““I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in,” she says. “I didn’t identify with black culture, like, I didn’t like Tyler Perry movies, and I wasn’t into hip-hop music. I liked Neil Young.” But as time went on, her views shifted. “Black culture is so much deeper than that,” she says, “but unfortunately that is what’s fed through the media. That’s what people see. That’s what I saw. But then I got older and listened to A Tribe Called Quest and watched films with Sidney Poitier, and heard Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. I had to un-brainwash myself. It’s my mission, especially as an actress.”

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On losing roles because of her race: ” “In the last Batman movie [The Dark Knight Rises], they told me that I couldn’t get an audition for a small role they were casting because they weren’t ‘going urban,’” she says. “It was like, ‘What does that have to do with anything?’ I have to play the role like, ‘Yo, what’s up, Batman? What’s going on wit chu?’”

One being compared to her parents: “There was a point in my teens where I was very self conscious and didn’t want to make any music because I would get compared to my dad,” she says. “But I knew I was working hard. I’m not a fucking genius, but I know who I am as an artist. The one thing about art is you can’t question it. Everyone is looking at everyone else to find out what’s cool. No one knows what’s cool. Just do it with confidence—no one can take that away from you.”

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