Joe Jonas plays a real-life Navy hero in the Korean War film “Devotion” — and reveals his top-secret acting coach was wife Sophie Turner.
“It was pretty interesting to walk into the room and meet all these great actors like Jonathan Majors,” he says. “I’m saying to myself, ‘Oh, s–t , this is real. I’m not playing around here. I gotta step up to the A-game.’ And in the conversation I had with J.D. early on, I said, ‘Look, I know I’m not the first choice or first pick that you probably would go for.’ But I said, ‘Look, I’ll work so hard for you. I will devote myself to do the work.
To help him find his groove, Jonas turned to a very special acting coach: wife Sophie Turner, the “Game of Thrones” star. “She’s the most honest, toughest critic I have,” he says. “We want each other to kind of go on our own journey when it comes to immersing ourselves in characters and roles, but I would read every scene with her … Even if I feel like, ‘Cool, that was good,’ she’ll be like, ‘Hmmm, you can probably do more work.
Joe Jonas and his wife, “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner, both grew up in the spotlight and turn to each other for support. They recently welcomed their second child.The star sweethearts, who met in 2016 after first connecting through Instagram DMs, married in 2019 and now have two children: Willa, 2, and, whose name has not yet been revealed. The couple shares a strong bond from growing up in the limelight.
“We both started pretty young,” says Jonas, who was raised in New Jersey. “But [we had] very different lifestyles from the UK and the States, and very different careers.” Now, having their family as a foundation helps keep him grounded in the show-biz whirlwind. Proudly gushing over his wife, Jonas calls Turner “an amazing life partner who I can trust and be honest with and open with and lean on when things are very difficult for me.
Since the Jonas Brothers’ Disney days, the “Sucker” singer has always been a team player in the fame game. Not having to navigate the spotlight alone has helped him avoid becoming another teen star turned trainwreck.
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