Joe Alwyn appears on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’.Photo:Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty

Joe Alwyn during an interview with host Seth Meyers on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS on January 14, 2025

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Joe Alwynjust reached a new career milestone.

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, the actor, 33, madehis first-ever appearance on a late-night talk show,Late Night with Seth Meyers,to promote his latest film,The Brutalist.

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Joe Alwyn in ‘The Brutalist’.A24

Joe Alwyn in The Brutalist

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He andSeth Meyershad a hilarious exchange as the two discussed Alwyn’s character.

“And he’s there to oversee parts of the commission, and he’s, yeah, he’s slimy and entitled and a bit of a menace and has some daddy issues, and, so, yeah, they came to me,” Alwyn continued with a smile.

After Meyers, 51, laughed, he praised Alwyn’s performance and pointed out that it was his first appearance on a late-night talk show. “How are you feeling so far?” he asked.

“Awful,” responded Alwyn, causing the audience to laugh. He then paused and smiled before telling Meyers, “No, it’s great. I’m joking.”

While Alwyn may have appeared nervous, his fans reacted positively to his late-night talk show debut in the comment section.

Joe Alwyn at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.David Fisher/Shutterstock

Joe Alwyn ‘The Brutalist’ photocall, 81st Venice International Film Festival, Italy - 01 Sep 2024

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The Brutalistcomes after Alwyn appeared inKinds of Kindness, which hit theaters in June 2024.

A year afterhis breakup with Taylor Swift after six years of dating, a source told PEOPLE thatAlwyn was “doing well” and was “focused on work,“splitting his time between “London and NYC.”

Speaking about how he deals with being in the spotlight, he toldThe Guardianin an interview published earlier this month that he tries to “focus on the things that are meaningful for me: friends, family, work, of course.”

“So noise outside of that, I think I’ve done what lots of people who find themselves in the public eye do, which is just try and ignore it,” he told the outlet. “If you don’t, and if you let all of that other stuff in, and if it starts to affect you and your behavior, you’re living from the outside in. And then you’re pretty f——.”

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The Brutalistis in select theaters now.

source: people.com