Like most great partnerships, Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum's began with a confrontation about Crocs. The unexpected duo recently spoke with Deadline about Zoë's forthcoming directorial debut [1], Pussy Island: a thriller about a cocktail waitress's ill-fated trip to the private island of a shadowy tech mogul, played by Channing. (First of all, yes.) During the interview, however, Zoë and Channing shared a rather remarkable anecdote from their first time meeting. (Remarkable to me, at least.)
"I was just trying to be a good friend, Chan."
"When someone can just come out and tell me I should not be wearing Crocs, and is so adamant about it, she completely convinced me and I never wear Crocs anymore," Channing said. "I was just trying to be a good friend, Chan," Zoë interjected. "Just to be clear, there are people out there who can pull off the Crocs thing; I just wasn't sure you were one of them." Channing added, "I feel cooler, and her point of view on me and Crocs was legit. She had a good argument. The one thing I can pull off, is listening." And scene.
Whereas many stylish stars have pulled off Crocs before [2], as Zoë intimated, the clunky comfort shoe certainly isn't for everyone, and being a real friend sometimes means having to have tough conversations such as the one just graciously reenacted. Plus, are you really not going to take the advice of style icon [3] and national treasure Zoë F*cking Kravitz? Didn't think so.