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There comes a time in every child star’s career when he has to shape up, ship out and dump that purity ring and just grow up. And that’s exactly what Nick Jonas, the youngest member of absurdly successful and clean-living kids’ pop combo The Jonas Brothers has been doing since the band broke up in 2013.
Long before the band and the Disney Channel, Jonas had started his showbiz career on Broadway aged just seven and was discovered and signed by Columbia Records, along with his brothers, as every teenage girl’s dream when he was 13 years old.
Today the 22-year-old is reinventing himself as a sex symbol – sans purity ring (that was put in the back drawer forever when he announced last year that he was an “adult in all ways” on American television). The vibe now is much more Justin Timberlake than Jesus and he is touring the world promoting his second solo album as well as building on his acting career with roles in the TV drama Kingdom, set in a martial arts gym in California and the upcoming horror-comedy series Scream Queens, the latest project by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.
“It stars Lea Michele,” he explains, “along with Jamie Lee Curtis and Joe Manganiello. It’s a dark comedy, and should be a lot of fun. I am also attached to a film called Goat with James Franco’s production company. So along with the music, I’m having a real fun time. Maybe I’m selfish to want to both act and sing because I am very aware that not a lot of performers have that chance. But what I love about acting is the challenge. Music comes pretty easy for me but I have to work very hard on the acting side.”
However easy the music is, there are no plans to revive The Jonas Brothers. “I still talk to my brothers a few times a week but that chapter of our lives is closed. Now it’s all about reinventing myself.”
And far from being squeaky clean, in Kingdom he plays a troubled mixed martial arts fighter. “It was a real challenge to get this role. When I went for the audition I think there was a preconceived idea of my abilities so I had to really fight for it. But I am drawn to gritty things because it is such a departure from what people have seen me in.”
And from the butter-wouldn’t-melt boy to a two-year relationship with Miley Cyrus, it’s all change now. Before shooting Jonas, GQ was warned not to ask him to take his top off, but by the looks of his recent publicity the challenge is to get him to keep it on. (Luckily we managed.)
So what happens when he’s not working? Born in Texas, raised in New Jersey and having spent his teens literally everywhere in the world, where does Jonas now consider home? “Now it’s Los Angeles, then Texas,” he says. “Family is back in Texas, so I go to see them. However, I was in New York for two years up until last January and I miss it very much, but I had to move to LA for the acting and recording.”
So how does Jonas unwind? “Golf.”
Really?
“Yes, I’m a huge fan of golf,” he admits, “It’s my favourite pastime. It’s the thing I would do every day if I could. It’s a great game and it helps me stay sane. When I’m on tour and there’s a great course nearby the first thing I will do when I have a spare moment is to try to find it. ”
And is he any good? “Handicap of ten,” he declares.
Long before the band and the Disney Channel, Jonas had started his showbiz career on Broadway aged just seven and was discovered and signed by Columbia Records, along with his brothers, as every teenage girl’s dream when he was 13 years old.
Today the 22-year-old is reinventing himself as a sex symbol – sans purity ring (that was put in the back drawer forever when he announced last year that he was an “adult in all ways” on American television). The vibe now is much more Justin Timberlake than Jesus and he is touring the world promoting his second solo album as well as building on his acting career with roles in the TV drama Kingdom, set in a martial arts gym in California and the upcoming horror-comedy series Scream Queens, the latest project by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.
“It stars Lea Michele,” he explains, “along with Jamie Lee Curtis and Joe Manganiello. It’s a dark comedy, and should be a lot of fun. I am also attached to a film called Goat with James Franco’s production company. So along with the music, I’m having a real fun time. Maybe I’m selfish to want to both act and sing because I am very aware that not a lot of performers have that chance. But what I love about acting is the challenge. Music comes pretty easy for me but I have to work very hard on the acting side.”
However easy the music is, there are no plans to revive The Jonas Brothers. “I still talk to my brothers a few times a week but that chapter of our lives is closed. Now it’s all about reinventing myself.”
And far from being squeaky clean, in Kingdom he plays a troubled mixed martial arts fighter. “It was a real challenge to get this role. When I went for the audition I think there was a preconceived idea of my abilities so I had to really fight for it. But I am drawn to gritty things because it is such a departure from what people have seen me in.”
And from the butter-wouldn’t-melt boy to a two-year relationship with Miley Cyrus, it’s all change now. Before shooting Jonas, GQ was warned not to ask him to take his top off, but by the looks of his recent publicity the challenge is to get him to keep it on. (Luckily we managed.)
So what happens when he’s not working? Born in Texas, raised in New Jersey and having spent his teens literally everywhere in the world, where does Jonas now consider home? “Now it’s Los Angeles, then Texas,” he says. “Family is back in Texas, so I go to see them. However, I was in New York for two years up until last January and I miss it very much, but I had to move to LA for the acting and recording.”
So how does Jonas unwind? “Golf.”
Really?
“Yes, I’m a huge fan of golf,” he admits, “It’s my favourite pastime. It’s the thing I would do every day if I could. It’s a great game and it helps me stay sane. When I’m on tour and there’s a great course nearby the first thing I will do when I have a spare moment is to try to find it. ”
And is he any good? “Handicap of ten,” he declares.
