Every single time Andrew Scott has a big event coming up, he does one thing without fail. “I just whack on a load of moisturiser , because you don't want to come off as exhausted when you have to go to these things,” he says over Zoom. “No matter what type of moisturiser it is, just put as much of it on as you can.
It'll keep your skin alive.” And if there's one event to do that for, it's the Emmys, where he just missed out on the ‘Outstanding Lead Actor’ gong for his role in Ripley . But before the event itself, Scott sounds a little.
.. tired? “I just got here last night,” he says from his hotel room in Los Angeles .
“I'm literally only here for 24 hours, and then I have to do a film, a World War II film.” But even though the Irish actor's on two different timezones, there's still energy to be enjoyed. This is the Emmys, after all.
And he's wearing something truly sick. “It's Vivienne Westwood , which I'm very excited about. I absolutely adore Vivienne Westwood, and I think it's kind of rare that you get to wear Westwood menswear," he says.
“And I just had a really good time collaborating with the team. They're really fun, great people to work with.” The chocolate brown suit is amped up by fanged-out lapels that extend way past his shoulders.
His shirt , in black, is fitted with a flurry of dramatic ruffles across the front. “It's a bit rock and roll, it's a bit punk, but it's still very, very beautiful.” Which is what Vivienne Westwood is all about.
And it's his first time on the red carpet in this hallowed label. “I actually wore Westwood in Sherlock ,” says Scott. “Moriarty had a Westwood suit, and back then, I remember it was one of the first costumes that I was genuinely excited about.
So even though this is my first time wearing them [to an event], I feel like I have a sort of strange history with them already.” It wasn't always like this, though. When asked if he remembered his first big fit that he wore to his first big event, he let out a nervous laugh.
“Wow, God,” he says. “Back in the day I rented something from a dodgy tux place in Dublin , and I'll always remember how bad the trousers fitted. But that taught me how important fit actually is.
Sure, your suit can be very expensive, but if it's a little too big or the sleeves are a little too short, it won't look good.” His first outfit also reminded the 47-year-old actor of how much menswear has evolved over the past few years. “Back then, I think the thing I didn't always love was how every guy looked more or less exactly the same.
You had to wear a black tie , and that was kind of really your only option. I think you can be so much more creative now, and you can find stuff that really suits you, because not everybody is going to suit wearing a, you know, black tie the whole time. Not everybody is going to suit black and white.
” And that's one of the main reasons why Andrew Scott was so gassed about wearing Vivienne Westwood to the Emmys. “Events like these, for the most part, are celebrations. They're celebrations of your work.
They're a party. So not only should you feel comfortable with what you have on, you need to make sure that you have fun, too.”.
