Will Poulter Can’t Believe He’s This Swole Either

Will Poulter has a barely discernible red scar running up the side of his hand. You would never notice it unless he stood next to you, which he’s doing right now as we prepare for a cooking class in central London and realize to our horror that our lack of knife skills and respective injuries may be a bad omen.

“I don’t tend to be a good cook, but I do love to cook,” he tells me, tying the strings of his apron behind him. “It’s one of my favorite activities.” We’re at Migrateful, a cooking school that offers classes led by asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants, and our teacher is Helen, an Eritrean refugee who fled a dictatorship after being imprisoned for evading the unlivable conditions of military service. We’ve never tried this cuisine before, and Poulter absorbs everything, asking questions about typical ingredients and the Italian influence on Eritrea’s food culture. Helen demonstrates our menu for the day with the finesse of a true professional: timtimo (brown lentils and onion in a spiced tomato sauce), hamli (a side dish of braised greens), and a salad on a traditional flatbread. “Smells amazing, Chef!” Poulter says, grinning.

Good news! The Other Two returns for a new season next week, and there’s a trailer. There are also new trailers for And Just Like That… season two, a Rose Byrne–Seth Rogen buddy comedy on Apple TV+, Kenneth Branagh’s next turn as Poirot, Pedro Almodóvar’s short film wherein Ethan Hawk and Pedro Pascal play cowboys, and Black Mirror season six (though that one’s really more of a teaser). Also, Julia Louis-Dreyfus on pregnancy loss and comfort food. We know there are plenty of nightmare landlords out there, but these tenants could have it way worse. Inside the Superiority Burger hype. And won’t somebody think of the children police dogs?

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