Amber may be the color of his energy, but Jeremy Strong is gravitating towards a new hue. While in Cannes, at least.
For years, the Oscar-nominated actor has made known his preference for earthy brown monochromatism; his tuxedos, turtlenecks, and idiosyncratic suits tend to slot into a shade range that spans between cinnamon and cacao nib. He acknowledged it to GQ in 2023, saying, “My wife told me that somebody said something like, ‘The three things you’re going to be certain of are death, taxes, and that Jeremy Strong will be wearing brown.’ I don’t know, it’s inexplicable.” (He went on to describe the uniform as both “a metaphor for the rest of my life” and “monastic chic.”) But on Tuesday, Strong spent his first day as a juror at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, which kicked off this week in the South of France, in a slightly more rosy hue.
For his first Cannes jury press conference, Strong arrived in a slouchy corduroy ensemble with a matching bucket hat not unlike the turquoise one he wore to this year’s Golden Globes, both in a color that evoked the cool, pinkish flesh of a rare steak. The outfit was cut similarly to the leafy green suit Strong wore to the 2025 SAG Awards, which was a custom-made kit by the private-label designer Haans Nicholas Mott, and he accessorized accordingly with bubblegum pink Lanvin sneakers (a preferred garment of Kendall Roy’s) and a rust-toned Richard Mille watch (another Kendall fave).
While wearing this outfit to an early press conference, Strong invoked his recent portrayal of lawyer Roy Cohn in The Apprentice to reflect on the importance of film. “I think that this time where truth is under assault, where truth is becoming an increasingly endangered thing, that the role of stories, of cinema, of art and here, specifically at this temple of film, the role of film is increasingly critical because it can combat those forces in the entropy of truth, and can communicate truths, individual truths, human truths, societal truths, and affirm and celebrate our shared humanity,” the actor said, per The Hollywood Reporter.