[cracking sound]
- Yeah, there you go.
Whoa.
Oh, come on. Get the lights on.
Do you know what I'm saying?
This is my Beyonce moment right now.
[gentle hiphop music]
Hi, GQ. I'm Lucien Laviscount,
and these are my 10 Essential Items,
partnership with AmEx.
It was my first day.
Well, it wasn't on set,
it was a read through for "Emily in Paris."
And I came with my new script binder.
I remember Lily Collins just looked over
and she was like, "That's pretty cool."
And I was like, "Yes. I know."
To keep organized is probably one of my hardest things.
I'm very much in the moment,
not really thinking about tomorrow too much
so this really comes in handy.
I think for my audition, for "Emily in Paris,"
I had like 13 pages of script to learn
and I was able to get it back to them
in an hour, or something like that.
And I got the job.
So that's sweet.
Alfie, the character I play. He's honest.
And he speaks his truth and he's fun.
It's fun to play fun characters.
Yeah. I'm just super blessed
that I had the opportunity to play Alfie.
Again, thank you, Lily Collins and Darren Star.
So this is probably
one of my most prized personal possessions.
I'm from Antigua and I was diving out there
and I found this pearl about five, six years ago.
And then my mother, for Christmas,
she got a upon a chain, which means so much to me.
And I'll never leave the house without it.
I'd like to think it brings me good luck.
- Oh, you look good.
You're looking good.
[camera noise]
Bosh. This guy comes everywhere with me.
Small compact 35 millimeter camera
gets all that sexy little grain to it.
I think that we live in a world
where people put filters on everything,
and this is just a one shot and you're done.
It's so small, it just slips in the back of my pocket.
And then you have the whole thing
when you go and get it developed
because you have no idea what's gonna come off it.
And sometimes it'll take months,
maybe a couple of years before I'll get something developed.
And then all the memories come rushing back.
[camera noise]
There's one image on this camera, specifically.
This one, I have a few of my mom and my dad in Antigua.
For some reason, it just kind of encapsulates
their love for each other.
They've been together for 36-37 years,
which is a long time.
Tough going that.
Let's talk about buns, everyone.
Everyone loves a good bun.
Get some butter on it, throw some bacon on it,
throw an egg on it, throw a sausage on it.
Bit of brown sauce, ketchup, whatever your fancy.
These are actually really, really good quality ones.
Yeah. I love the fact that from Lancashire,
I wanna represent, you know what I'm saying?
These are from my local little shop.
Allison, she's been working there for 50 odd years, I think.
Yeah. She's the most wonderful person ever.
I've actually got a tab.
I've actually got,
that's when you know you're shopping local.
When you get a tab going, dive in there, get what you need.
Put it on a tab.
Now this is my cardholder.
As far as essentials go, this is essential as it gets.
It was given to me as a gift.
It's sleek.
It's black.
I don't know where I'd be without it.
Probably wouldn't have made it here today.
Don't really carry cash.
So this is where it is at.
This is one of my favorite things I own.
Gifted to me by Kim Jones in January
at the Dior Fashion Show.
He gave it to me and I just love it.
The structure of it.
It's got that kind of-
Just pumps.
I'm not gonna see what's inside it.
Probably dirty socks.
Honestly, I'm not gonna lie.
I didn't use it for the first 3-4 weeks
because I just love looking at it
and I didn't wanna ruin it.
It's pretty baller.
And I don't really have many balling things I own.
I feel like a boss when I have it on anyway.
[sniffs]
[exhales loudly]
Smells like love in a box.
I'm not a coffee guy.
Never drink coffee, never will drink coffee.
And I carry a box of these with me
wherever I go in the world.
Especially in the States,
because y'all just don't do tea like we do in the UK.
Oh, I get judged all the time for bringing these out.
But then, everyone has a proper cup of tea
made by a proper English lad.
I think it goes down treat.
I've managed to sway a few people from coffee onto tea.
The mission will continue
and I'll be converting everyone to PG Tips.
Can someone put a kettle on? Please.
Someone put a kettle on?
Cool, sweet.
This is my secret. My hidden gem.
Dior Homme.
This stuff is absolutely
[spraying sound]
gorgeous.
To be honest, it's delicious.
In fact, no idea what this is made up of.
Just beautifully good, nice smelly things in a bottle.
Which you can't go wrong with it, really.
Daytime, nighttime, in between times.
That's it, Dior Homme.
These bad boys come everywhere with me.
You can't go wrong with noise canceling headphones.
I listen to all kinds of music.
Like whether it be jazz, funk, soul,
I kind of got a thing for the oldies, to be honest.
But yeah, but hip hop, garage,
take it back to the garage days.
Like I'll play "Dance with My Father Again"
if I need to get emotional, or taken to a different place
in my mind and stuff.
And then I'll drop 50 cent, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."
That will just get blasted if I'm getting hyped
for this or that.
To use well, music heals a soul,
takes on a journey, tells a story.
Music can change your day, can change your life,
can change a year.
[cracking sound]
Oh, that sounds good though, doesn't it?
[cracking sound]
Get that.
Funny story behind this.
So I was walking down the street a few weeks ago
and this lovely, lovely lady came running over to me
and she said, "I'm your number one fan."
And I was like, "Oh, that's really sweet."
And then she gave me a fan,
and I was like, I didn't really know how to take it.
But yeah, since then, I think it's kind of pretty.
Oh, my fan game is shocking.
I've been Lucian Laviscount,
and you've been looking at my 10 Essential Items.