Meet Evan Mock, the star playing Aki Menzies in HBO’s Gossip Girl reboot who’s pals with Justin Bieber and Travis Scott, and was discovered by Frank Ocean
- He grew up in Hawaii, moved to California to skate, lives in New York and was invited to photograph Travis Scott's in tour in Europe
- Artist Tom Sachs showed a video of him to pop star Frank Ocean – since then he has modelled for Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Dior and Bulgari
Spotted: the pink-haired, model-turned-actor Evan Mock is turning every head in HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot. The 24-year-old plays one of the main characters, Aki Menzies.
He grew up in paradise
Born to an American father and a Filipino mother, Mock grew up in the tranquil Waimea Bay, Oahu, in Hawaii. He loves to skate and surf ... and wander the island shirtless, apparently.
“The lifestyle we were living as kids was really a fantasy. I was home-schooled. We would go surfing when the waves were good and do our school whenever,” he told Mr Porter. At 18, he moved to California to focus on his career as a pro skateboarder before switching to New York.
He was discovered by Frank Ocean
In 2019, American artist Tom Sachs recorded a quick video of Mock skating and sent it to his friend “Frank”. Little did Mock know that Sachs’ friend was actually pop star Frank Ocean who posted the video online and made Mock an overnight social media star.
“Frank spotlighted me and it worked so well because I’d already set out to do what I’m doing now,” Mock told Mr Porter.