Why Anya Taylor-Joy Skipped the 2024 Met Gala

Anya
Taylor-Joy
didn’t
attend
tonight’s
Met
Gala,
but
she
was
making
fashionable
appearances
elsewhere.
The
actress
shared
a
video
from
Mexico
earlier
today,
where
she
promoted
her
new
film,

Furiosa,
which
opens
in
theaters
later
this
month.
Taylor-Joy’s
co-star
Chris
Hemsworth,
however,
served
as
a
co-chair
at
the
gala
this
year.

“Mi
primera
vez
visitando
Mexico…¡gracias
por
el
cariño!”
(which
translates
to
“My
first
time
visiting
Mexico…thanks
for
the
love!”),
she
wrote
in
her
Instagram
caption.

Taylor-Joy
made
her
Met
Gala
debut
in
2018,
wearing
a
shimmery
gold
gown
with
puff
sleeves
by
Dolce
&
Gabbana
for
the
night’s
“Heavenly
Bodies:
Fashion
&
The
Catholic
Imagination”
theme.

In
November,
the
actress
spoke
to

W
about
how
she
chooses
her
red
carpet
looks.

“I
grew
up
such
a
tomboy,”
she
started.
“I
never
paid
attention
to
clothes
until
I
realized
that
it
was
a
form
of
performance
art
for
me—specifically,
on
the
red
carpet.
I
love
drama.
I
love
theatricality.
I
love
leaning
into
a
theme.
I
have
a
wonderful
stylist,
Ryan
Hastings.
We
approach
it
not
as,
‘We’re
going
to
be
wearing
some
clothes
to
this.’
We
create.
With
my
hair
and
makeup
team,
Georgie
Eisdell
and
Gregory
Russell,
it’s
very
much
a
group
enterprise.
That’s
where
we
have
the
most
fun:
everyone
pitches
in
and
we
get
to
try
new
things.
We
take
it
very
seriously
by
not
taking
it
very
seriously.

“It’s
bizarre
that
[red
carpets
are]
a
huge
part
of
my
normal
life,
but
it’s
not
normal
life
at
all,”
she
continued.
“In
which
situation
do
you
ever
dress
yourself
to
the
nines
to
be
photographed
by
200
people
who
are
screaming
at
you?
It’s
not
normal.
I
have
so
much
more
fun
thinking
of
it
as—we
dress
up
for
this,
we
feed
into
the
fantasy
of
it
a
little
bit.
Then
I
get
to
embody
a
character.”

Regarding
her
go-to
silhouettes,
she
said,
“I
do
enjoy
dramatic
proportions.
I
did
a
period
piece
in
which
I
was
corseted
every
single
day—actually,
I’ve
done
two
of
them,
and
there
were
two
very,
very
different
corsets.
The
first
time
I
wore
this
cone-shaped
corset,
I
was
like,
I’m
going
to
die.
I
can’t
do
this.
I
don’t
know
how
I’m
supposed
to
act,
I
can
barely
stand!
And
then
you
start
getting
used
to
it.
At
a
certain
point
on
the
second
period
piece
I
did,
I
didn’t
feel
ready
to
do
my
day
until
I
was
cinched
up.
It
felt
like
that’s
kind
of
what
kept
me
together.
And
ever
since
then,
I
find
a
corset
strangely
reassuring.”