[NEWS] Justin On 'The LEGO Ninjago Movie' and His Marriage

article by: Sara Stewart

NEW YORK POST magazine
"When Justin Theroux started dating actress Jennifer Aniston in 2011, his urbane biker look generated some serious supermarket-tabloid side-eye. Like, 'Mr. Wrong,' 'He Sucks', "Whatever," Theroux says laughing adding, " 'Who is this guy, how dare he?' ". This was the inevitable challenge of courting one of America's sweethearts. "My wife is very beloved," Theroux says, "as she is by me. So there was this thing of, 'Who's this dark horrible person?' Maybe the fact that I wear a lot of black had something to do with that." Having just celebrated their second wedding anniversary (August 5, 2015 is when the couple wed), he's comfortable saying his look is here to stay. "I'm not gonna take any wild fashion swings at this point," he told Alexa on set of the cover shoot, "I'm pretty much black jeans, black boots and T-shirt. Makes laundry very simple."

Theroux's monochromatic uniform may give off a 'don't-fuck-with-me' vibe, but get him talking and his cover is blown. His wife says, "He's warm, open and quick with a joke. It's a light-dark balance that's reflected in his acting career, which ranges from dramatic and brooding to shamelessly goofy. At first you think he could be like, a serial killer, but he is actually the nicest person in the world." The two sides are both at work on his latest gig, voicing black-clad bad guy Garmadon in 'The LEGO Ninjago Movie', now in theaters. For a man who just spent three seasons marinating in grief on the HBO drama/fantasy series 'The Leftovers' about the Rapture, Theroux found the villain's cackle in his latest movie to be a surprisingly heavy lift. "One whole recording session, they just wanted maniacal laughter, he says, "it's like a workout. By the end I never wanted to maniacally laugh again." As for laughs there's endless gossip items about him and his wife Jennifer getting a nasty divorce, reconciling, having triplets, etc. "When the term 'fake news' came out, we were like, 'Oh really, you're all just learning this?' Because we've known about it for a while," he says."