

In February, back when the world was a different place, Majors arrived in Santa Fe to begin work on the film. “And I feel very activated, and kind of enlisted.” “This is our war right now,” says Majors, who turned 31 in September. Not until this past summer, when the collective energy and purpose he saw in the streets revealed a moment of great opportunity. America's murky wars in the Middle East dragged on through his teenage years, but there was no clear cause that stamped his generation. His father was in Desert Storm his maternal grandfather in Korea and Vietnam, his paternal grandfather in World War II. A Vietnam project can stir those sorts of ruminations, especially for somebody who grew up like Majors did. While on set last year, Majors started to give serious thought to the kinds of moments that define generations. Just a couple of weeks later, Netflix released Da 5 Bloods, the project that had brought the actor and the director together, in which Majors stars as an estranged son joining his father and three other veterans on a trip back to Vietnam. Click here to subscribe to GQ Blazer, $1,500, and pants, $490, by Martine Rose / Shirt, $520, by Givenchy / Boots, $780, by Alexander McQueen / Hat, $3,900, by Dior Men / Rings, $2,120 (on left hand) and $3,050 (on right hand), by Cartier Jonathan Majors covers the October 2020 issue of GQ.
