Where Has Alden Ehrenreich Been Hiding?

The actor, dressed casually in jeans, a baseball cap from the Explorer’s Club, and a simple watch, is explaining his growing interest in art and history as we walk through the Neue Galerie on the Upper East Side. He grew up in Los Angeles, where his mother was an interior designer and his father an accountant, but he recalls a visit to the gallery at age 13 that had a profound impact. He describes it as a moment of realization. With Jewish roots and family history in Germany and Austria, he hadn’t previously explored that side of his background, but the gallery’s collection sparked his fascination. He even bought books from the gallery store and plans to buy more before leaving. “I just felt a connection to all of this,” Ehrenreich says.







