Notably, The New Yorker magazine dubbed him "the JLo of Piano" for his physical style and flamboyant outfits, which include a custom pair of gold Adidas sneakers.
"(After doing) a very commercial romcom with JLo called Maid in Manhattan I went on to do an Ibsen play called Brand, which is extremely intense, and there would be all these JLo romcom fans that had come to see Ibsen's Brand, which I thought was great, " he says.