Luke Cook moved from Sydney to Los Angeles 18 years ago, when he was just 20, looking to break into acting. It’s a familiar story: kid chases dream in Hollywood, hustles for work, and eventually suffers well-meaning but depressing questions about when he’ll admit defeat (for Cook, it came around the time of his 30th birthday at a family Christmas).
Thankfully, things picked up after that. You might recognise Cook from his role as Lucifer in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, his guest spot as Jack Danby in the latest season of Hacks, or his skits on social media (he has 2.7 million followers across Instagram and TikTok).
But what happened next was much stranger. After “18 years of slogging”, he finally scored his first lead role in a TV series … and it was on the Gold Coast. With a star from Gossip Girl.
