Channing Tatum; Zoë Kravitz.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty, Jeff Spicer/GettyZoë Kravitzhas a true partner inChanning Tatum.The Batmanactress, 33, opened up about her boyfriend in a new cover interview forGQ’s Men of the Year issue, praising him for being “just a wonderful human.““He makes me laugh and we both really love art and talking about art and the exploration of why we do what we do,” Kravitz explained. “We love to watch a film and break it down and talk about it and challenge each other.“The two stars met during the casting process of Kravitz’s upcoming directorial debutPussy Island. And Tatum, Kravitz says, went on to be her guardian on set.“Whether it was making me tea or pouring me a drink or going to whip someone into shape or whatever — hereally was my protectorand it was really wonderful and sweet,” Kravitz shared of the 42-year-old actor.She added, “I think if you can do something like that together, it’s a good test. And we came out even stronger.“Zoë Kravitz forGQ.Steven Klein/GQThe newly minted director — who also co-wrote the script, with E.T. Feigenbaum — admitted toGQthat she “was just a crazy person” during the filmmaking process.“I still am. It was always frantic,” Kravitz said. “A glass of whiskey at the end of the night or something would calm me down a little bit. But there was no getting out of it.“For more on Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Kravitz and Tatum begansparking relationship rumorsafter news broke in June 2021 that shehad cast him inPussy Island.In the movie, Tatum stars as a philanthropist and tech mogul named Slater who whisks away cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) to his mysterious private island.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Zoë Kravitz on the cover ofGQ.Steven Klein/GQDeadlinereported about the plot, “Despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s more to this island than meets the eye. Something she can’t quite put her finger on. Something that is a bit terrifying.“In her cover interview forWSJ. Magazine’s Fall 2022 Women’s Fashion issue, Kravitz said she was “reallygrateful that this movie has brought him into my life"in a creatively collaborative way.“When you make things with people it’s a very sacred space, and when you’re compatible with somebody creatively it often opens up other channels, because you’re kind of sharing all of yourself,” she explained.TheBig Little Liesactress said that in casting Tatum inPussy Island, she wanted “someone who hadn’t played a dark character before because I think that’s exciting to watch someone who’s mostly played boy next door, good guy, love interest, all of that.““I felt, even from afar, before I knew him,that he was a feministand that he wasn’t afraid of exploring that darkness, because he knows he’s not that,” Kravitz said. “That’s why I was drawn to him and wanted to meet with him. And I was right.”

Channing Tatum; Zoë Kravitz.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty, Jeff Spicer/Getty

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Zoë Kravitzhas a true partner inChanning Tatum.The Batmanactress, 33, opened up about her boyfriend in a new cover interview forGQ’s Men of the Year issue, praising him for being “just a wonderful human.““He makes me laugh and we both really love art and talking about art and the exploration of why we do what we do,” Kravitz explained. “We love to watch a film and break it down and talk about it and challenge each other.“The two stars met during the casting process of Kravitz’s upcoming directorial debutPussy Island. And Tatum, Kravitz says, went on to be her guardian on set.“Whether it was making me tea or pouring me a drink or going to whip someone into shape or whatever — hereally was my protectorand it was really wonderful and sweet,” Kravitz shared of the 42-year-old actor.She added, “I think if you can do something like that together, it’s a good test. And we came out even stronger.“Zoë Kravitz forGQ.Steven Klein/GQThe newly minted director — who also co-wrote the script, with E.T. Feigenbaum — admitted toGQthat she “was just a crazy person” during the filmmaking process.“I still am. It was always frantic,” Kravitz said. “A glass of whiskey at the end of the night or something would calm me down a little bit. But there was no getting out of it.“For more on Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.Kravitz and Tatum begansparking relationship rumorsafter news broke in June 2021 that shehad cast him inPussy Island.In the movie, Tatum stars as a philanthropist and tech mogul named Slater who whisks away cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) to his mysterious private island.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Zoë Kravitz on the cover ofGQ.Steven Klein/GQDeadlinereported about the plot, “Despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s more to this island than meets the eye. Something she can’t quite put her finger on. Something that is a bit terrifying.“In her cover interview forWSJ. Magazine’s Fall 2022 Women’s Fashion issue, Kravitz said she was “reallygrateful that this movie has brought him into my life"in a creatively collaborative way.“When you make things with people it’s a very sacred space, and when you’re compatible with somebody creatively it often opens up other channels, because you’re kind of sharing all of yourself,” she explained.TheBig Little Liesactress said that in casting Tatum inPussy Island, she wanted “someone who hadn’t played a dark character before because I think that’s exciting to watch someone who’s mostly played boy next door, good guy, love interest, all of that.““I felt, even from afar, before I knew him,that he was a feministand that he wasn’t afraid of exploring that darkness, because he knows he’s not that,” Kravitz said. “That’s why I was drawn to him and wanted to meet with him. And I was right.”

Zoë Kravitzhas a true partner inChanning Tatum.

The Batmanactress, 33, opened up about her boyfriend in a new cover interview forGQ’s Men of the Year issue, praising him for being “just a wonderful human.”

“He makes me laugh and we both really love art and talking about art and the exploration of why we do what we do,” Kravitz explained. “We love to watch a film and break it down and talk about it and challenge each other.”

The two stars met during the casting process of Kravitz’s upcoming directorial debutPussy Island. And Tatum, Kravitz says, went on to be her guardian on set.

“Whether it was making me tea or pouring me a drink or going to whip someone into shape or whatever — hereally was my protectorand it was really wonderful and sweet,” Kravitz shared of the 42-year-old actor.

She added, “I think if you can do something like that together, it’s a good test. And we came out even stronger.”

Zoë Kravitz forGQ.Steven Klein/GQ

Zoë Kravitz Says Channing Tatum Is ‘Just a Wonderful Human’: We ‘Challenge Each Other’ in Film

The newly minted director — who also co-wrote the script, with E.T. Feigenbaum — admitted toGQthat she “was just a crazy person” during the filmmaking process.

“I still am. It was always frantic,” Kravitz said. “A glass of whiskey at the end of the night or something would calm me down a little bit. But there was no getting out of it.”

For more on Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.

Kravitz and Tatum begansparking relationship rumorsafter news broke in June 2021 that shehad cast him inPussy Island.

In the movie, Tatum stars as a philanthropist and tech mogul named Slater who whisks away cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) to his mysterious private island.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.

Zoë Kravitz on the cover ofGQ.Steven Klein/GQ

Zoë Kravitz Says Channing Tatum Is ‘Just a Wonderful Human’: We ‘Challenge Each Other’ in Film

Deadlinereported about the plot, “Despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s more to this island than meets the eye. Something she can’t quite put her finger on. Something that is a bit terrifying.”

In her cover interview forWSJ. Magazine’s Fall 2022 Women’s Fashion issue, Kravitz said she was “reallygrateful that this movie has brought him into my life"in a creatively collaborative way.

“When you make things with people it’s a very sacred space, and when you’re compatible with somebody creatively it often opens up other channels, because you’re kind of sharing all of yourself,” she explained.

TheBig Little Liesactress said that in casting Tatum inPussy Island, she wanted “someone who hadn’t played a dark character before because I think that’s exciting to watch someone who’s mostly played boy next door, good guy, love interest, all of that.”

“I felt, even from afar, before I knew him,that he was a feministand that he wasn’t afraid of exploring that darkness, because he knows he’s not that,” Kravitz said. “That’s why I was drawn to him and wanted to meet with him. And I was right.”

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