Challengers made Mike Faist wear a hat to stay anonymous

Challengers turned Mike Faist from someone who could move around his neighborhood unnoticed into someone strangers recognized on sight. The film crossed into the cultural sphere and touched a generation, and that visibility followed him into ordinary places.

Faist said people started pointing him out as “the guy,” so he began wearing a hat. He is now about to start rehearsals for his first production since East of Eden, though the project is still undisclosed.