Coco, I love that saying! Very true about his legs though. At his dweeby best in that photo.
He didn't do stuff with boys at university. As I said, he's always been very eyes on the prize (nothing wrong with that) and I think at this stage he's desperate to move his career on, and TS can help.
I think it's quite a fine balancing act to be a promising young actor and to push over into proper star. Lots of male actors fall into this (usually, and unfairly, at an older age than actresses) and don't quite make it.
And I don't remember him being from a super smart background (I'm not from a smart background at all, so this is no judgment from me, I'm just answering some comments up thread). More upper middle class, like Eddie. He won't have made a huge huge amount from his acting to date, ie he really really wants this.