Al Pacino reveals the surprising thing he did with his paycheck from the gay thriller “Cruising”
Sonny Boy: A Memoir.As we’ve previously reported, Pacino’s career is littered with roles of particular interest to LGBTQ+ moviegoers.
One of these was playing a cop in the 1980 crime thriller Cruising.The movie was written and directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection).
It was loosely based on a true story about a serial killer targetting gay men who frequented New York’s leather scene in the late 1970s.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Pacino’s character, Officer Steve Burns, goes deep undercover in an attempt to try and track down the killer.
He masquerades as a gay leather man and throws himself into the hedonistic, sex-positive atmosphere of the scene.The movie was dogged by protests during its making.
