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Ben Whishaw on the biggest challenge of playing gay photographer Peter Hujar in new movie

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Peter Hujar’s Day, is about the celebrated gay photographer of the same name. Whishaw plays the role of Hujar, who died in 1987 of AIDS-related illness.

The movie received its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival on Monday.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Whishaw, Hall and director Ira Sachs have been in Utah to take part in promotional events.

The movie is adapted from a phone conversation that Hujar had with a good friend, writer Linda Rosenkrantz (played by Hall) in 1974.

The conversations were recorded and the movie is based on the real transcript. Rosenkrantz has asked Hujar to recall everything he did the previous day.

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