Breaking tradition: Queer writer on Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey’s bold sex scenes
To learn more about the passionate sex scenes in Queer, we spoke to scriptwriter, Justin Kuritzkes – who also happens to have written everyone’s fave messy bisexual love triangle movie, Challengers.
WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY JACK ROWE From the tennis-thruple dynamics of Challengers to the telepathic eroticism of Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey’s “unsynchronised love” in Queer, Justin Kuritzkes’ introduction into the film industry has been rather rainbow-hued.
Both acclaimed films, directed by Academy Award nominee Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name), were immediately thrust into the pop zeitgeist (and Gay Twitter) as a result of Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor’s sizzling chemistry, as well as Craig and Starkey’s explicit sex scenes.
Praised by critics as Craig’s finest performance and a breakout moment for Outer Banks star Starkey, Queer is now available to stream in the UK on MUBI.
