Charles Melton is the breakout hottie of what’s sure to be every gay’s new favorite movie
A post shared by Chopard Official (@chopard)Todd Haynes’ May December is the kind of film that sounds like it was engineered in a lab specifically for gay film buffs to obsess over.From the acclaimed director of timeless queer classics like Carol and Velvet Goldmine, the film is a campy melodrama about an actress who arrives in a small town to study the woman she’ll be playing in a biopic, who years earlier became a tabloid star thanks to her romance with someone much younger.Screen icons Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore will play the lead roles, respectively, but there’s one more star who has us especially excited: Hunky actor on the rise Charles Melton!A post shared by Charles Melton (@melton)Yes, as if the prospect of a Portman-Moore showdown wasn’t enough to get the gays to the theater, Haynes is also giving us some major eye candy in the form of Melton.At 32, the Alaskan-born actor is thus far best known for The CW’s “hot Archie” show, Riverdale, where he plays Reggie Mantle, the longtime “best frenemy” of the Archie Comics.via GIPHYWhen Riverdale became a massive hit, fans wondered which members of its hot, young cast would breakout to become a major A-list star, and it sure seems like Melton is about to have his moment just as the drama is about to wrap up its seventh and final season.Melton’s earliest credits include guest spots on Glee and American Horror Story, and, since Riverdale, he’s also headlined his own romantic comedy, The Sun Is Also A Star, featured in the 2020 blockbuster Bad Boys For Life, and appeared in an episode of Peacock’s Natasha Lyonne mystery series, Poker Face.A never-ending parade of gag-worthy guest stars is just one of the many reasons to catch up with this excellent series.But May.
