Chris Renfro dishes on ‘Queer As Folk’ memories, dream TV reboots, & their male model crush
Queer As Folk, a modern, queerer—and still super sexy—update of Russell T. Davies’ groundbreaking gay drama.And while the series was sadly cut short after just one season (pour one out for yet another gone-too-soon LGBTQ+ TV show), it did at least get to introduce the world to a whole host of exciting queer talent.Among them is Chris Renfro, a nonbinary actor-comedian-writer whose star is clearly on the rise.
With a quick sense of humor and a sharp sense of style, Renfro’s quickly become one of our favorite follows—and it’s not hard to see why.Since playing the fun-loving yet tragic (and tragically hot) Daddius on Queer As Folk, Renfro has also appeared on The CW’s sci-fi twinged Tom Swift, the final season of Showtime’s cult hit The L Word: Generation Q, Freeform’s beloved dramedy Good Trouble, and MTV’s 4/20-friendly movie Pretty Stoned.Next, they’ll star in queer homecoming comedy Re-Live, co-written by and starring trans Emmy winner Rain Valdez, with more projects sure to come.Somehow, we managed to find a break in Renfro’s busy schedule so that we could feature them in our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It.
In our conversation, the performer reveals which superhero actor inspired their first “little-gay-thought,” reflects on their biggest takeaway from the experience of filming Queer As Folk, and shares one of their biggest high school regrets (hint: it involves hot sauce).A post shared by Chris Renfro (@themeatskeleton)Is there a piece of media—whether a movie, TV series, book, album, games, etc…—that you consider a big part of your own coming-out journey, or that has played an important part in exploring your own queerness?
