Daniel Craig & Drew Starkey want us to believe the ‘Queer’ sex scenes are “the least interesting” in the film
provocative rumors around Queer have been greatly exaggerated, according to the stars of Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming gay romance.Sure, the film — which follows a relationship between William Lee (Daniel Craig) and Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey) amidst battles with addiction in 1950s Mexico — was banned by the Turkish government out of fear that its “provocative content … would endanger public peace.”But Craig recently told Entertainment Weekly that “the physical act is the least interesting thing.”Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Drew Starkey and Daniel Craig in #Queer (2024)[image or embed]“We’re all grown-ups,” he explained. “This is what people do.
But the only thing that’s interesting, and what I think hopefully works about the scenes, is the emotional journey of each character.
That’s what we wanted to get across. I think that’s why they work.”Furthermore, Starkey added that the film’s sex scenes — which already have gotten Gay Twitter X all hot and bothered — are “certainly not provocative for the sake of being provocative in any way.”“It’s just two people who are in this type of strange, loving relationship, and they’re working through that,” he said. “It’s just a representation of reality.
