Drew Starkey Says He's 'Glad' Sexuality Is Being Brought Back In Movies

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Drew Starkey is opening up about the sexuality and intimate scenes in new movie Queer. The 30-year-old Outer Banks star plays Eugene in the upcoming film, a young student whose sexual ambiguity makes him all the more mysterious and desirable, starring opposite Daniel Craig.

In the pic, which premiered last week at the Venice Film Festival, the two actors share intimate scenes between their characters, and Drew recently commented about their first time filming those and bringing sexuality back into movies. Keep reading to find out more… “We jumped into it, just grabbing and throwing our bodies on top of one another, rolling around, getting intermingled,” he said, via THR. “I think it unlocked something subconsciously, gave us a level of comfortability and familiarity with each other, so that, everything after that was very easy.” Drew admitted that playing Eugene “was very daunting at first, the role scared me because it was different than most of the characters I’ve played.

There’s so much subtlety and delicacy to it. It was a real challenge because no one can read him, no one understands him, least of all Lee (Craig).

So it was my job to try, as best I could, to understand what was going on inside this guy.” The actor also talks about how Americans react to intimate scenes. “I think as American audiences, we can be very uptight about that stuff, sex scenes, whatever, which is strange,” he shared. “It feels a little prudish to be like ‘ooh if that’s in a movie that taboo’ but if it’s on our phones, it’s fine. [I’m glad] sexuality is coming back to the theaters because I think it’s imperative we integrate sexuality into our stories, it’s the way to better understand ourselves.