Fellow Travelers: Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey star in first official trailer
The first full-length trailer for Fellow Travelers has arrived. Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart) and Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton) respectively lead the historical gay drama as lovers Hawkins Fuller and Tim Laughlin, with the series chronicling their “volatile romance” in the “shadow of McCarthy-era Washington”.
Laughlin is described as “young man brimming with idealism and religious faith” who is optimistic about a post-WWII world, while Fuller “maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the-scenes” political career.
Based on the novel of the same name from Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers has been hailed as “an epic love story and political thriller”. “They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on “subversives and sexual deviants,” initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history,” reads the official synopsis. “Over the course of four decades, we follow our five main characters – Hawk, Tim, Marcus Lucy, and Frankie – as they cross paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, while facing obstacles in the world and in themselves.” Showtime Directed by Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner, the eight-episode drama also stars Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead: World Beyond) as Marcus, Allison Williams (Get Out) as Lucy and Noah J.
Ricketts (American Gods) as Frankie. The first official trailer sees Fuller interrogated with a “series of questions”, such as his marital status and whether he’s had “inappropriate physical contact” with another man.
