Gideon Glick dishes on ‘Maestro,’ getting in ballet shape, & the TV that made him want to pierce his nipples
Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic that promises to be a big player this award season.The Netflix film is largely focused on the the decades-long relationship between the acclaimed American conductor and his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan), but Glick makes an impression as Tommy Cothran, one of a handful of Bernstein’s male partners over the years.Cothran was a notably private person and died of AIDS in 1987, so Glick didn’t have a ton of information to build his performance off of, but the Broadway veteran was already very familiar with the work of Bernstein himself, who famously wrote the score for the timeless musical West Side Story.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.In fact, Glick says that show was a “touchstone” for him as he followed his artistic passions and navigated a career in theater, starting with the original Broadway production of Spring Awakening—a role he moved to New York City for while still a senior in high school.Since then, he’s racked up an impressive run of credits including his first starring role in the play Significant Other, Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird (playing a character modeled on author Harper lee’s childhood friend, Truman Capote), and the recent off-Broadway revival of Little Shop Of Horrors.And then, of course, there are his film roles—from Ocean’s 8 to Marriage Story—and TV roles, appearing in everything from The Other Two to American Horror Story: NYC to The MArvelous Mrs.
Maisel and the upcoming ballet drama, Étoile. Gideon Glick stays booked and busy!So, we couldn’t let the year pass us by without talking to one of our favorite stars, inviting Glick to be the final guest of our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It.
In our conversation, the actor shares how he came out as a “bargaining tool” to be able to watch Queer As Folk, the fiery debates he had with.
