Parvesh Cheena on sexy comics, being “queer as can be,” and his brilliant drag name
Outsourced, where he played one of the employees at an Indian call center for an American novelties company. Since then, he’s appeared in *deep breath* Arrested Development, The Goldbergs, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Fresh Off The Boat, Craig Of The Creek, Connecting, Mythic Quest, Centaurworld, Shining Vale, and The Resort—just to name a few.Like we said: Parvesh Cheena’s everywhere!
He was even in Park City, Utah last month at the Sundance Film Festival, in support of his new indie comedy Sometimes I Think About Dying, in which he stars opposite Daisy Ridley.It was at Sundance that Queerty caught up with Cheena and made him the latest guest in our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It.
Honest and hilarious as always, the actor touched on everything from living his musical theater fantasy to his Drag Race dreams to the Marvel character who made him feel some type of way.A post shared by Dave Merheje (@davemerheje)Is there a piece of media/pop-culture—whether a movie, TV series, book, album, etc…—that you consider a big part of your own coming-out journey?
Why does it stand out to you? Well, in terms of coming out through my work, I’ve started to play characters who just feel very close to me—I don’t even want to stretch anymore!
