Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott deliver “fearless” gay sex scenes in new queer film
Much to the delight of fans everywhere, new details and first-look images have been unveiled of the upcoming gay film All of Us Strangers, starring Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott.
The Irish actors play lovers in the picture, with director Andrew Haigh teasing the “fearless” chemistry between the two, particularly in the sex scenes.Loosely based on the 1987 Japanese novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, according to the official synopsis, the movie “follows screenwriter Adam (Scott) who, on a solitary night in his nearly vacant tower block in modern London, has an unexpected encounter with enigmatic neighbour Harry (Mescal), disrupting the cadence of his routine.
As Adam and Harry grow closer, Adam is drawn back to his childhood residence, unearthing the astonishing truth that his deceased parents (Foy and Bell) are both alive and unaged, resembling the day they passed over three decades earlier.”Speaking to Vanity Fair, Haigh gave further insight into the film and its leading characters, Mescal and Scott.
Describing the more physically intimate scenes, he said: “I really wanted to feel the subjective nature of having sex and what it feels like—the nervousness and the excitement and the physical sensation of being touched by someone else, and what that does to you.”In reference to the Irish actors’ performances, the director added, “There was chemistry between the two of them literally the second I saw them together…Both of them were pretty fearless.
