“We have never seen it before”: Billy Porter and Luke Evans on showcasing queer divorce in Our Son
Billy Porter and Luke Evans on creating “a love duet between two men” and how a cookout in Long Island cemented their acting bond.
WORDS BY ALICE MOREY IMAGERY COURTESY OF VERTICAL “Luke Evans is a hunk. I feel like the gay Julia Roberts over here,” Billy Porter playfully quips about on-screen ex-husband, Luke Evans.
The beloved actors unite in a new American drama Our Son; a film that captures the emotional turbulence of a queer divorce. While its subject may have, historically, been a blind spot in modern cinema, Bill Oliver’s latest directorial project digs into the decay of a family bond as partners Nicky (Luke Evans) and Gabriel (Billy Porter) decide to separate after 13 years together.
Things change quickly for Nicky and Gabriel. The serenity of their cosy Brownstown and noisy dinners with close gay friends are replaced with hard truths and a heated custody battle for their eight-year-old son, Owen (Christopher Woodley).
