Drew Starkey has got his breakout role with former James Bond star Daniel Craig in the upcoming A24 movie Queer. Luca Guadagnino-directed movie is based on William S. Burroughs’ 1985 novel of the same name. Comes from a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes the historical romance drama puts a glowing spotlight on Starkey’s career. The movie entails a few steamy queer s*x scenes and the actor explains his experience filming the hot scenes with Craig.
Drew Starkey Explains His Experience Of Filming Raunchy Queer Scenes With Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer. Image Credit: A24
Drew Starkey and Daniel Craig starring in A24’s upcoming romance Queer has caught the attention of fans. Craig plays William Lee and Starkey plays Eugene Allerton who entangles themselves in queer romance in the movie set in 1940s Mexico City. Starkey recently spoke with Variety sharing details of the raunchy scenes he filmed with Craig. “You treat it like you would any other thing,” the 30-year-old said. “Obviously, you’re more precious with it and you communicate more on the day about people’s comfort levels,” he continued.
“But Daniel and I were just game for anything. We just were like, ‘Let’s go for it, let’s have fun.’ So he was a great partner to have in that. I think him and I share that same mentality of just not giving a shit. And Luca was so specific — he wanted us to be as comfortable as possible throughout that process, and we would block off where these intimate scenes would happen and we talked months in advance about what we thought it should be.”
The actor further shared that the scenes were “also like a dance” as they were “trying to figure it out.” Recalling the filming of the scenes he added that those were “some of the most fun days I think we all had on set — just Daniel and I laughing.”
Drew Starkey Shared His Thoughts On Breakout Role In Queer
Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer. Image Credit: A24
Starkey has previously appeared in a few movies including The Devil All the Time, Hellraiser, and The Other Zoey but his latest movie with Craig is expected to clear the path for his career leading to exciting new roles. But until he landed on the movie with the Knives Out star, Starkey always felt something missing. “I always feel like I’m messing it up, especially early on I’m like, ‘This is not right,’” he told Variety in his exclusive interview with the outlet.
“But I knew that I could trust Luca very quickly because he would tell you if it’s not right. A lot of times it’s my own insecurities. Us actors are little fragile, insecure people. We just want this approval. Once I was able to shed that after getting into filming, it was kind of smoother sailing. But yeah, it’s always intimidating. No matter what. I mean, I feel that on “Outer Banks” too. The first week or two, I’m like, ‘Ugh, I’m ruining this.’”
But moving forward, his future career goal is quite simple and similar, he “just to work with nice people and people who have a vision and not be too predictable.” All he wants is “variety” in his roles. “I don’t want to sit in one thing for too long. Also, I’ll work with Luca until I’m dead, so.”
Queer premieres at the Venice Film Festival on September 3rd but the theatrical release of the movie is yet to be confirmed.
