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Rising Star Drew Starkey on ‘Queer’ and How U.S. Audiences “Can Be Very Uptight” About Sex Scenes
Drew Starkey was a day into rehearsals for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer when he found himself rolling around the floor in a sweaty clinch with Daniel Craig. “We jumped into it, just grabbing and throwing our bodies on top of one another, rolling around, getting intermingled,” Starkey recalls, “I think it unlocked something subconsciously, gave us […]
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Daniel Craig’s Racy Turn in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Earns Raves at Venice Film Festival With 9-Minute Standing Ovation
The Venice Film Festival showered Luca Guadagnino’s Queer with lots of love Tuesday night at the film’s world premiere. In particular, the capacity crowd inside Sala Grande went wild for star Daniel Craig, who broke away from his James Bond persona for a provocative and challenging role opposite Drew Starkey, who also earned cheers from […]
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‘Queer’ Review: Daniel Craig Burns a Hole in the Screen With Obsessive Desire in Luca Guadagnino’s Trippy Gay Odyssey
Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman and Lesley Manville also star in this adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novel, which travels from postwar Mexico City to the Amazon.
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Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby: Erotic Films Seduce Venice
Venice has got its sexy back. Erotica of all varieties — gay, straight, kinky and theoretical — is on glorious display at this year’s Venice Film Festival, with plenty of sizzling action onscreen and little of it gratuitous. Two of the, em, hottest festival titles this year — Halina Reijn’s Babygirl and the TV series […]
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Drew Starkey Says Recording ADR for ‘Queer’ Sex Scenes Made Him Feel “Like You’re in an Insane Asylum”
Drew Starkey said heading to the ADR recording booth for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer was, ahem, a tinge awkward. Starkey recalled the experience while conversing with co-star Omar Apollo in Interview magazine. Both spoke about having to record Automated Dialogue Replacement during postproduction of Queer, which is Guadagnino’s adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same […]
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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer,’ Starring Daniel Craig, Acquired by A24
A24 has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Queer, director Luca Guadagnino’s new film starring Daniel Craig. The announcement comes ahead of the movie’s world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The film also stars Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Andra Ursuta, Michael Borremans and David Lowery. Queer, adapted from William S. Burroughs’s […]
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