Daniel Craig lusts after Drew Starkey in upcoming film, “Queer”

Drew Starkey is hot

R1 I think he’s cute but not overall hot. Way too thin for me.

Is Drew's acting just limited to lounging around looking sulky?

I find Drew Starkey very sexy

Gay director casting straight actors in gay roles, name a more iconic thing.

I hope this bombs.

Are they rehearsing right now? They'll really need a lot of rehearsal.

Sulky Starkey, Dull Daniel.

All he does is sulk.

And the only time I found him hot was when he was clearly thirst trapping

Sounds fun - I love Drew Starkey

I prefer Star Drewkey.

This should've been Connor Jessup.

This should have been ME.

Is there something for Colton?

R5 Daniel Craig isn't straight...

[quote]"The boldly ambitious indie film is set to start shooting this month at Rome's refurbished Cinecittà Studios where the Mexico City-set movie will be filmed in its entirety," says Variety.”

Something about this reads as completely absurd.

Daniel Craig lusting after a younger man - I’ll definitely watch

Goodbye pants!

Thanks R14. Craig and Weisz are both bi.

R18 Who told you that?

Was it the maid looking through the keyhole?

R19 no one told him this. It’s just more making shit up

Weisz is definitely bi at least! She used to make out with women at Cubby Hole and Henrietta Hudsons back in late 90s. Many lesbians in NYC at the time can tell you that! As for Daniel Craig, well - bi people tend to marry each other. But haven't heard anything concrete about him. However, men keep it under wraps more than women anyway.

It started filming

Hope there is anal, but the director is shit.

Daniel Craig is an aging HOMO himself.

R5 So only out gay actors should portray gay characters? All ten of them? And they should never play straight characters? Are you touched in the head?

R14 Where's your proof of that?

R21 Rachel Weisz making out with women in her early twenties doesn't make her husband gay/bi.

Do people even watch Luca Guadagnino’s films? There seem to be so many of them.

I love this novel and have for decades. Would never have imagined Daniel Craig as Lee. I’d be more interested in Tilda Swinton playing it.

Lee is Burroughs himself and, in the novel, his not free of his addiction. Also, Cronenberg used a lot of the material in Queer already when he filmed Naked Lunch.

This project seems misguided. I’d rather see Andrew Scott do it in like 10 years. But I suppose this will disappear rather quickly. It would take a very skilled screenwriter to adapt this to any medium, let alone a film (it’s more suited to the stage, if anything), and I don’t think they have one.

This will probably debut at a festival, get terrible reviews and disappear like that bizarre film, Kings, that Craig did with Halle Berry. I don’t think he’s very good at selecting scripts, obviously after filming all of that Bond tripe.

Old queen obsessed with a hot, younger guy.

Is this The Peter Thiel Story?

Is the lust reciprocated?

I'm waiting for Daniel Craig to make some announcement like "I've always thought of myself as 'queer'"

The workouts, the dance videos, the fashion choices, all say Gay.

I think Luca Guadagnino cast this with his dick, as usual. Daniel Craig is all wrong for this.

No, r5. Queer director, queer roles, queer, queer, queer.

In the case of this movie, r31, they say queer.

He could be queer, though, r27, just like straight girls who make out with girls in their 20s because it's cool, before they "grow up" and get married, are queer.

I have all of Burroughs’s books and I would read them on the subway during the late 1980s (and during my late teens) to look cool. They range from verbose to incomprehensible word salad. Kudos to the filmmakers for attempting to fashion a feature out of Queer.

He's gay and is slowly coming out. He used to live directly across the street.

Across the street from what?

I demand to see them both nude and having sex!

I love Daniel Craig, but seriously, why not give this role to a gay actor?

Drew is sexy!

Wasn’t that last Bond film a mess?

Daniel Craig being bi has been known for ages.

R40's pic was liked by Tommy DiDario on insta

[quote] R40's pic was liked by Tommy DiDario on insta

Looks like Tommy is getting tired of Gio's ass.

R5, I don’t think most gay men fantasize about Chris Colfer or Billy Eichner.

R39 Because it's called acting. You want the gay roles to be portrayed by only out gay actors?

Remember there used to be a long DL thread about Craig and RDJ? It was quite torrid.

I’m starting to think it was all true.

R47 Why? Because he will portray a gay guy in a movie

r46 Another simpleton who doesn't understand the concept of a level playing field. Go ahead, list the number of gay actors who got an Oscar for their "courageous portrayal of a straight person", the way straight actors seemingly get them automatically.

R49 I don't know, genius. Since we don't really know who's gay and who isn't. A lot of the actors living a straight life publicly, could be closeted gays/bisexuals that have won Oscars. Also, who gives a fuck about Oscars? Is that how you measure quality of art? By how many mainstream awards it has won?

And how exactly would a process of hiring only gay actors in gay roles go? Enlighten us.

Would directors or casting directors ask every actor that came to audition personal stuff about their lives, like what is their sexuality, who they share their bed with, do they have experience with the same sex? Cause that totally sounds normal, not creepy and invasive at all. Or would they hire only publicly openly gay actors. A few good ones that there are. So you would have a few of the same actors in every single gay role there is. And most of them are terrible actors. But in your opinion that is a better solution than hiring a good actor, no matter their sexuality, who will ACT as a gay person, since acting (pretending) is their job.

Could bi men married to women get these acting gigs? William S. Burroughs was after all, married to a woman. Should dyslexic characters only be portrayed by dyslexic actors? Autistic by autistic ones? Depressed by depressed one. Geniuses by other geniuses? So no portrayal of Einstein since, I doubt, any actor has an IQ of 160.

Lastly and most importantly, you don't think there would be a backlash among conservatives/homophobes if any gay actor would be cast in a straight role? Your whole woke thing would eventually only hurt gay actors and gay community as a whole

There's something about Daniel Craig and Jeffrey Wright's "friendship" that makes me wonder.

I watched Luke MacFarlane in Platonic last night playing the husband of Rose Byrne’s character - does that mean that he’s straight?

Or, if he’s gay, should a straight actor have been cast in this role instead?

Some of you queens upthread make no sense. You can’t have it both ways, even if you think that you can.

R45 100%

Such as, R51? Genuine question.

Daniel Craig always with that duck lip expression.

I think Craig is gay/bi and the Broccolis were never going to let this come out while he was Bond. If he's coming out, he's creating a buildup of a narrative and a following first. Very smart if that's the case.

Or maybe he’s just an actor, acting in a role.

Too many gay roles in succession to not bring this up, R57. Otherwise, I'd agree with you.

[quote]It would take a very skilled screenwriter to adapt this to any medium, let alone a film (it’s more suited to the stage, if anything), and I don’t think they have one.

TBH, r28, I don't think Burroughs "translates" at all to film (or theatre, or any medium other than the written word), mainly because most of his work is not based on traditional concepts of chronological narrative or character development, which traditional, nonexperimental cinema thrives on. Cronenberg's _Naked Lunch_ was an awful mess because it was Cronenberg's own reading/interpretation/filtering of the paranoid underworld that Burroughs created through the manipulation of language through its written medium and played as much with established ideas of what a novel could and couldn't do. I can't imagine that Guadagnino, much as I like his films, is going to come up with anything particularly good based on _Queer_.

If the man lusted after Andy Cohen, I’ll buy him in a movie lusting after someone actually hot.

R44 everyone who’s exposed to Gio must tire of him quite quickly, if there’s any interest to start with. He elevates insipid and soulless to high art. Too bad he doesn’t have to ‘try’, just the misfortune of being born empty.

Daniel Craig saw Drew Starkey’s audition tape for Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film ‘QUEER’ and told the director, “That’s the guy.”

“I liked Drew from the moment I met him. He’s such a wonderful, kind human being, and that was very obvious to me from the very start.”

[quote]“I liked Drew from the moment I met him. He’s such a wonderful, kind human being, and that was very obvious to me from the very start.”

Bitch, shut the fuck up, everyone knows you cast with your dick. And god forbid you gave gay actors some work. Piece of shit.

R63 enough with the drama

Drew does that Douchey shirtless with a backpack thing that guys do when they want attention.

PASS!

Shirtless with a backpack.

Again.

What an attention whore.

Daniel Craig is starting to look like a potato.

I can’t wait for this movie to finally come out.

[quote]Daniel Craig is starting to look like a potato.

Slavicface

When you play a character and have to pretend you’re detached from it.

I'm very excited for this movie. 2024 should be a good year for gay movies: On Swift Horses, History of Sound and Queer.

R5 At least On Swift Horses has a gay actor in one of the roles, sadly he isn't out though. I'm talking about Jacob Elordi.

[quote]Slavicface

That's why I never cared for him as Bond.

He looked like he should have been cast as a Russian villain, not as 007.

R72 time to grow up.

Based on all I know about Elordi, he isn’t gay. He is a gay baiter though. And you’re the uneducated type who falls for it.

R73 many people hated him cast as Bond when he was cast because he looks nothing like Bond, especially with the light hair. But then he became a lot of peoples favorite after they watched.

Daniel Craig is so FUCKING HOT.

R74 After the notorious pics with Tommy Dorfman you still think he's straight? Lol. Ok then.

R77 they were intentional!!! You’re so fucking stupid. He called the paps and did all that to make headlines.

Has Luca made a good film since Call Me By Your Name?

He’s only done 2 feature films that have been released since, so it’s not like we have a lot to compare. He’s done a lot of shorts, a couple of music videos and directed some episodes for a tv show in between.

Suspira and Bones and All were flops.

Challengers comes out April 26.

Queer could debut at Cannes in May.

R81 they weren’t flops. They were independent artsy passion projects.

It’s so weird that they’re making Craig a two headed man like Ray Milland in this movie….

I loathe the people, and the US media, who have now made "queer" a normalized word to be used for gay men and lesbians. It infuriates me and is so deeply offensive that I can't take anyone who uses it seriously.

Craig can be a brilliant actor, as he showed early in his career playing Francis Bacon's lover in "Love Is The Devil." I'm glad he's choosing interesting roles that will require some acting chops after retiring from Bond.

He makes more from the Knives Out films than he did as Bond. And he looks like he’s having fun in them, unlike Bond, where I feel he hated it.

R84 Is an ancient kaftan-wearing queen.

R79 CMBYN is in itself not a good movie. It is very overrated. God's Own Country is much better.

R88 again, opinion. I disagree

R89 Agree.

[quote] Gay director casting straight actors in gay roles, name a more iconic thing.

I don’t object to casting straight actors in gay roles or vice versa.

There's an excellent show that Luca did for HBO called WE ARE WHO WE ARE. Set on an army base in Italy (I think?). It was excellent, very filmic, not like TV, if you know what I mean. He's one of my favorite directors.

R47, I know someone said that Craig had a thing for RDJ but not that it was ever reciprocated.

I heard that the writer of this screen adaptation is Celine Song’s husband - sure to be as pretentious and boring as she is. Might premiere at Cannes but I doubt it.

That's right, R94, and Justin Kuritzkes also wrote CHALLENGERS for Luca. They have a good thing going!

[quote]R87: [R84] Is an ancient kaftan-wearing queen.

No, R84 is a foreign troll attempting to foment an opinion stampede on social media against the word 'queer,' hoping his outrage will catch on among those who don't know any better. Any time the word 'queer' comes up, the trolls all come out of the woodwork.

Explains all the blind items about Craig being gay. Whenever Hollywood wants to generate buzz about a film their publicists start scouring the internet planting rubbish to match whatever the actor's character is at the time. They did the same schtick with Pedro Pascal when he was playing queer. Now with this Galitzine kid (although their may be some veracity there). Anything for a little extra publicity. PR 101. Don't believe a word.

Pedro Pascal is gay as gay as gay can be r97

Craig & Weisz have always struck me as swinging bisexuals

Yeah, Pedro likes dick.

What blinds about Craig being gay?

R98 If you had typed "gay" four times I would have believed you. Close but no cigar hon.

I hope they have a scene of Daniel being topped. He’s my fantasy fuck.

There probably isn’t gonna be graphic sex scenes. Jesus. It’s about a middle aged man who becomes obsessed with a young man. It’s not a love story.

I was checking out this little snack of a man since he played a soccer player in “Love, Simon”. But then again, Simon’s high school was full of hotties in that movie.

Haven’t watched that Outer Banks crap, but remember that face.

Daniel Craig has been boring for quite some time.

And his face is increasingly prune-like.

That's hardly surprising considering Daniel Craig is not heterosexual.

I’m still confused by his “Knives Out” accent.

Have you ever experienced a white guy busting out his idea of a strong black woman impersonation?

I want to slap or shake him until he stops.

I notice no one is complaining about the use of the word "Queer" by the legendary William Burroughs.

Have some of you rubes realized now that it is the correct replacement for the outmoded homophobic term "gay'?

Just saying.

I loved the "queer" exchange in "All of Us Strangers".

Harry: You are queer, right?

Adam: Yeah.

Harry: That's good.

Adam: Well, 'gay'. I can't get used to calling myself 'queer'. It was always such an insult. Harry: It's probably why we hate 'gay' so much now. 'Gay' meant lame and shit. Those trainers are gay. That haircut's gay. This sofa is gay. Your school bag's gay.

Harry: 'Queer' does feel polite somehow though. Like all the dick sucking's been taken out.

I shall make Drew Starkey mine.

r109 I think a lot of people associate "queer" now with the gender nonbinary movement. I think that's a wrong interpretation. I see it as a better one word replacement for the cumbersome LGBTQIA blah blah blah.

Andrew Haigh is a supercilious cunt who fancies himself as some taste-making thought leader for gay men. Fuck her. All of Us Strangers was self-indulgent crap, r109.

R107 yes. And he didn’t sound like a black woman.

R112 all the hoopla about it deserving Oscars was bizarre. It was fine but not an Oscars film whatsoever.

R61 still manages to make noises even with her head up her own ass.

R114 I watched Knives Out and thought without thay expensive cast and a less precious director, I could picture Melissa Joan Hart, Eric Roberts, Vivica A. Fox and Andie MacDowell in a Direct to Netflix production.

"not an Oscars film" lol

And clearly the voters agreed r117 ☕️

It will be 3 hours long, allegedly

Oh man one of my favorite categories will get a film with James Bond as the lead! Im in gay heaven :)

How much gay sex will actually be in this? Because I've been let down a lot by most of Luca's movies in that department.

Not much. If there is a lot it won’t make any money.

Queer??? This is classic homosexuality. The title alone pisses me off.

Any updates on this movie?

R124 see r119.

[quote]Is Drew's acting just limited to lounging around looking sulky?

Well, he's playing a twink, not a fully formed human.

R123, conservative gays are such sensitive snowflakes

Beautiful young man.

He’s cute. I would never call him beautiful. He’s the epitome of plain.

As plain as Jane Eyre!

Yeah. Plain r130. He looks plain. Very basic white boy. Nothing special. No special beauty at all. The type of guy you’d see walking down the street in the Midwest.

^ Most guys in the Midwest are like 50 pounds overweight

[quote] Yeah. Plain [R130]. He looks plain. [bold]Very basic white boy.[/bold]

So now we see the truth comes out.

The Sea Cow is all over this thread.

R132 idk what parts of the Midwest you stay in but most I see are skinny.

Never have gotten the appeal of Daniel Craig. Not for a minute.

[quote] Never have gotten the appeal of Daniel Craig. Not for a minute.

Does he get naked in this?

r138, they're currently filming this. So how would anyone know?

^ It's set to premiere this summer so I assumed the filming had already wrapped

R137 Never have gotten the appeal of Daniel Craig. Not for a minute

Neither did i, until I saw his sense of humour, here with Catherine Tate:

I admit I was mystified by the raves for his performance in Knives Out. Found him entirely unfunny.