Oliver Stark opened up to Us about starring as Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley on ‘9-1-1,’ his character's coming out journey, finding ‘focus’ in photography and more
9-1-1 star Oliver Stark knows the responsibility that comes with representing the LGBTQIA+ community on screen; his character, Evan “Buck” Buckley, came out as bisexual on the firefighter procedural last year. And yet despite the newfound popularity — and plenty of brand new eyes on the show — Stark rejects any “pressure” to play the arc perfectly.
Being a fan favorite character is nothing new for Stark; known for going heart first into any and every scenario, Buck has been beloved from the show’s beginning and has remained an integral part of the Station 118 family. His bisexuality merely added another layer to the character, a story point that was introduced during season 7 and shortly after the 9-1-1’s network shift from Fox to ABC.
“I don’t know many partners that would jump all in and be like, ‘You are right. You are cursed. How do we fight this?’ So I can't really fault him for that,” Stark said with a laugh, referencing Tommy’s hesitancy to support Buck’s theories. “And then, you know, he shows up at the end. … Which I think is nice. It was a good little reminder to the audience, because, obviously, we haven't seen him for a little while.
“You know, Buck and Eddie obviously have an incredibly close relationship, and Buck and Tommy are still at the beginning of their relationship,” he told Us. “So in these moments when Buck needs someone to show up, obviously Tommy is there, but then there's also the stability that he knows, that pillar of stability, which has been, and will continue to be, . He’s not going to cast Eddie aside.”
“This character, I like the things that throw at him,” he told Us. “From a thematic point of view, I like the fun stuff. I like the silly stuff that has dealt with, like, in episode 5, for example. … I think episode 5 is just a really nice blend of all the things that 9-1-1 does really well. It's funny in moments and it's a bit silly in moments, and then it has some really dramatic and hard hitting stuff, and all of that is wrapped up into a 42-minute episode.
“Episode 6, I think, is maybe going to change the path that Buck is on a little bit, change his trajectory. I'm really excited about that and looking forward to seeing what that means for him,” Stark teased. “I don't know what it means for him yet, but I can tell you this: it's fun.”
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