Since exiting the role of James Bond, Daniel Craig has seemed eager to push himself in further directions. He performed “Macbeth” on Broadway. His drawling detective Benoit Blanc (“Halle Berry!”) stole the show in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” And now, Craig gives arguably his most transformative performance as the William S.
Daniel Craig , left, and Drew Starkey, cast members in the film “Queer,” pose together for a portrait to promote the film on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 in Los Angeles. This image released by A24 shows Daniel Craig , left, and Drew Starkey in a scene from “Queer.” Daniel Craig , left, and Drew Starkey, cast members in the film “Queer,” pose together for a portrait to promote the film on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 in Los Angeles.
In “Queer,” which A24 release Wednesday in theaters, Craig again plays a well-traveled, sharply dressed, cocktail-drinking man. But the similarities with his most famous role stop there. Lee is an American expat living in 1950s Mexico City where he, in sweaty, rumpled linen suits, cruises for younger men while juggling an increasingly debilitating drug habit.
While they were making “Challengers,” released earlier this year, Guadagnino approached Kuritzkes about adapting Burroughs’ novel. There were considerable hurdles. Burroughs never completely finished the novel, so the filmmakers resolved to finish it for him, writing into the movie an extended third-act ayahuasca trip. But adapting “Queer” also meant leaving room for its unspoken spaces.
For “Queer,” there was extensive preparation, on accent and movement and Burroughs’ own tortured history. But after months of research, the characterization only really emerged once shooting began. “A question I asked early on was: Is Allerton aware of the game that he’s playing? Is he aware that he may have some power over Lee, and does he like it?” says Starkey. “Luca’s answer to that was: ‘That’s a very good question.’”When “Queer” premiered in Venice, much of the reception focused on the film’s steamy sex scenes with Craig and Starkey. Guadagnino laments the temptation of the press to be “salacious.
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