Drew Starkey on His Breakout Role in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ and Filming Steamy Scenes With Daniel Craig: We ‘Were Just Game for Anything’
variety.comEllise Shafer Drew Starkey didn’t audition for Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” — instead, the project found him. The 30-year-old “Outer Banks” star was sending in self-tapes for various other projects when Guadagnino was shown one of Starkey’s by a producer friend.
Then, Starkey got a call that the “Challengers” and “Call Me by Your Name” director would like to get breakfast with him. “I was like, ‘OK, that’s insane,'” Starkey tells Variety over Zoom from his L.A.
home. He’s sporting a buzzcut and mustache, and his black tee is contrasted by a psychedelic painting serving as the background.
Over the next couple of months, the two shared many more meals as Guadagnino explained his vision for “Queer,” his adaptation of Beat Generation writer William S.
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