Daniel Craig in Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER have emerged today (July 23).The film will get its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September and will also star Drew Starkey and Omar Apollo in what will be the latter’s first film role.An adaptation of William S.
Burroughs Queer, Craig will play the author’s ego – an outcast American expat who now lives in Mexico and is battling a heroin addition.Drew Starkey will appear as a younger man in the film with whom Craig’s character becomes infatuated with (as per Variety) while Apollo’s role in the film is as yet under wraps.In a Venice Film Festival press conference, the festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera said Craig’s “unusual” turn in the film was “the performance of his life.” You can see the first look image of the film, which is reported to be three hours long, along with some fan reaction to it on social media below.#BiennaleCinema2024 #Venezia81 #Concorso #Competition pic.twitter.com/fKOd4EOwUq— La Biennale di Venezia (@la_Biennale) July 23, 2024I cannot wait!— sydney au.
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