Jude Mack, T’Nia Miller, Sophie Melville, Harry Trevaldwyn Join Cast of LGBTQ Satire Short ‘Bury Your Gays’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Alex Ritman A host of British screen stars have joined Charge Films and Deadbeat Films’ upcoming short film “Bury Your Gays.” From writer/director Charlotte Serena Cooper, the film is billed as a “bold takedown of outdated LGBTQ+ tropes in film and TV mixed with dark comedy that satirises the harmful cinematic tradition of the same name.” “Bury Your Gays” will be led by Jude Mack (“I Hate Suzie,” “Such Brave Girls”) and T’Nia Miller (“Years and Years,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor”).

Miller — a long-time advocate for better queer representation on screen — also serves as an executive producer. The cast also features Sophie Melville (“The Way”), Harry Trevaldwyn (“How to Train Your Dragon”), Blake Harrison (“The Inbetweeners”), Ella-Rae Smith (“Foundation”), Amelia Clarkson (“The Last Kingdom”) and Sule Rimi (“Day of the Jackal”).

The story follows actor Grace, who can’t understand why every role she lands ends in her untimely death — until a mysterious agent explains the ‘Bury Your Gays’ trope.

Now, trapped in a genre-hopping battle for survival, Grace has one mission: do not die. “I wrote this script as a direct response to the industry’s fixation with doomed and tragic gays,” said Cooper, who has worked in the script supervising department on blockbuster productions such as “Barbie,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” “Our film exposes a trope that’s been hiding in plain sight, shedding light on the fact that LGBTQ+ storytelling still has a long way to go,” added producer Charlotte Brownlee, whose experience includes “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “The Flash,” “The Crown,” and the award-winning short “Travel Socks.” “Some things are fun, some are.