Omar Apollo will make his acting debut in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’

nme.com:

Omar Apollo is set to make his acting debut in the upcoming Luca Guadagnino-directed film Queer.The singer will star alongside James Bond actor Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in the adaptation of William S.

Burrough’s 1985 semi-autobiographical novel. The film will make its premiere at the Venice Film Festival this September.Queer will be set in Mexico City in 1940s; Craig will play the author’s ego – an outcast American expat who now lives in the city whilst battling a heroin addition.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.” Check out the first look at the film down below:#BiennaleCinema2024 #Venezia81 #Concorso #Competition pic.twitter.com/fKOd4EOwUq— La Biennale di Venezia (@la_Biennale) July 23, 2024Apollo recently shared his second album ‘God Said No‘, which NME gave four out of five stars: “‘Glow’, then, is a fitting finale, with Apollo begging, “Before you leave, give me one more dance,” though he finally lets go.