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On playing gay roles, Challengers actor Josh O’Connor tells Vanity Fair, “I’m not 100% sure how I do feel about it. I think I own mixed feelings.”
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Josh O’Connor rose to prominence when he starred as Charles, Prince of Wales in Seasons 3 and 4 of The Crown. However, it was his role as Patrick Zweig in Challengers that solidified his superstar status. In the film, O’Connor played a gender fluid man who had connection with both Zendaya’s nature, Tashi Duncan, and Mike Faist’s Art Donaldson; this was no surprise considering Challengers was directed by Luca Guadagnino who is known for exploring themes of Queerness in his films.
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O’Connor also starred in the critically-acclaimed film God’s Own Countrywhere his performance was particularly lauded by critics. In the movie, Josh and Alec Secăreanu’s characters depart through the motions of a passionate and passionate love story that is
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Make Cannes Sob With Powerful Same-sex attracted Romance ‘The History of Sound,’ Which Earns 6-Minute Standing Ovation
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor made Cannes Film Festival sob on Wednesday nighttime with Oliver Hermanus’ “The History of Sound,” which earned a six-minute standing ovation.
While Mescal received a standing ovation when walking in, O’Connor had to miss the premiere because he was finishing filming his part in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film and couldn’t make it.
Though O’Connor wasn’t introduce, Mescal carried the weight. One rowdy fan screamed, “We love you, Paul!” seconds before the film started, when the audience usually sits in reverent silence. By the end, moviegoers were weeping and swatting at each other trying to receive video of Mescal, who was also tearing up.
“This has been one of the most wonderful resourceful collaborations of my very, very concise career, but this has been a testament to the genius of Paul Mescal,” said director Hermanus.
The film’s stark, gorgeous folk music performances — often delivered a
Josh O'Connor admits he has 'mixed feelings' about playing gay characters after roles in God's Own State and forthcoming The History of Sound
Josh O’Connor has admitted he has 'mixed feelings' about playing gay characters despite starring in two homosexual roles.
The actor, 34, reflected on his role in the 2017 motion picture God's Own Country which sees his character Johnny, fall in love with a Romanian migrant worker.
He is next set to star in the forthcoming sentimental drama, The History of Sound, alongside Paul Mescal.
In the film, Lionel (Paul) and David (Josh), who meet at music college, embark on a proposal to record the lives, voices and music of their friends and countrymen, and in the process forge a forbidden bond.
Josh said that he set up the controversy surrounding straight actors playing gay characters 'difficult' as he explained how he chooses his roles based on 'all aspects' of the character.
Josh O’Connor has admitted he has 'mixed feelings' about playing gay characters despite starring in two homosexual roles (pictured in May)
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Josh said: 'It’s a really tough subject. The truth is that ultimately I will read a script and what affe
Paul Mescal says comparing his film romance with Josh O’Connor to Brokeback Mountain is ‘lazy and frustrating’
The actor Paul Mescal has hit out at critics who have drawn comparisons between The History of Sound, a gay intimacy in which he stars opposite Josh O’Connor, and Ang Lee’s landmark western Brokeback Mountain.
Speaking at a press conference in Cannes the day after the film’s premiere, Mescal – who followed a supporting performance in Andrew Haigh’s acclaimed gay ghost story All of Us Strangers with playing the direction in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II – said he believes cinema is “moving away” from alpha male roles.
In The History of Sound, directed by Oliver Hermanus, whose Kurosawa remake Living scored an Oscar nomination for Bill Nighy three years ago, Mescal and O’Connor play musicologists who travel to Unused England just after the first world war to record the folk songs of their rural countrymen.
“It’s ever-shifting,” said Mescal. “I think maybe in cinema we’re moving away from the traditional, alpha, foremost male characters. I don’t think the film is defining or attempting to redefine masculinity, I reflect it is being very subjective to the affair between [their
‘The History of Sound’ Trailer: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Celebrity in Gay Historical Romance
Mubi has released the first trailer for “The History of Sound,” a gay romance film starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor that was nominated for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Motion picture Festival.
“The History of Sound” is based on the short story of the same label written by Ben Shattuck, who also penned the film’s screenplay.
The logline reads: “Lionel (Mescal) is a talented singer from rural Kentucky raised on the songs his father would sing on the front porch. In 1917, he leaves his family farm to attend the Boston Music Conservatory. There he meets David (O’Connor), a charming music composing student who is soon drafted into the end of the war. In 1920, the two spend a winter walking through the forests and islands of Maine, collecting folk songs in order to preserve them for future generations. Lionel drifts through Europe in his twenties and thirties, building a new life of profound success and happiness, and experiencing new loves. Yet he is constantly drawn back to memories of his br