New photos from an amazing new Vanity Fair article with much more in depth information about the upcoming Andrew Haigh movie, All of Us Strangers, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal!
Sex and strangers have long been intrinsic elements of Haigh’s filmmaking. In Weekend, a one-night stand provides the impetus for a spellbinding saga of longing and intimacy; HBO’s Looking charts the growth and regression of its single gay San Franciscans through raw, honest portraits of their sexual experiences. Yet in All of Us Strangers, it all hits differently—becoming more emotional, more revealing, definitely more mysterious. “I’ve been more objective in how I’ve shot sex scenes in the past,” Haigh says. “Here, I really wanted to feel the subjective nature of having sex and what it feels like—the nervousness and the excitement and the physical sensation of being touched by someone else, and what that does to you.”
The two performers at the romance’s center bring that intention to beautiful life. Scott inhabits a character just coming to terms with his buried shame, while Mescal takes on a more enigmatic figure who unveils himself carefully. The actors commit wholly—sweetly, deeply, explicitly—to the intensity of the physical connection that develops between Adam and Harry. “There was chemistry between the two of them literally the second I saw them together,” Haigh says. “Both of them were pretty fearless. There was no sense of them being afraid of approaching those scenes. They knew how important they were.” That importance particularly relates to Adam’s greater journey in All of Us Strangers. It’s no coincidence the sex feels unique, even special, with Harry. That bond proves inextricably linked with his posthumous family reunion...
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Scott’s skill as a performer serves as the real glue. His work is openhearted, incredibly poignant, and dramatically rigorous. And somehow it’s his first true lead role in a film, following years of lauded stage work and that fan-favorite turn as 'Hot' Priest in Fleabag. “This whole film sits squarely on his shoulders, and he clearly had it in him, but it’s beautiful to see it,” says Broadbent. Haigh adds that Scott “hasn’t had this kind of central role—and I always felt like he should have that central role.”
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my partner came to the realization last night that orville's new album is called stampede because it's a collab album with a bunch of features with different artists
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Stay calm everybody. STAY CALM-
ISTG IM ABOUT TO KILL MYSELF OR SOMBEODY ELSE IF THEY FUCK THIS SCENE UP BECAUSE OH MY GOD I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG.
But then ofc ofc the sadness of having to wait another year for more content.
LETS WATCH THE GIRLIES ON TIKTOK FREAK OUT ABOUT THIS EPISODE BECAUSE HOLY SHIT-
ITS BETRAYAL TIME
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!!!UPDATED DISTRIBUTION NEWS!!!
Blue Fox has officially acquired distribution rights to Ari and Dante!!!
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Every time we focus on a new character I'm like "THAT'S my blorbo! No wait THAT'S my blorbo! No wait-"
They're. They're all my blorbo lbr
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