Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino Introduce New Film “Queer” in Venice

Watch live as Daniel Craig and director Luca Guadagnino arrive at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, September 3. They are attending the press conference and photo call for their new film Queer.

Based on the 1985 novel by cult author William S. Burroughs, the film premieres this week.

Craig stars as William Lee, the surrogate character for Burroughs, while Outer Banks star Drew Starkey portrays Eugene Allerton.

Director Guadagnino is known for his 2017 romance Call Me by Your Name, which starred Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, and the 2024 film Challengers featuring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist.

Ahead of the premiere of Queer, singer Omar Apollo revealed he has an intimate scene with Craig, the former James Bond star. He also shared that he lost weight before filming.

“I had to get on the soup diet,” Apollo told Interview magazine.

“Luca did not tell me to lose weight, but when you’re about to have a sex scene with Daniel Craig, you’re like, ‘Oh, dude, I can’t be looking off.’ I was at 200 pounds, because I’m six-five.”

“It’s around where I should be, honestly. But I got down to 181 when the movie came.”

Source: AFP via Getty Images, Interview magazine