‘A vehicle for discussion’: Ruaridh Mollica on playing a gay sex worker in new indie film Sebastian (EXCLUSIVE)

Ruaridh Mollica (Image: Paula Trojner/@fnati.c.ph)

Early on in gloriously gay character study Sebastian, a slim, hairless 20-something named Max (who is, for want of a more modern term, a twink) vigorously fucks an older, larger, hairier man (because the perfect word exists, a bear). Later, the budding sex worker, played with wild abandon by 25-year-old Italian-Scottish actor Ruaridh Mollica, charms a genteel client played by Jonathan Hyde. The 76-year-old acting veteran is as grandly handsome as he was in the 90s (you may recognise him from blockbusters such as Titanic and Jumanji), but his coarse, slackened skin nevertheless stands in stark contrast to Mollica’s luminous complexion as they kiss.

Watching these scenes, a distinct thought crossed my mind: ‘I’ve never seen this before. Not even in porn.’ Is culture —

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