Drew Starkey says new film Queer taught him ‘how much has changed and how much hasn’t’

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer (Image: Mubi)

Drew Starkey has reflected on how making gay-themed romantic drama movie Queer taught him “how much has changed and how much hasn’t” on the subject of gay rights.

The actor stars alongside James Bond icon Daniel Craig in the critically-acclaimed new movie from Call My By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino.

In the film, he and Craig play US expats who strike up an intense relationship in the tolerant, bohemian hotspot of Mexico City in the 1950s.

“It was a beautiful world to explore” – Drew Starkey

“A place like Mexico City was a place of freedom for people,” Starkey told Attitude on the red carpet at the film’s London Film Festival screening at the Royal Festival Hall last night (Thursday

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