'My Policeman' director Michael Grandage wanted Harry Styl' gay sex scen to be about people makg love, 'not jt some kd of thstg.'
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- HARRY STYL WANTS MORE ‘TENR’ SEX GAY FILMS, PROVG HE’S NEVER SEEN ANY — OPN
- HARRY STYL’ GAY SEX SCEN ‘MY POLICEMAN’ ARE ‘VERY SCULPTURAL,’ DIRECTOR SAYS
- 'HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN NEED TO BE REALISTIC - BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THK'
- HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN 'MY POLICEMAN' ARE 'VERY SCULPTURAL,' DIRECTOR SAYS
HARRY STYL WANTS MORE ‘TENR’ SEX GAY FILMS, PROVG HE’S NEVER SEEN ANY — OPN
While promotg his upg film "My Policeman," the pop star prim queer dienc to brace for another sexls gay love story. * harry styles not gay *
“It’s obvly pretty unfathomable now to thk, ‘Oh, you uldn’t be gay. “It’s not like ‘This is a gay story about the guys beg gay. Sce he ma his name, Styl has publicly advoted for gay rights and many seem to thk that he is also gay.
"It's pretty unfathomable now to thk, 'Oh, you uldn't be gay. ""It's not like, 'This is a gay story about the guys beg gay, '" he add. The sger’s fan base, which is primarily ma up of teenage girls and 40-somethg gay men clgg to their youth, may be fooled by such empty promis, but more astute cultured queers n see right through .
” His ments not only revealed a lack of awarens around ntemporary LGBTQ issu, but he also ma bold claims about gay sex film that are jt patently unte. Set 1950s Bra, “My Policeman” se Styl playg a closeted gay p navigatg two romanc, one wh a man and the other wh a woman. “My Policeman” will premiere next month at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival, so crics haven’t seen yet, but if Styl’ ments are any ditn, we should be bracg for yet another sexls gay perd drama.
HARRY STYL’ GAY SEX SCEN ‘MY POLICEMAN’ ARE ‘VERY SCULPTURAL,’ DIRECTOR SAYS
'My Policeman' director Michael Grandage wanted Harry Styl' gay sex scen to be about people makg love, 'not jt some kd of thstg.' * harry styles not gay *
It’s not like ‘This is a gay story about the guys beg gay. It’s not unfathomable to thk was illegal for beg gay when nsensual sex between same sex upl is still illegal 70 untri, nearly half of which are Commonwealth jurisdictns.
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“So much of gay sex film is two guys gog at , and kd of remov the tenrns om , ” he said. “There will be, I would image, some people who watch who were very much alive durg this time when was illegal to be gay, and [Michael] wanted to show that ’s tenr and lovg and sensive.
'HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN NEED TO BE REALISTIC - BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THK'
Sanised portrayals of gay sex have plagued the film dtry for s, but will Harry Styl be the one to spark change, asks Liam Gilliver * harry styles not gay *
Where lbian sex is often fetishized for a heterosexual male gaze (ually to the pot of beg unregnizable), gay male sex is nsistently ntered out of existence mastream Hollywood films — even gay love stori. (Peach, while uy, don’t actually unt as gay. Harry Styl Has Numero Gay Sex Scen, And My Policeman Is Rated R For Sexual ContentBee Harry Styl’ character is at the center of My Policeman’s love triangle, he’s got major sequenc wh both of his -stars, cludg a ton of love scen.
The gay sex scen that Styl and -star David Dawson are both explic and powerful, and move the story forward rather than beg simply a cheap plot vice. The "As It Was" sger prevly helped a ncertgoer e out as gay, gave another fan his microphone so he uld propose to his girliend, and even stopped his show to acmodate a pregnant fan who had to e the bathroom. Concerns are more specifilly tied to remarks Styl ma durg an terview promotg a different forthg new film, My Policeman, a 1950s gay love story which the former One Directn member plays a lead role.
"So much of gay sex film is two guys gog at , and kd of remov the tenrns om , " Styl told Rollg Stone durg the terview qutn.
HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN 'MY POLICEMAN' ARE 'VERY SCULPTURAL,' DIRECTOR SAYS
"There will be, I would image, some people who watch who were very much alive durg this time when was illegal to be gay, and [director Michael Grandage] wanted to show that 's tenr and lovg and sensive. "But as crics will argue, when to gay love, do Styl know what he's talkg about? That Rollg Stone terview gave him away " more ways than one"; not only did his ments reveal "a lack of awarens around ntemporary LGBTQ issu, but he also ma bold claims about gay sex film that are jt patently unte.
" Though some people thk the remarks nfirmed his straight inty, Greig don't "believe this for a send: plag about gratuo sex scen is somethg which gay people have been dog for years. We are vtigatg whether the former member of One Directn is gay bee the 28-year-old has already spoken out about .