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After delivering one of the best films of the summer,Challengers, Luca Guadangnino’s next highly anticipated work is around the corner, which will debut this week at the Venice International Film Festival. Starring Omar Apollo, Daniel Craig,and Drew Starkey,Queeris based on cult author William S Burroughs’ 1985 novel of the same name.
Moreover, the film also comprises intimate scenes between the former 007 star and theDone With Yousinger, and in order to ensure that things didn’t look off, Omar revealed that he lost about 20lb for the scene.
Omar Apollo Lost 20lb To Make His S-x Scene With Daniel Craig More Sensual
Interestingly, Luca Guadagnino didn’t ask Omar Apollo to lose weight, but the singer made the decision himself after reading the script. Considering Apollo stands at 6.5 ft and initially weighed 200lb, theEvergreensinger didn’t want to look off for his s-x scene withDaniel Craig.
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On top of that, the script described his character as a man with a flat brown stomach, so to fulfill that requirement, Apollo resorted to a soup diet. Fortunately, things paid off for the singer, as before the filming began, Apollo was down by 20lb. Heshared:
Yeah, I had to get on the soup diet. 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. I lost 20 pounds because I read in the script that my character had a flat brown stomach. I was like, ‘Damn, I’m actually not flat right now.
According to the co-lead of the film,Drew Starkey, Apollo’s efforts did pay off, as when asked about the s-x scene, he shared“It was very sensual”.
Drew Starkey Recounts His ADR Experience for the S-X Scenes
Apart from Apollo, Starkey also shares s-x scenes with Daniel Craig in the Guadangnino-led feature. Speaking of the ADR process for these scenes, (automated dialogue replacement), theHellraiserstardescribedthe experience similar to that of an insane asylum.
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He explained:
It’s always exertion and breaths and groans. Just you in a booth alone doing that, you feel like you’re in an insane asylum.
Further elaborating on his experience, the actor deemed Craig“the most punk person”, stressing that“He’s game for anything”, and assured fans that the former007actor is absolutely incredible in this film.
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
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