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00:00Oh, you filmed Queer in Rome.
00:02Your first stint in Italy, what was your go-to pasta?
00:05I had no pasta in Rome because I was dieting.
00:08That was painful.
00:09It was like walking through the streets of Rome.
00:11Smelling pizza and pasta.
00:14I didn't have any of it.
00:15Hello.
00:16I'm Drew Starkey, and Esquire has asked me
00:18to explain some things.
00:20Let's dive in, shall we?
00:27We wanted to fight Peter Parker at Rafe Cameron.
00:29I mean, come on, Spider-Man, it's insane.
00:32What do you remember about filming this scene
00:34with Tom Holland?
00:35Tom's amazing, and that was really stunt heavy.
00:39Yeah, he could be a brilliant stunt coordinator
00:41because he came in with his ideas and kind of took charge.
00:43So I think he pulled me down off the bus
00:45and just started beating the hell out of me.
00:48It was fun.
00:49It was in the rain.
00:50It was romantic.
00:52Did you do any military style training with Chris Pratt
00:55or Taylor Kitsch to prepare for your role
00:57in the Terminal List?
00:58Who was the most fun on set?
00:59I didn't get to work with them much.
01:01I worked with Chris, I think a day or two.
01:04We were filming, I think somewhere in Topanga or something,
01:07and I'm a part of this fugitive task force
01:10that's chasing Chris's character.
01:12And we end up on the side of this mountain.
01:14Chris is giving this beautiful performance
01:16and this bee, this honeybee,
01:18starts flying around his face and it hits his face.
01:22And so he's trying to give this amazing performance
01:25as he always does.
01:26And this bee is attacking his face.
01:28Tears are streaming down my face
01:30because I'm trying not to laugh.
01:32I think I remember asking him about it.
01:33He was like, yeah, I found this bee on the ground
01:35and I guess when his friend got mad that I picked him up.
01:39Your audition tape for Queer was a slam dunk.
01:42Can you tell us what you did for the tape?
01:44Oh, this is actually a fun story.
01:45I sent two, but the first one I had my good friend,
01:49Rudy Ponko, help me tape it.
01:51One of the scenes was me in bed, I believe.
01:56And so Rudy came to my apartment
01:57and I had my camera set up and tripod
02:01and I was laying in the bed framing myself.
02:03And he was like, what do we?
02:05I was like, just trust me, okay?
02:07I need your help.
02:08So he was a good sport for helping me with that.
02:11What was it like working with Daniel?
02:13I mean, he's such a collaborator, him and Luca both,
02:16but he works really hard on what he's prepared
02:19and what he's done, but he's so willing
02:21just to give it to someone else.
02:22Yeah, he's incredible.
02:24And an asshole and all that.
02:27And what I've learned from him is too immeasurable,
02:31I feel, really.
02:32What is the secret to playing such an antagonistic character?
02:36I think what it is, is at least for me,
02:38I don't feel as much pressure to be liked
02:42or be loved by people.
02:43And I think that's what's most fun about it
02:46is you get to play and you can do something terrible
02:50and it's still within the wheelhouse of like,
02:52well, you're supposed to hate this person.
02:55So it doesn't matter.
02:56Maybe that's a secret, I don't know.
02:56The secret's out now.
02:58Your Instagram is fashionably sparse, explain.
03:01It's always been a love-hate thing, mostly hate.
03:04I think what it is, is I'm just so,
03:07I don't know, maybe I'm nervous
03:08about putting myself out there in that way.
03:10I don't know what it is.
03:11I just try to stay off it as much as possible.
03:14I think at times that I have been on it,
03:17it's like I realize how much of an addiction it is.
03:20It doesn't make me happy.
03:22Do you have a go-to karaoke song?
03:24Tequila.
03:25Because I love the moment where people realize
03:27and they hate you for a second, you know?
03:29They're like, da-da-da-da-da-da,
03:31and everyone's like,
03:31tequila's also my shower song.
03:34It's also the song that I belt in the shower.
03:38What's your relationship like with basketball?
03:40It's my first love.
03:42Basketball is definitely my first love.
03:43My dad's a college coach
03:45and we were very much a basketball family growing up.
03:48And so much from basketball and playing basketball
03:51is translated into acting and, you know,
03:54it's kind of the same thing.
03:55You're working with a group of people,
03:56you have a person in charge,
03:58like you're only as strong as your weakest link.
04:00And a lot of the philosophy of it,
04:02I think it's similar, but I still love it.
04:05Jonathan Anderson of Blue Wave
04:07created the costumes for Queer.
04:08How did the wardrobe inform your character?
04:10As an actor, I don't have a lot of words to work with.
04:14So everything had to be about, you know, this physicality.
04:18Jonathan was really essential
04:21and he had a very specific idea
04:23of the silhouette of this person.
04:25In our first fitting, he was like,
04:26what do you think?
04:27And I was like, I don't know.
04:28You tell, like, you're the expert.
04:29Like you're doing, you know, I leave it in your hands.
04:32So thank you, Jonathan.
04:34Daniel Craig is a serious watch collector.
04:37Did working with him give you any desire
04:39to upgrade your own?
04:40Yeah, I mean, I love watches too.
04:42He's an Omega guy, like that's his thing.
04:45And I love Omegas.
04:46I was gifted a Speedmaster.
04:49I liked watches before, but I got that
04:52and it like opened Pandora's box for me.
04:54I'm like, oh, I get it now.
04:56What was your biggest takeaway
04:58being directed by Luca Guadagnino?
05:00He recognizes that it is the ultimate
05:02collaborative art form.
05:04And I think that's what makes great directors great
05:07is your ability to assemble the perfect team around you.
05:10So, yeah.
05:12What direction did Luca Guadagnino give you for this scene?
05:15I don't think there was much direction.
05:17You know, Daniel and I just went for it.
05:19And I mean, we talked about ideas
05:21and directions as to where to take it,
05:23but Daniel and I did it once.
05:25And I think Luca came in, he like walked in
05:29and he was like, one more time, let's do it one more time.
05:31I was like, okay.
05:32Yeah, it was quick though.
05:33It was like, it was very fast, yeah.
05:36Describe North Carolina style.
05:39It's like any other place, but a lot more work wear.
05:41When I find something that I like,
05:44it's because it's dependable.
05:46It makes me feel comfortable.
05:47I mean, I still have shirts from 10, 15 years ago
05:51that I wear.
05:51So yeah, anything dependable.
05:53Or boring, I don't know.
05:55That's boring.
05:56Let's go with boring.
05:57What is the Lueve special sauce?
05:59I think there's such a freedom to play.
06:02It feels exciting.
06:03But also, Lueve feels like it incorporates
06:06so much other art.
06:07I mean, the shows are like going to a circus.
06:09It's amazing.
06:11All right, hey, thanks for watching.
06:14Thanks for watching.
06:16Esquire.