'The Idea of You' actor Nicholas Galitzine reveals he sometimes feels 'guilty' for playing queer characters as a straight man

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Nicholas Galitzine is publically opening up astir his sexuality and portraying queer characters connected surface for nan first time. 

Galitzine, 29, who precocious charmed fans by playing a boy set vocalist successful nan film “The Idea of You,” is presently 1 of nan astir in-demand actors successful Hollywood. In April, Galitzine starred successful nan play play “Mary & George” wherever his characteristic freely explores his sexuality. In 2023, Galitzine portrayed Prince Henry successful nan cheery rom-com, “Red, White & Royal Blue.”

Galitzine discussed nan sexuality of his erstwhile characters successful a caller question and reply with British GQ. The character said he has had to woody pinch fans struggling to abstracted him from his characters. 

“I americium Nick, and I’m not my role,” he said. 

He continued, “I place arsenic a consecutive man, but I person been a portion of immoderate unthinkable queer stories. I felt a consciousness of uncertainty sometimes astir whether I’m taking up someone’s space, and possibly guilt. At nan aforesaid time, I spot those characters arsenic not solely their sexuality.”

In nan interview, he told GQ that he finds it absorbing that immoderate men consciousness “trapped” by their masculinity because he utilized to consciousness nan aforesaid way. 

“I was a very frightened young man,” he recalled. “And I deliberation a batch of men are really scared. I deliberation they’re frightened of their ain mortality. I deliberation they’re frightened of being recovered out. There’s this conception successful masculinity that you person to beryllium successful power and definite of everything.” 

After landing roles successful different awesome films complete nan past fewer years, for illustration “Bottoms” and “Purple Hearts,” Galitzine has seemingly go an overnight success. His liking successful acting was conscionable arsenic unexpected. 

He told nan British mag that a group of friends asked him to enactment successful their play 1 summertime and he instantly fell successful love. 

“I did this production, and I conscionable loved it. It superseded immoderate emotion I had erstwhile I was a sportsman. It was community; it was nan adrenaline rush. It felt for illustration axenic life,” he shared. 

But pinch his caller success, he has had to woody pinch scrutiny and being sexualized. He revealed that he recovered it difficult to beryllium compared to character Taylor Zakhar Perez, his “Red, White & Royal Blue” co-star and emotion interest.

He praised Perez, calling him an “Adonis” figure. “It was difficult successful immoderate aspects, being truthful intimately compared to him,” Galitzine said. 

The character past mentioned immoderate of his insecurities, sharing that he was astatine 1 constituent “disgusted successful immoderate ways” by his appearance. 

Although he has played aggregate characters that are admired for their charisma and bully looks, that doesn’t look to impact him.  

“I deliberation nan astir important point to maine is that I’m taken earnestly arsenic a performer,” he said. “I’m not gonna inquire you to outcry maine a stream here, but it’s been difficult being portion of a speech that feels very overmuch for illustration I americium a trim of beef astatine a nutrient market.” 

He said he has felt this measurement during auditions and while seeing nan public’s reactions to his projects. 

“I deliberation that being my defining characteristic is thing I’m perpetually terrified of,” he shared. 

Coincidentally, that is simply a trait he shares pinch his “Idea of You” character, Hayes Campbell. In the film, which was released connected Amazon Prime connected May 2, Hayes falls for 40-year-old creation assemblage proprietor Soléne Marchand, played by Anne Hathaway. Fans gawk astatine Hayes passim nan movie and successful 1 susceptible scene, he worries astir group ne'er getting to cognize nan existent him. 

Ariana Brockington, TODAY


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