Andrew Scott wasn’t particularly interested in playing an antagonist like James Bond villain C in 2015’s „Spectre,” starring Daniel Craig. In a recent interview British GQHe expressed his desire to continue acting in sensitive roles.
„If I’m being honest, it’s not a territory I think I want to go back to. Now that I know a little bit more about who I am, I feel like the work I’m interested in doing is more in the gray areas,” Scott said. „I don’t think … I Not good at it.”
Scott played the new MI5 boss Max Denbigh, C, in the Sam Mendes-directed „Spectre.” when VarietyA „Spectre” review called the film „a definite treat for 007 nerds”, while others were more critical of the 24th installment in the British espionage franchise. Pierce Brosnan, who played the super-spy in four films from 1995 to 2002, said in a 2015 interview that „Spectre” didn’t feel like a Bond film.
„I was really looking forward to it,” Brosnan said. „I thought it was too long. The story was weak — it could have been shortened. It was kind of too long. It really did.”
While Scott’s past projects have featured supporting roles in several big-name roles like Craig, Benedict Cumberbatch in „Sherlock” and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in „Fleaback,” he landed a starring role in Andrew High’s „All of Us Strangers,” released in December. . 22. Follows Scott’s Adam entering into a relationship with Harry, portrayed by Paul Mezcal. Shifting between reality and the supernatural, Adam returns to his childhood home to discover that his parents are alive and well, despite having been pronounced dead when he was 12.
Scott discussed that filming „All of Us Strangers” was „exciting and weird” as it reflected on many of his own experiences. In particular, in the scene where Adam comes out to his family, Scott said it mirrored his own experience coming out to his parents.
„I had a very happy childhood,” Scott said. „But when you have to take risks to tell your family something about yourself, you have to go through the inevitable pain. To risk everything and have your family and friends say, 'We accept you no matter what,’ I think that’s a gift, and that’s what you do the most.” A feeling of romantic confirmation at a young age. , some people who aren’t really queer don’t get it. I mean, some queers aren’t so lucky.