The official trailer of the film ‘Our Son’ was recently released, and it shows a glimpse of the heart-wrenching process of going through a divorce, as well as fighting for child custody.
‘Our Son’ is written by Peter Nickowitz and Bill Oliver, who also directed the emotional film. Billy Porter is playing the role of Gabriel, who is a former actor and stay-at-home dad. Meanwhile, Luke Evans is portraying the character of Nicky, who is a book publisher devoted to his work.
The trailer highlights how the long-term partners’ marriage gradually changes, as they argue about their differences. It also shows how their son Owen becomes Gabriel’s world, and how him and Nicky have different ideas of raising Owen, which eventually leads to an argument in front of their friends.
Not to mention, a heartbreaking line in the trailer goes:
“Must be hard fighting for the right to marry, and then ending up in a divorce like everyone else.”
And that hits hard…
Moreover, the official synopsis of ‘Our Son’ reads:
“Nicky (Luke Evans), a book publisher devoted to his work, lives with his husband Gabriel (Billy Porter), a former actor and stay-at-home dad, and their eight year-old son, Owen. Gabriel loves Owen more than anything; Nicky loves Gabriel more than anything. Despite appearances, Gabriel has been dissatisfied with their marriage for some time and files for divorce, leading to a custody battle that forces both of them to confront the changing reality of their love for each other and for their son.”
Aside from out actors Evans and Porter, the cast of the film also includes: Robin Weigert, Andrew Rannells, Isaac Powell, and Phylicia Rashad, among other stars. Also, ‘Our Son’ is set to be released in theaters on December 8, 2023.
In the meantime, you can watch the emotional trailer here:
Source: Our Son
Luke on only gay people playing gay roles “Gay people have definitely missed out on gay roles, for sure. “But from my perspective: firstly, I wouldn’t have had a career if gay people played gay roles and straight people played straight roles. Talent and ability, and a bit of luck and timing … That should be the reason why you get a job. It shouldn’t have anything to do with anything else,”
To which I actually agree let whoever’s the best get the job.
Yeah but then who does Hollywood cast mostly in gay roles? Straight pp. Look at the past 20, 15, or 5 years. Hell look at this year (2023). About 95% of queer roles were played by straight ppl and most were for awards bait. Are there not enough out talented LGBTQ actors for queer roles? Having straight actors play gay sends an idea that being gay is a choice and an act. With an increasingly hostility towards real LGBTQ ppl worldwide in which hate crimes has risen, death threats towards gay clubs, queer ppl in power are being killed, and same sex couple parents are being questioned; when straight ppl play queer it erases all these real life struggles. It’s heavy and maybe over the top but I don’t want to be represented by a straight man playing gay who only does his “love is love” speech during awards campaign or trying to promote their movie/ tv show.
I think the most disappointing thing about this discourse is that gay men like to criticize other gay actors in queer roles more than straight men in queer roles. If gay actors play a role that is too femme, they are a problem. If it’s too sexual, they represent the wrong idea of gay men. If a straight man is playing femme, they are everyone’s man crush, avatar, meme, and icon. If straight men have gay sex, it’s liberating. I mean look at Paul Mescal, played one queer role and he’s on every queer news outlet daily as a fan favorite. When in reality him wearing booty shorts and looking hot is an “okay” for him to play gay. I would even add the two straight actors in Saltburn. Bombarded with them as entertainment news when they act a little gay in red carpets or talk about how hot the gay sex scene they did.
I can’t wait till this is streaming on a platform provider.