Sharp Shooter

In Queer, Drew Starkey smoulders as an ex-Navy man whose haunting good looks bring Daniel Craig out in a nervous sweat. Here, he talks punk and postmodernism, and the intimate link on screen between sex and honesty

NICOLAIA RIPS

“Would these people say these things to my face? I feel like if I'm on the internet all day it can become delusional, and I don't want to lose my mind” In a fan edit captioned “white boy of the century”, Drew Starkey does a variety of hot-guy activities: he smiles, he licks his lips, he answers on-screen interview questions, he poses on the red carpet, he rolls up his shirtsleeves. “White boy of the century,” just one of thousands of Starkey fan-cams, has one million views. The comments are ravenous: “a ride I wouldn't survive”, “#needhim” and “Drew Starkey the man you are.” Over Zoom with him after his cover shoot, I begin to feel the same sensation “white boy of the century” evoked; that I am being drawn…

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Dazed & Confused (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2024

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