The Stars of Queer Discuss Sex Scene ADR

There have been many conversations of late about what goes into filming a sex scene. Intimacy coordinators, prosthetic dicks, and in the case of Babygirl, prop squirt. But in a recent Interview, convo, Queer’s Omar Apollo and Drew Starkey got into sex scene aftercare, ie: post production. “You know that ADR is fun,” Starkey said. ADR stands for automated dialogue replacement. Only in Queer, it wasn’t dialogue so much as grunts and gasps. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Daniel Craig as a disaffected expat in Mexico, who learns it’s not about the destination, but the boys he meets along the way. Both Apollo and Starkey had sex scenes that needed more aurally. “It was so funny. Luca was like, ‘Can you do noises?’” said Apollo. “It’s always exertion and breaths and groans. Just you in a booth alone doing that, you feel like you’re in an insane asylum,” agreed Starkey.

Both Apollo and Starkey had nothing but praise for their co-star Craig. Well, maybe a little more than praise. “He’s so fucking good at every aspect of his craft, just homed in every day,” said Starkey. “And he’s such a weirdo, dude.” Apollo shared that before their intimate scene, he and Craig were drinking gin and tonics together. “It was a vibe,” he said. “I had a really cool experience with him.”

• [Interview]

Related

• A24 Can Host Luca Guadagnino’s Queer
• The 18 Movies We’re Most Excited to See at Venice and TIFF