Lake (Bebe Wood) and Felix (Anthony Turpel). I hope it means that there is a demand for stories like this and hopefully that we continue to go in that direction.”Įxclusive Interview: Hulu’s Love Victor star George Sear on playing Victor’s boyfriend Benji LGBTQĪs the group of friends head out of town for the weekend to Benji’s country cabin (actually more of a mansion) in the woods, Anthony Turpel and Bebe Wood’s characters Felix and Lake also begin to talk about sex. Some of my older friends who are gay who watch the show usually say, ‘wow, I wish I had a show like that growing up.’ That also means a lot. It really is an honor to be a part of a project that’s having an impact.
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Sear continues, addressing the feedback from fans of the series that he regularly receives, “I get messages, probably on daily basis at the moment, and they’re always so positive, particularly from LGBT youth that are seeing the show and it’s making them feel seen and heard.
Michael’s a great actor to work with and we’re both very dedicated to wanting to do our best to honor that.” Love, Victor. “We have a lot of great writers who are LGBTQ and bring their truth to these stories and authenticity to them. “Ultimately, me and Michael, when we’re working together and doing these scenes, want to really honor the writing”, George Sear told us. George and I actually opted out of using an intimacy coach because we felt very comfortable with one another.”Įxclusive Interview: Hulu’s Love Victor star Michael Cimino on season 2 LGBTQ
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“I remember my sexual awakening as a kid watching a movie and there was this naked woman that jumped into a pool, I was like, ‘Wow, this is so crazy!’ So why isn’t there that for the LGBT community? George Sear and I really wanted to make sure that it felt explorative and fresh and new and exciting. Benji (George Sear) and Victor (Michael Cimino). “There are so many sex scenes in movies and television between straight couples all the time, so why isn’t there that for LGBT people?” Love, Victor. Photo by: Greg Gayne/Hulu.Īs we see Victor and Benji become more intimate with one another in the second season, Michael Cimino was determined to represent their sexual relationship “very accurately” as he told The Queer Review.
Victor (Michael Cimino) and Benji (George Sear). Meanwhile, as the newly out Victor is learning to embrace his sexuality, he becomes less reliant on turning to Simon for advice and in fact as the season progresses he finds himself serving as a mentor figure to a fellow gay student, and Pilar’s new bff, Rahim (Anthony Keyvan). Having just told his religious parents that he’s gay at the end of the first season, season two picks up where things left off with Victor navigating their differing reactions to the news, as well of those of his younger sister Pilar (Isabella Ferreira), his ex-girlfriend Mia (Rachel Hilson), his high school basketball teammate Andrew (Mason Gooding), and his best friend Felix (Anthony Turpel) and his girlfriend Lake (Bebe Wood). the Homo Sapiens Agenda, is set in the same world as the book and the film, but focuses on the coming out journey of teenager Victor (Michael Cimino) and his burgeoning relationship with his boyfriend Benji (George Sear). The television spinoff of Greg Berlanti’s 2018 movie Love, Simon starring Nick Robinson, based on Becky Albertalli’s novel Simon vs. Lake (Bebe Wood), Felix (Anthony Turpel), Victor (Michael Cimino), and Benji (George Sear). Ahead of the launch of the second season of the GLAAD Media Award-nominated, hit LGBTQ series Love, Victor on Hulu today, Friday June 11th, The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann spoke with its lead cast- Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding, George Sear, and Isabella Ferreira-in a series of exclusive interviews.