Growing up in Britain, it was hard to avoid the cultural significance that swept the nation with the release of Russell T Davies’ Queer as Folk. It was a revolutionary series, and one still held in high-esteem today. But it is over 20 years old, and the landscape changes, society changes, and the community changes with it – and so Stephen Dunn has brought it, emphatically, into the modern world, with a reboot launching on STARZPLAY this week.
To mark the occasion we had the pleasure of speaking to a collection of some of its leading stars, such as Ryan O’Connell & Fin Argus, as well as CG & Jesse James Keitel, and then of course the writer himself, Stephen Dunn. We discuss their relationship with the original series, and how a community can rebuild itself, with a plot-line in this series taking inspiration from the tragic mass shooting in Orlando in 2016. Don’t miss our three interviews for this one, presented in their entirety below.
Ryan O’Connell & Fin Argus
CG & Jesse James Keitel
Stephen Dunn
Synopsis
It centres on a group of club-going friends who find support in the gay community following a tragedy.
Queer As Folk reboot is coming to STARZPLAY on 1st July.
