Home of the Dragon actor Freddie Fox as soon as starred in homosexual drama Cucumber and Banana. (Max/Channel 4)
Whereas TV viewers are seeing actor Freddie Fox strolling the streets of Westeros as Ser Gwayne Hightower in Home of the Dragon, they won’t do not forget that he as soon as had a number one position in two of Russell T Davies’ gayest dramas.
British star of stage and display screen Fox, 35, is at present taking part in Ser Gwayne Hightower in Sport of Thrones spin-off Home of the Dragon, having been solid in season two final yr.
Ser Gwayne is the boastful son of Ser Otto (Rhys Ifans), and the brother of Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke), and followers have watched over the season’s first three episodes as his involvement within the plot has continued to develop.
However lengthy earlier than that he was in Davies’ Cucumber and Banana taking part in one other boastful – this time, bisexual – character, Freddie Baxter. He went on to play himself within the exhibits’ instructional sister collection, Tofu.
Baxter was recognized for his nihilistic, party-hard way of life and penchant for informal intercourse, after getting chucked out of college. Queer followers of the present (and let’s be sincere, the overwhelming majority of the present’s followers had been queer) obtained to see numerous Freddie, A LOT: he spent a lot of his time bare and snogging males.
Cucumber and Banana solely ran for one collection every in 2015, and, unhappy to say, Fox’s character in Home of the Dragon isn’t fairly as frisky. Boo!
Fox additionally starred in hit queer drama movie Delight in 2014, alongside Child Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning, and performed prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s son Mark in The Crown. Subsequent yr, followers will see him cropping up with trans Pose star Indya Moore in The Sandman, the place he’ll be taking part in Loki.
It appears he’s had moderately extra roles than his cousin, Reclaim Celebration founder Laurence Fox.
When requested beforehand requested his personal sexuality, he has, completely pretty, been reluctant to outline it. In 2015, he mentioned he has “had girlfriends, however I wouldn’t want to say ‘I’m this or I’m that’, as a result of at a while in my life I would fall in love with a person”.
He hopes to “fall in love with one other individual, versus a intercourse”.
When requested concerning the quote in 2020, Fox mentioned he thinks “sexually rounded” actors have an “benefit” within the trade.
“Having the ability to say that you’ve a more-rounded expertise as a human being, whether or not it’s by way of sexuality, or no matter, is now perceived as an actual benefit,” he informed The Telegraph.
Home of the Dragon season two is at present inflicting a stir due to its third episode, during which Saltburn star Ewan Mitchell appeared absolutely nude.
Home of the Dragon season two is on the market to stream on Max, Sky and Now, with new episodes launched weekly.