Jonathan Bailey recalls sucking Matt Bomer's toe in 'Fellow Travelers'

Jonathan Bailey He said he was given “precise” direction in the toe-sucking scene Matt Bomer in Other travelers.

“It was written down very, very carefully, and it was as accurate as it needed to be,” Billy, 35, said. Hollywood Reporter In an interview published on Thursday, December 28. “I understood it when I read it, and it didn’t scare me.”

In the Showtime limited series, which premiered in October,… Bridgerton The actor and Bomer, 46, play two political staffers who fall in love and hide their relationship. Based on the 2007 fantasy novel of the same name by the author Thomas MaloneThe film is set in the 1950s, a time when openly gay men were not allowed to hold positions in the federal government.

In addition to critical acclaim, Other travelers It attracted attention for the provocative love scenes between Billy's character Tim Laughlin and Boomer Hawkins Fuller.

“I was saying to myself, ‘If this is what we're doing in the first episode, it'll be worth moving to Toronto for five months, and it'll be a show I want to watch,'” Bomer recalls. “Not only is it incredibly complicated, and not only is it really exciting.” “It's also something that disguises itself as provocative, but is actually psychologically affecting and the people who understand it understand it.”

Boomer added that Other travelers The love scenes “were a true outward representation of what was going on with these characters internally and emotionally.”

“For me, it was really refreshing to see the gay love scenes highlighted in a really unflinching way,” he continued.

Billy's character also noticeably drinks milk throughout the series, a detail the actor said was “an intentional and brilliant way to show such naivety.” He continued: “Immediately you know that this is a character completely outside the world in which Hook inhabits, and he sees the world very differently.”

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“The milk was on the recall,” Billy added. “She's a character in her own right. And Milk's character is more dramatic than anyone else's. I say: Give her a spin-off.”

In an interview with the people Earlier this month, Billy spoke about the personal significance of his role in the film Other travelers. “I looked for these gay stories, an inclusive gay love story, and I didn't really see it,” he said. “This has done it all and is something I know I will be proud of for the rest of my career.”

“The superpower of being on the outside and looking in means that as you grow up, you're drawn to unique and exciting storytelling and creators,” he continued. “And I think gay people have real power that can be celebrated.”

Other travelers It airs on Showtime Sundays at 9pm ET.