Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock praise LGBTQ co-stars in The Lost City
Exclusive: Harry Potter icon Daniel describes Bowen Yang and Patti Harrison as "two of the funniest people; anyone would be lucky to have them in their movie."
Words: Jamie Tabberer; picture: Paramount Pictures Studios
Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock have lavished praise on their The Lost City co-stars Bowen Yang and Patti Harrison, both of whom are members of the LGBTQ community, in an interview with Attitude.
In the film, out 15 April, Oscar-winner Sandra plays romance novelist Loretta, who embarks on a jungle adventure with Alan (Channing Tatum), the cover model of her books.
Harry Potter icon Daniel plays the film’s billionaire villain looking for the titular lost city, while Harrison, who is trans, plays Loretta’s social media manager. Yang cameos as the shady moderator host at one of Loretta’s promo appearances.
“Either you’re an asshole, or you’re not”
Speaking to Attitude about the importance of LGBTQ-inclusive casting last week, Sandra, who served as a producer on the film, said: “It represents our world. That we’re still discussing that, the same as the colour of someone’s skin or religion – our world is our world. You can deny as much as you want of it, but guess what? We all co-exist.
“I want it to look like my world, like the people I love. I look forward to the day when there are no longer sections for everybody.”
The Woman in Black star Daniel added: “Also Bowen and Patti are two of the funniest people. Anyone would be lucky to have them in their movie.”
The 32-year-old added of Channing’s character: “I’ve never heard an audience melt as one before. He’s a great hero. A hero that is incredibly masculine and looks the way he looks how he looks, but is also kind and sweet and thoughtful. It’s lovely to have a male protagonist like that.”
Speed star Sandra added of the way the film plays with gender stereotypes: “I feel lucky to be part of a generation where we can have these conversations. What does it mean to be a man and a woman? It’s liek the boundaries are being destroyed and rebuilt per individual.”
The 57-year-old adds: “The person before you is either an asshole, or not. That’s how I’d like to divide people.”
In 2019, Big Mouth writer Patti told the New York Times of trans representation on screen: “Cisgender people tend to want trans stories of triumph that are easy to metabolize. I want to make things that are subversive and not so entry-level.”
The Lost City hits UK cinemas on 15 April.
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