Speaking of
the Twilight saga, Xavier Samuel, who plays muscular college-age vampire Riley Biers, has starred in many gay-positive movies and tv series back home in Australia.
2:37 (2006), a high school angst ensemble, with a gay dopehead facing homophobia (and getting a boyfriend).
Newcastle (2008), about surfing brothers Jesse (Lachlan Buchanan) and Fergus (Xavier). Fergus has a boyfriend, Andy (Kirk Jenkins). They frolick naked in the surf.
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Best friend to a gay guy (Miles Szanto) in
Drowning (2009).
And even when there's no explicit gay content, there's plenty of homoromantic buddy-bonding. And nudity
September (2007), about two teenagers, the white Ed (Xavier, left) and the black Paddy (Clarence John Ryan, right), trying to hold their friendship together during the turbulent 1960s.
A Few Best Men (2011), about a bridegroom (Xavier) who can't choose one best man from among his three mates.
Two Mothers (2013), about two women who fall in love with each other's sons (Xavier, Ben Mendehlson), who happen to be best friends. Haven't seen it, but apparently there's some beach frolicking.
Is September (2007) available online? I made several searches with no success.
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never, I guess…
ReplyDeleteIt’s a 20-minute short, and I don’t know if it was ever commercially release. It may have been meant as a proposal for a full length film, but that’s just a guess.
You can stream it on Vimeo.