Aidan Close: Draco Malfoy's son strips down for his senior thesis, plays an incel and a Civil War soldier, wears a butterfly dress

  

Link to the n*de photos

What is Aidan Close wearing?  A Kermit the Frog outfit that's too big, and sliding off him?

Don't you hate it when butterflies eat the back of your dress?

He wore the butterfly dress for the gala performance of  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway, where he plays Scorpius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy's son.  Emmet smith, right, plays Albus Potter, Harry's son.

Adrian:  "I'm so happy the Sorting Hat brought us together."  

Question #1: Are they dating?

Probably not.  Neither post many off-stage photos together. 

Question #2: Are they dating in the play?

A review says that their relationship is "intimate, sweet, and safe," but is it a friendship or a romance?

Not in the original two-part, multiple-hour play, which sends the two Hogwarts boys on a time-travel adventure: Each gets a girlfriend. It's Harry Potter, you can't say the g-word or the t-word.

But in the paired-down, 3 1/2 hour version more often produced, the girls are platonic pals, and the relationship becomes more or less gay-coded, depending on the director's staging.  

Left: A hug.  They may be a different Albus and Scorpious.  

Left: Anthony Boyle, a previous Albus Potter, n*de on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends

Question #3: Any gay characters?

Aidan graduated from Boston University in 2023. 

His theatrical credits include:

Much Ado About Nothing.  There's more or less gay subtext.

Incels and Other Myths, performed at the New York Theater Festival (2023): A teenage boy (Aidan) into online gaming gets pulled into the misogynistic incel subculture. 

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