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Joe Locke warns that his twink death is imminent
Troye Sivan and Nicholas Galitzine are proof that people love watching a twink, but Joe Locke is hoping to break out of that role. In a conversation between the Agatha All Along actor and Daredevil star Charlie Cox for Variety's Actor on Actor series, Locke talked about loving the roles he's played so far but admitted he wants to play characters other than 'skinny gay twinks' in the future. 'When you first start working in this industry, you get cast very close to who you are,' Cox said of the normal career trajectory for actors. 'As you work more and more, the industry allows you to try more things. And you want to do different characters and play parts that you wouldn't necessarily have been cast in early on.' Locke agreed that he has fallen prey to getting typecast, but that his own experience has made him perfect for the gay roles he has played on shows like Agatha All Along and Heartstopper. 'At the moment, a lot of the auditions I get sent are for the same skinny gay twinks — which is great,' he said. 'And I'm really good at playing that, because I am a skinny gay twink.' See on Instagram But the 21-year-old star confessed that he's been eating more lately to try to put on weight so he can audition for other roles, but so far, he hasn't had any success. I'm struggling now [because] I want to do the opposite of that. I've been trying to put on weight recently. I just can't do it.' Cox shared that he had to start guzzling protein shakes and lifting weights for the first time in order to pack on the muscle for his role in Daredevil. 'They needed me to put on significant muscle quite quickly, and it was really hard. It was a lot of protein shakes. I'd never had a protein shake in my life, and I'd never been to the gym,' he said. Locke joked that he was hoping being on a Marvel show would do that for him, but they didn't want him to bulk up. 'I thought when I was getting Agatha, like, 'Great, I'm going to get paid to go and put on loads of muscle.' And they're like, 'Oh, no, no …' I was like, 'Great, cool. Thanks, guys,'' he said. Cox then asked if there is an actor's career that he'd like to emulate. 'I'm so worried about being boxed in,' Locke said. 'I'm really grateful that I've been able to play loads of great queer characters, but I don't want that to define my career.' Locke said that he looks up to Jonathan Bailey and Colman Domingo who 'is an incredible openly queer person' and has had a diverse career where he's managed to play both queer and straight roles. The young star said he loved his Agatha All Along character Wiccan because 'his queerness isn't a defining feature,' which goes such a long way when it comes to positive LGBTQ+ representation on screen. 'The whole point of representation is to change people's opinions about things. You can't do that without positive representation, where it's just a part of them. It's great that Marvel felt willing to have that sort of representation on-screen,' he said. Cox responded, "Well, for what it's worth, I think you're too talented to be boxed in.'
Perth Now
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood finally address 'ridiculous' reports of White Lotus feud
Walton Goggins has confirmed there is "no feud" with Aimee Lou Wood after 'The White Lotus'. The 53-year-old actor and his co-star - who played Rick Hatchett and Chelsea on the hit HBO show - have faced claims of a rift between them after he unfollowed her on Instagram once season three of Mike White's anthology drama was finished. In a joint interview for Variety's Actor on Actor series, he said: 'There is no feud. I adore, I love this woman madly, and she is so important to me. 'This is Goldie Hawn. This is Meg Ryan. She can do anything, and she will. You watch what the next 20 years of her experience will be. "I'll be on an island, I think Greece. But she's special. There is no feud. She is love and I know that I am that to her. We care about each other very deeply.' Walton insisted the speculation over him unfollowing her on social media was "such a comment on where we're at culturally". He argued: "Why is everyone obsessing over Instagram? That is irrelevant. We don't give a s**** about Instagram. 'Why not have conversations about the story and Rick and Chelsea and enjoy it?' Meanwhile, 'Sex Education' star Aimee, 31, explained why she decided to stay silent on the rumours despite initially wanting to correct everyone. She said: "Eventually I just started to sit back and watch these people making something out of absolutely nothing.' Walton took the opportunity in their interview to "follow" her right there and then, as he found his phone and opened up Instagram. He added: "It's all so ridiculous. It's just a part of me just saying goodbye to this character so that now Aimee and I will be friends for f****** ever.' As they hugged, she told him: 'I completely understand.' Meanwhile, Walton recalled having an emotional goodbye with 'Justified' castmate Tim Olyphant before not talking to him "for almost two years", which is what he's done "with every single thing" he's worked on. There was also the added heartbreak of him returning to Bangkok, Thailand for the first time since he escaped to the city after his wife took her own life in 2004. He explained: "My catharsis in this experience was different than other people's, because of my history in this place. "I knew what we had gone through, and I knew how close that we had gotten, and I needed to begin to process saying goodbye to Rick and Chelsea. 'And I knew that that was going to take a while for me, so I let her know, this is what I've gotta do. And she was extremely supportive about that.' He "needed to just back away from everyone", noting it wasn't a case of solely ignoring Aimee. He said: "I haven't spoken to anyone. I couldn't handle it. Judge me or don't. I don't give a f*** what you think. "This is my process. Rick means everything to me, and Chelsea means everything to me. And so that's what I needed to do for me to process all of this.'
