Daniel Craig on ‘Queer’ Sex Scenes, Playing a Heroin Addict and Knowing Drew Starkey Was a ‘Huge Star’ Without Ever Seeing ‘Outer Banks’

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Singer Omar Apollo makes his acting debut as a hustler who has sex with Daniel Craig in “Queer,” but the James Bond star says he didn’t have to worry about easing the newcomer’s nerves.

“Omar is beautiful human being,” Craig told me at the recent Barbara Broccoli-hosted screening of the Luca Guadagnino-directed movie at CAA. “You just have to look after each other. That’s all. We’re all adults. We know what it’s about and try to make the scene as real as you can.”

Based on William S. Burroughs’ novel of the same name, the film stars Craig as an American writer in 1940s Mexico who falls for a young fellow expat, played by “Outer Banks” breakout Drew Starkey.

You appear so dirty in the movie. Your nails are filthy. Did you just want to take a shower all the time?

In the 1940s people didn’t shower as much, maybe there once a week. But we also wanted the ink under his nails because he’s a writer but there are no…

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