Andrew Scott Worries 'Heated Rivalry' Fans Will Avoid Sad Gay Dramas Like 'Elsinore'

Andrew Scott on Elsinore & the importance of telling stories about the AIDS crisis: "The shame does not lie with gay people"

Andrew Scott thinks there should be room for painful queer stories.

Andrew Scott worries 'Heated Rivalry' fans will avoid sad gay dramas like 'Elsinore'

In a conversation that spanned his incredible acting career, Andrew Scott shared what troubles him most about the state of LGBTQ+ cinema and television drama today... that audiences seeking to indulge in queer joy may avoid recalling our painful history.The Irishman, whose new film opened the BFI London Film Festival Wednesday, joined his castmates the next day at London’s BFI Southbank, along with some of the people upon whom the film, Elsinore…

Andrew Scott on ‘Elsinore’ and Being an Out Gay Actor in 2026: “I’ve Been Able to Thrive in This Situation, and That Feels Genuinely Extraordinary”

Scott, previously best known for playing the (hot) priest in 'Fleabag,' says of Ian Charleson, the 'Chariots of Fire' actor he plays in 'Elsinore' whose opportunities were limited because he was gay: "I thought when I was starting out that that was my fate too, but bit by bit, for whatever reason, that's turned out not to be the case."

Andrew Scott Says Movies Must Keep Telling AIDS Crisis Stories as Elsinore Opens London Film Festival

Highlights Andrew Scott says movies should keep telling AIDS crisis stories, even as joyful queer hits like Heated Rivalry rise. The Elsinore star said the shame belongs to governments who ignored the epidemic, not to gay people who lived it. Scott plays Ian Charleson, who played Hamlet while dying of AIDS. Focus Features opens Elsinore in the US Nov. 20. Andrew Scott isn’t interested in looking away from the AIDS crisis. And he doesn’t think H…

‘Elsinore' star Andrew Scott talks positioning of gay stories, ...

“The shame does not lie with the gay people,” says Scott at LFF talk.