We get it. Love in the time of COVID has more than a few folks feeling a little stir-crazy. We are humans, after all.
Fellow human Armie Hammer got especially thirsty on a recent selfie posted by none other than his Call Me By Your Name co-star Timothée Chalamet.
Modeling a black cap, chin diaper, and Apple Airpod Pros, Chalamet looks pensively off into the distance:
Hammer wrote: “”OoOOOoOoooo KING SHIT!!!”, followed by eggplants, squirts, hearts and flames. You know, the modern-day language of romance.
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Fans were certainly pleased, as the comment has received over 230k likes at the time of this post.
Here’s how it looked:
But Hammer threw some cold water on all that steam when Variety asked him about the comment.
“People got so excited,” he said. “I don’t think they realized I was actually making fun of how ridiculous people sound on the internet now.”
A quick scan of the un-ironic comments on Chalamet’s post confirms Hammer’s assessment. The word “king” appears an incredible amount considering all he did was point his phone at his face.
Hammer also touched on the much-discussed possibility of teaming up with Chalamet again for a CMBYN sequel.
“I still haven’t seen a script. I don’t know if there is a script and they’re just not giving it to me or if there isn’t a script,” he said.
WashDrySpin
Armie Hammer is the epitome of sexy but check out Oliver Jackson-Cohen SCORCHING HOT
scotshot
@WashDrySpin.
We already have Jake Gyllenhaal.
Max
I’ve been eyeing OJC since Man in the Orange Shirt. woof to hairy chested tall guys.
Donston
That’s the funny thing. The majority of Call Me By Your Name fanatics are girls in their teens and twenties who view the film and the actors pretty much like the erotic fanfic. The majority of these actors placate them but also see them as a joke.
Honestly, I see all of this as ruining the potential of “queer cinema”. Now, most high-profile “gay movies” are going to continue to be centered on “straight passing” white actors in their 20s, going to continue to be caught up in hetero dynamics, gonna continue to present homo dynamics as “forbidden” and going to mostly continue to be set at least thirty years in past. These movies are not being made for anything other than romanticizing “gay tragedy” and “forbidden love” and appealing to young women. Even within “gay movies” it seems like making sure women will embrace it and not feel uncomfortable or sussed out is of utmost importance. Harry Styles’ upcoming movie seems to just follow those same tropes. Decent production quality and enough talent involved but still Twilight-ish and old-fashion when it comes to honesty, nuance, originality, risk-taking, presentation and demo appeal.
I sorta resent the success of and fandom around CMBYN for continuing these same tropes and patterns.
dannyboi2
BULL- CMBYN IS A CLASSIC AND US OLDER GAY BOYS ARE JUST AS FANS.
Joshooeerr
Teenage girls are huge fans of male gay characters and romances in much the same way as they go wild for puppy-dog pop stars like David Cassidy or Justin Bieber. They can indulge all their nascent sexual fantasies, yet with a degree of reassurance that they can remain safe and chaste.
ljbivins
Get over it. It’s just a simple movie about infatuation, full-hearted romance, and excellent acting. We are in our seventies and saw it on the big screen when it first came out. We were drawn in and enjoyed being totally entertained by the movie. After all, that’s why we go to movies.
Donston
I’m not criticizing the movie (although I think the film is basic and doesn’t really push “queer cinema” in any direction it hasn’t gone many times). I’m just tired of “gay films” that seem made for young women and dudes who are 50+. That’s the majority of the demo who were passionate about this movie. And its success and its aggressive fan base means we’re going to keep seeing mostly these type of repetitive and safe “queer movies” getting financed and promoted.
rikard_pearson
how cute when straight men play gay. do they lisp and have limp wrists? it’s all a little tedious.
WashDrySpin
No it is called acting…
ElPillo
Except no one one lisps or has limp wrists in Call Me by Your Name. Is it worse than gays playing straight? And don’t come back with the have-to-hide argument because thankfully it’s not a tragedy now. And bad gay movies and bad gay actors happen. You don’t get jobs because you may not be as good as you think or you are an a$$ to work with.
Donston
Elpillo, you know damn well there’s still a ton of homophobia, homo inferiority, glass ceilings, hetero pressures and masculine pressures in the entertainment industry. It may not be “tragic”, but it is still incredibly problematic. While filmmakers mostly use “straight” actors to make high profile “gay” movies more sensationalistic and more of an easy sell.
This whole argument is a rather complicated, and it’s one where a lot of people from each side ends up coming off naive or dumb.
Dick Gozinia
I see nothing ‘thirsty’ about Hammer’s tweet and I still think that is a stupid expression that I never see anywhere but in Queerty.
jonasalden
I suspect that maybe Armie Hammer and Timothy Chalamet struck up a friendship during filming together and what WE don’t understand is a close, joking relationship. I just saw that film. They’ve GOT be close after acting in such intimate scenes I’d think.
Terrycloth
I hope Armie isnt in the sequel. I didnt buy him being 24 ish in call me by your name..he looked 30 ..and he acted like he didnt want to be in the movie..wooden. it was too long as well..
ShowMeGuy
To be fair….. “wooden” is Armie’s acting style.
Yes, pretending Hammer was a 24 year old, graduate student required work on the part of the movie audience.
horseman62
You guys will NEVER be happy! I’m 58, and that movie plays in the summer i first went to Europe for 6 weeks , replete with the music, at 20 yo. My pen pals mom climbed into my bed and I kicked her out, i fell for the pink string bikini clad greek god that taught sailboardind on a greek isle, our bus was held up by yugoslav police for a bribe, and i bought my first speedo. That movie was fantastically acted and I’ll always be a fan for them doing it justice. Quitcher perfectionistic millenial bitchin.