We hope movie theaters have good insurance, because we all know what happens when audiences get too close to Russell Tovey’s bare torso.
In his upcoming film The Pass, Tovey plays a closeted footballer, and judging by the promos shot floating around the web, skin is a big selling point.
According to the British Film Institute:
The Pass is the story of three very different nights over 10 years in the life of a Premier League Footballer. Jason (Russell Tovey) is at the beginning of his career, and on the night before his first big international match he and long-time friend and team-mate Ade (Arinze Kene) share a hotel room, trying to beat the inevitable pre-match tensions with locker-room banter and teenage high-jinks. Out of nowhere Jason kisses Ade. The emotional repercussions of this pass, and the decisions that follow on and off the pitch, have a major impact on every aspect of the public and private lives of both men across the next decade.
The film is an adaptation of a stage play of the same name, in which Tovey and Kene also starred.
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The show played to critical acclaim, with The Guardian saying of Tovey’s performance, “What Tovey captures superbly, apart from Jason’s physical fitness, is his shift from a nervy but determined teenager into a…figure who has paid the price of fame.”
Perhaps he was drawing on the backlash he got from those femme comments in March of last year. But probably not.
Billy Budd
I love watching two hot closeted studs interacting.
Paco
They aren’t going to try to have him pass for a teen, are they?
scotshot
@Paco: The film is set over a period of 10 years.
Kangol
Arinze Kene is sexy!
Rich Borkowski
James
Michael Golden
Sexy
Xzamilio
I wanna see this… I wanna see naked Tovey and Kene… I wanna see nipple licking… I wanna see butts. I wanna see an actual story with substance… with butts. Two nice black and white butts!!
Captain Obvious
That blonde hair washes him out, but other than that looks like a hot movie.
DarkZephyr
@Xzamilio: LOL Yes! A story with substance AND butts is the best kind!!
Dee Stephens
Hot
Billy Budd
I love the fact that it is an interracial couple. Interracial couples are the future. I had my most intense orgasms with a black dick. LOL
pscheck2
It seems the pendulum is still swinging ‘our’ way with more movies and TV series having gay themed plots! Don’t know what the plot line is , but I’m hoping it is not tragic or unresolved, as it is in most films with gay characters! It seems a paradox that movies that have gay themes,( made to garner our empathy and social outrage,) always end with the gay character getting the short end of the stick! (Don’t mention gay comedies–the ones I have seen are so superficial, idiotic and with gay characters who are an embarrassment to our ’cause!’) I think the movie makers who are in sympathy with our life style would make a film showing being gay has its rewards: happiness, fulfillment and a productive life! lol.
silveroracle
Oh god. Both are gorgeous, especially Russell Tovey.
Michael1500
I’m looking forward to this movie. There are far too few of this type. The thing is, this is “real life.” There is just no estimation of the number of closeted gay men in sports— not to mention in general society.
Billy Budd
It would be a privilege to suck Tovey’s dick.
CarlIsle
What’s new? He gets naked in everything he does.
ShowMeGuy
Bring it.