A new photo Russell Tovey posted to Instagram has gone viral within hours of appearing. It shows images from a shoot he did for Super Magazine.
In the first photo, the focus is just as much on Tovey’s armpit as it is on his face.
Subsequent shots show him pulling on a mesh tank top and sporting a Givenchy suit.
Super Magazine posted some alternative images to its Instagram. It says the concept for this edition was a tribute to celebrated photographer Richard Avedon, who was born 100 years ago last month.
In one of the images, Tovey wears a leather harness.
Elsewhere in the issue, there’s a fashion shoot with Tom Daley and his husband Dustin Lance Black.
This edition of the magazine has already prompted headlines with its choice of cover models. It’s used supermodel Heidi Klum, 50, and her daughter Leni, 19. The women grace alternative covers of the title.
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer who shot for the world’s top magazines. He was also a classmate of James Baldwin and took photos of civil rights activists and politicians. Baldwin and Avedon collaborated on a book, Nothing Personal, in the 1960s.
Avendon, who was bisexual and is regarded as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, died in 2004, aged 81.
Russell Tovey most recently appeared in London for a one-off, live reading of the Derek Jarman arthouse movie, Blue. The ‘Blue Now’ event took place last week at Tate Modern. Jarman died of AIDS-related illness in 1994. Blue was his final film. Composed almost entirely of a blue screen, it was a meditation on Jarman losing his sight because of HIV.
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RickfromAlba
I really felt that Looking was one of the best gay series ever like the original Queer as Folk and Tales of the City
Doug
Me too.
DBMC
Absolutely! I think it was far more real than at least the American QAF.
theaterbloke
Not a patch on either, IMHO.
james7
I loved LOOKING and wonder is it available on any of the streaming services? I first saw Tovey in THE HISTORY BOYS and he was terrific, and have followed his career in subsequent years. Nor just a great actor, we all know that men whose ears stick out like that have giant heads on their willies.
DBMC
I believe it’s on HBO, I mean, MAX.
theaterbloke
Likewise, I first saw Tovey on stage in The History Boys before I saw his television and film work. What has frequently impressed me are the number of small cameos he’s done in movies like Pride and Muppets Most Wanted. To me he is the personification of “there are no small parts, only small actors” and he is no small actor.
ladron
Looking was lacking. Tovey is wonderful despite that show.
Huron132
Russell is stunning!
Davy
Looking was a snooze fest. I watched every episode and kept waiting for something exciting or interesting to happen… nope. Apologies, but it was not more real than the American QAF. I suggest you actually watch the entire series. There’s a reason it lasted 5 years and was still a ratings hit when it went off the air. It seems like the in thing is to down it but I found it far more relatable and engaging than the UK original. It’s a milestone in gay TV entertainment whose impact and longevity have yet to be matched . As someone who went to school in the 80s / 90s and worked in clubs for two decades, I find it to be a good time capsule of those times. It’s a 20 year old show and if u bother to watch it now, you’ll see we are still dealing with the same issues in today’s world. It aged quite well. Looking? Yawn. But I admit Russel Torrey kept me watching. Too bad he wasn’t given better material.
theaterbloke
I agree that Looking falls below the US version of QAF, but I disagree that QAF-UK falls in between them. It accomplished in a half hour episode what each American installment padded out to an hour or more.
Davy
10 episodes VS 83 epiosodes. Apologies but the US version covered a more considerable amount of life material than the UK. Like 70 hours more lol
theaterbloke
Undoubtedly the US version covered more ground (the lesbians were barely a subplot in the UK version) and added more current topics (gay bashing, marriage equality, etc.,) but better written or better acted? Never. I will always compare the way Vince/Michael was outed at his birthday party by Stuart/Brian. Hazel accomplished in one line what they gave Debbie a full paragraph to say.
dbmcvey
QAF was set in a Pittsburgh that never existed and had one of the most unpleasant characters ever written (Brian Kinney) who treated everyone terribly but they all still followed behind him like lovesick schoolgirls.
Pietro D
I never ever thought LOOKING was boring!
Pissed it was cancelled.
PapaBearPgh
“You can practically nuzzle in Russell Tovey’s armpit”? Please, hairy armpits are so over. I enjoy a good cuddle, snuggle and a nuzzle, but not in smelly armpits.
JJinAus
Hairy armpits are over? No, they are normal for men. At least the men I fancy.
Yooper
Ditto, brother, ditto……
Paul2
Correct me if i’m wrong, but didn’t he say he was glad he never learned tap dancing, but yet here he is in a dress? I’m confused.
dbmcvey
Not sure what one has to do with the other.