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Olly Alexander grateful for It’s A Sin support from elders

OHMYGOSSIP — Olly Alexander is grateful to have spoken with people about their experiences of the AIDs crisis.
The ‘It’s A Sin’ actor – who plays Ritchie Tozer in the Channel 4 drama series, which depicts the lives of gay men and their friends who lived during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the UK – has opened up about befriending an older gay couple at his gym and hearing about their experiences just before he started filming.
He told GQ magazine: “It can be so difficult as a gay person to feel like you have inter-generational support.
“Elders are so important in our community. You can get so much from the people who have gone through so much before and fought that fight.”
The 30-year-old star was also glad the whole cast was able to get together with a group of men and women who were there at the time, and were also willing to share their own experiences.
He added: “I feel so lucky that I got to engage with that and keep learning.
“I was just scratching the surface and there are so many stories you can tell from this period. It’s impacted us all the way until now and it will in the future.”
Olly was delighted to be part of a cast and crew on Russell T Davies’ show that were predominantly LGBTQ+.
He explained: “It was a revelation. I’ve never been on a set with so many queer people.
“I’ve never even worked with a gay director, so it was a completely new experience…
“We [the cast] understood these characters [with a] kind of shorthand that gay people understand.”
Olly filmed some X-rated sex scenes with co-star Nathaniel Curtis, but he has overwhelmingly fond memories of shooting the show.
He laughed: “I can tell you I’ll never forget being practically butt-naked with my a*** in the air in front of colleagues.”

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