I love when social media actually does something positive. For me, that's when a post introduces me to an actor or a project I've never heard of before. Recently, I saw a post about actor Paul Rudd in a 2000 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. I'd never heard of this particular adaptation before and was interested to read more. Rudd played Nick Carraway and his sexuality in the F. Scott Fitzgerald's class has always been the subject debate. While never explicitly stated as gay, many scholars, readers, and literary critics—and even Truman Capote's early film adaptation—view Nick as a closeted gay or bisexual man deeply in love with Jay Gatsby
Now of course I've heard of Rudd, and I've read The Great Gatsby, but to be honest, have never actually seen any of the films adapted by the book. I keep meaning to see the Robert Redford led film, and will one of these days. After reading about Rudd however, I was curious about this version. Doing a little research I learned that Gatsby was played by English actor Toby Stephens.
Now maybe I've been loving under a rock, but I'd never heard of Stephens before, nor that he was one of Dame Maggie Smith's two sons. Although I love Smith the actress, I knew next to nothing about her personal life, nor that one of her sons was a famous actor. This led me to check out some of his roles, including two interesting nude scenes in English made television projects. Check them both out on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
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