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Here's Your First Look at Olly Alexander's Gay HBO Series It's A Sin
"I’m so so excited for you guys to meet Ritchie and the gang," Alexander wrote on Instagram.
From Queer as Folk creator Russell T. Davis comes a new five-part drama series tackling the AIDS crisis.
Years and Years lead singer Olly Alexander will play 18-year-old Ritchie Tozer who moves to London with his friends Roscoe and Colin in the early 1980s, at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.
The official description reads:
It’s 1981, the start of a new decade and Ritchie (Olly Alexander), Roscoe (Omari Douglas) and Colin (Callum Scott Howells) begin a new life in London.
Strangers at first, these young gay lads, and their best friend Jill (Years and Years’ Lydia West), find themselves thrown together, and soon share each other’s adventures. But a new virus is on the rise, and soon their lives will be tested in ways they never imagined. As the decade passes, and they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they’re determined to live and love more fiercely than ever.
In a new teaser for the drama, we get a glimpse of Ritchie walking up to a jukebox and playing “It’s A Sin” by Pet Shop Boys before setting his sights on the hot bartender. Neil Patrick Harris, Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry, Tracy Ann Oberman, Shaun Dooley, Lydia West, and Nathaniel Ash also star in the film.
"I’m so so excited for you guys to meet Ritchie and the gang," Alexander wrote on Instagram.
It’s A Sin premieres 2021 on HBO Max in the U.S. and Channel 4 in the U.K. Your first look is below:
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Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
