There is sometimes a disbelief that they can exist when seemingly all adolescent friendships are about accompanying each other on the quest to get shagged. Plenty of gay people have a straight best mate, and yet British television has long overlooked these sort of male relationships. Instead, I’ve written a dweeby, shy queer character, Jack (Dylan Llewellyn), taking centre-stage, with a straight best pal, Danny (Jon Pointing), coming along for the ride. And while that deserves no prize or laddy pat on the back (because a hug might look gay), I do believe it needs celebrating more than ever in the current climate.Ī gay-straight male friendship is central to my new Channel 4 series, Big Boys, a sweet-but-silly comedy based on my university years, where I flip the trope of the gay best friend.
Photograph: Kevin Baker/Channel 4/ Kevin BakerĪlas, Eddy graciously declined, but I was chuffed by the way he could soak up the spectacle of Pride, laughing with rather than at.
Fresh meat … Dylan Llewellyn and Olisa Odele.
