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Josh is fast becoming one of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men, best known as Larry in ITV's The Durrells and for his portrayal of a young Prince Charles in 13 episodes of The Crown.
But his burgeoning fame was cemented in Challengers, with his performance as Patrick, a cocksure tennis professional.
He's one of several actors, including Paul, who have sprung to fame for portraying more nuanced sides of masculinity.
Challengers’ Josh O’Connor Teased His Sexuality After Playing Several Gay Roles
He’s a pro in complicated romantic roles. I think I have mixed feelings.
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From the restraint of The Crown to the volatility of Challengers, the pattern held.
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Josh O' Connor and Alexandru Secăreanu in God's Own Country (Miracle FIlm).
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UPDATE: Since this story first ran, Josh O’Connor’s year got even busier.
Although Josh put it more bluntly in an interview: 'I think we're all still trying to figure out what the f*** is wrong with men.'
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Then, Tashi sits back while the other two continue. The interesting thing is that the kiss wasn’t in the early version of the script. It’s the only way they know how to communicate.”
While the movie is super horny, the Challengers sex scene is not what you think. “I have been asked, a few times, should a straight actor play a gay part?” he told GQ.
“It wasn’t,” filmmaker Luca Guadagnino confirmed to the New York Times. Just to play it and be in his shoes for a few months was bliss,” O’Connor told AP. “That’s what I’ll hold on to with Patrick. O’Connor got talked about because he was good, and because he kept picking characters with emotional risk.
The actor, 34, reflected on his role in the 2017 film God's Own Country which sees his character Johnny, fall in love with a Romanian migrant worker.
He is next set to star in the forthcoming romantic drama, The History of Sound, alongside Paul Mescal.
“We were asked about the sex scenes, and Z [Zendaya] was like, ‘there aren’t any’,” O’Connor told the press in Australia when the film opened on April 18, per Elle Australia. However, in 2023, he purchased a house in Gloucestershire and moved back to the UK so it’s unknown if they are still together. He played men who wanted something, then made you feel the cost of it.
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Josh O’Connor has admitted he has 'mixed feelings' about playing gay characters despite starring in two homosexual roles (pictured in May)
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Josh said: 'It’s a really difficult subject.
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Spoilers ahead for Challengers! If you watched just the trailer of the long-awaited movie about a love triange, you’ve seen that spicy scene where Tashi (Zendaya), Art (Faist), and Patrick (O’Connor) gather in a hotel room and share a three-way kiss.
'But to be totally truthful, I’m not 100% sure how I do feel about it.
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Before the awards buzz and bigger budgets, his breakout for a lot of us was God’s Own Country.
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I really like Patrick. And actually, the tennis is the sex scene. I find him hilarious and charming and he knows himself.