Tom Sturridge on Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love,’ Finding the ‘Physical Language’ of His On-Screen Relationship With Rami Malek and Joining Mia Hansen-Løve’s Next Film

By Alex Ritman

Alex Ritman

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“The Man I Love,” Ira Sachs poetic and tender gay drama about love, lust, death and art set in late 1980s New York, received a rapturous response after its premiere in Cannes.

For all the critical acclaim being thrown the way of lead star Rami Malek, playing an amateur theater performer battling AIDS (Variety‘s review described it as his “best role since ‘Bohemian Rhapsody'”), there’s been a great deal of love for Tom Sturridge‘s turn as his partner. While Malek takes center stage, Sturridge works deftly in the spaces around him, offering a quiet, understated and yet deeply moving performance.

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