Man About Town Issue 37

Timezones couldn’t stand between the transatlantic friendship of Russell Tovey and Pedro Pascal. Neither could career jealousy – although Pascal is always telling Tovey his ability to segue between the likes of Harold Pinter plays, AIDs crisis fantasia Angels in America and cult BBC Three sitcom Him & Her is something he envies. It’s a bond that deals in love and schoolboy humour in equal measure. But with a quartet of releases for Tovey in 2025’s final quarter – taut, affecting look at 90s gay cruising stings Plainclothes, a Doctor Who spin-off, children’s art book and kaleidoscopic BBC comedy Juice – a transatlantic debrief between pals is the only answer. 

As Tovey covers our Autumn/Winter 2025 issue, they talk why being “vers” is the best, the highlights of 90s queer cinema, how working with first-time director on Plainclothes Carmen Emmi changed Tovey’s approach to filming and why acting as cheerleaders to rising creatives is the most important thing they can do.

Russell wears accessories by Montblanc.

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