Josh O’Connor reportedly in talks to star in new gay romance from Luca Guadagnino

Josh O’Connor in The Crown (Image: Netflix)

The Crown star Josh O’Connor is reportedly in talks to star in a gay romance drama by director Luca Guadagnino.

The Italian director who gave us Call Me By Your Name and the soon-to-be-released Challengers (which O’Connor features in) is working on an adaptation of Pier Vittorio Tondelli’s 1989 novel Separate Rooms.

As per Variety on Monday (25 March) O’Connor is in “advanced talks” to star in the film which focuses on Leo, an Italian writer, mourning his boyfriend, Thomas. The pair meet in Paris but Leo moves around Europe while Thomas is based in Berlin. O’Connor has not commented on the report.

Sources have told the publication that the God’s Own Country actor has already been studying Italian for the

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