WATCH: Olly Alexander denies the existence of AIDS in new ‘It’s a Sin’ clip

Russell T. Davies has our attention.

That should come as no surprise to anyone with knowledge of his upcoming new series, It’s a Sin. The series chronicles the early days of the AIDS crisis in Britain, and stars actor Olly Alexander, best known as the lead singer of the band Years & Years.

In It’s a Sin, Alexander plays Ritchie Tozer, a gay teenager who moves to London in 1981. There, he basks in the glory of post-Stonewall gay life as rumors of “gay cancer” begin to circulate among the populace.

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A new clip, posted to Twitter January 5 by Alexander himself, offers a bit of insight into his character. In it, Ritchie dismisses concern over AIDS, chalking it up to a conspiracy

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