The director detailed his ambitions around the William S. Burroughs novella while the actor known for playing James Bond praised the daring script.

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey give us a behind-the-scenes look at how Luca Guadagnino approached filming the ayahuasca scene in 'Queer'.

Daniel Craig is receiving critical acclaim for his role in Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, Queer, an adaptation of the 1985 novel by William S. Burroughs. Craig and his co-star Drew Starkey, as well as Omar Apollo,

Since exiting the role of James Bond, Daniel Craig has seemed eager to push himself in further directions. He performed “Macbeth” on Broadway.

A steamy, surrealist adaptation of William S Burroughs’s lurid, semiautobiographical novel documenting gay expat life in 1950s Mexico, Queer also sees Starkey stumble through the streets of Mexico City tipsy on mezcal and perform modern dance with Craig while stark naked and tripping out on ayahuasca in the middle of the jungle.

"Queer," a new film directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring James Bond actor Daniel Craig, opens in theaters Wednesday.

One of the first real signs that “Queer” is going to be an unconventional movie is when Daniel Craig in a linen suit saunters through Mexico City during the early ’50s and the soundtrack blasts a song by Nirvana.

One of the first real signs that “Queer” is going to be an unconventional movie is when Daniel Craig in a linen suit saunters through Mexico City during the early ’50s and the soundtrack blasts a song by Nirvana.