The FireIsland star opens up about using his craft as an avenue for Asian American and queer representation.
Fire Island
follows two best friends, Noah and Howie , who flock to the gay haven every summer with their friends:, Keegan and Max . But after learning their friend, Erin , is planning to sell the place they consider a second home, the friends are forced to make the most of what could be their last summer together on the island.
“It was very easy to fall in love with Conrad every day,” adds Booster. “I think it’s a huge indictment on this industry that this is the first time Conrad Ricamora is playing a romantic lead, because he’s so good at it, and it’s effortless and natural to him that I hope this is the launching pad for him to be the next Matthew McConaughey.
“I started doing local community theater—and then it started paying,” he says. “It was a natural progression: there wasn’t a day when I was like, ‘Oh, I’m going to be an actor now!’ I just started doing it again because I remembered I really loved doing it.”-starring legal drama.
How so? “I think it was from playing tennis and my psych degree that I learned to not worry about things that I can’t control. I would show up to work and then I’d live my life,” he responds. “[I’m] still the same person.”Pride and Prejudice
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