DA: Congratulations on the success of “We Are Who We Are”! And on that note, how does it feel working with Luca Guadagnino? JDG:

Luca Guadagnino is honestly one of the greatest directors of this generation. His dedication and commitment to the art of it all is unreal. He’s so devoted to bringing stories to life and making them so that the emotions are always in the foreground without being too dramatic. He’s definitely one of my biggest inspirations.

It was all a big leap for me. Playing Fraser required a lot of my psyche and dedication to acting. It was beyond acting, though. I had to actually become him which was so transformative for me. It wasn’t necessarily difficult, but it did require a lot of me as an actor which was such excellent exercise.