but the white raspberries are ripe

Ben Whishaw as John Keats BRIGHT STAR (2009) dir. Jane Campion

The Hour, season 1 episode 3 (2011) dir. Harry Bradbeer

james dean, sal mineo & natalie wood // anne hathaway, audra mcdonald & raúl esparza // ben whishaw, matthew goode & hailey atwell

Brideshead Revisited (2008) dir. Julian Jarrold

Are you an animal person? Norman Scott seems to be. Did you have to deal with lots of animals on set? 

Yes I love animals, I’ve loved that part of it. There was Bella who plays Mrs Tish, who is the first dog that Norman has and she is a very clever little dog. Very well behaved and a very good little actor – for the most part. She gets a bit sleepy at a certain point of the day… [X]

He’s effeminate, and therefore we think he’s weak. But that man sits in pubs and clubs and houses and hotels telling all the world about his homosexuality. Out loud! All day long! Doesn’t bother him who’s listening—priests, or housewives, or landlords, or anyone. He tells the truth, and doesn’t care. No one else does that, Jeremy… no one. Certainly not us. In the whole of this land, there is Norman and Norman alone. To be blunt, he amazes me. I think he’s one of the strongest men in the world.

Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott in A Very English Scandal (2018)

something something construction of the self something something gender 

Ben Whishaw in Euripides’ Bakkhai

I wish I knew earlier about this. It probably was amazing. Anyone seen it?

Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott in A Very English Scandal, Part 1 (2018)

I’m not sure that word’s ever been said within these walls before. Not in that context. My wife insists that gay means happy.