Hugo, Guy and Terence: actors played drag and trans in the 90s
In 1994, the film "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" left the LGBT community in an uproar. Considered one of the classics of gay cinema, the film Stephan elliott gave visibility to the drag queen community.
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In the film, the drag queens called Mitzi Del Bra (Hugo weaving) and Felicia Jollygoodfellow (Guy Pearce), and the transgender woman Bernadette (Terence stamp) are hired to perform a show in an Australian desert town.
Going through great trouble and boarding a glamorous bus, what they don't know is that it was Mitzi/Anthony's wife who hired them and wants her to have closer contact with her son.
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Twenty years later, the film remains current, fun and absolutely LGBT. It also awakens the desire for a new version and curiosity: where are the protagonists of the classic? What were the transformations they underwent in their appearance and career?
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Terence Stamp – 76 years old
At 56 years old, the actor has achieved many laurels and became famous for his role as the transsexual Bernadette. He received best actor nominations at the Bafta, Golden Globe and Australian Film Institute awards. A year later, he was named one of the 100 sexiest stars in cinema history by Empire magazine. Then, among many roles, he played a vengeful gangster in The Limey (1999) – with a role written exclusively for him –, he was Jim Carrey's mentor in the film "Yes Sir" (2008) and acted in the 2012 film Song for Marion.
Hugo Weaving – 54 years old
The actor also did very well in his career and starred in more than 80 films. Some of them and their most striking characters? Agent Smith, from the Matrix trilogy, Elrond, in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Red Skull in "Captain America" and V from "V for Vendetta". Today, he's bearded and almost a "lumbersexual".
Guy Edward Pearce – 47 years old
A heartthrob among drag queens, the then 1,80m tall man made the debut of his career with Priscilla and started off on the right foot. Afterwards, he starred in major films "Los Angeles, Forbidden City" (1997), Amnesia (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and, recently, played a scientist in "Iron Man 3" (2013). Not to mention that he has played none other than Andy Warhol, icon of the pop art movement, in Factory Girl (2006). At 47 years old, Guy is still very charming and hot!
Remember one of the performances from the film:
