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Luca Guadagnino wanted an “iconic” actor in the lead role for ‘Queer’. The 53-year-old filmmaker has helmed the historical romantic drama and revealed how he and his agent Bryan Lourd came up with the idea of Daniel Craig starring in the adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ 1985 novel. Luca told Variety at the Venice Film Festival: “We were chatting about who could be the incarnation (of Burroughs) and I said, ‘I don’t know. I think it should be someone iconic.’ And he said, ‘What about Daniel Craig?’ “I said, ‘Well, I thought about him, but I don’t know. I would never dare to ask. He goes like…

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