Queer’s Omar Apollo Heats Up the Internet With Full-Frontal Photo

Omar Apollo is letting it all hang out as he celebrates a milestone for his debut movie.

“Queer available on streaming now for all the dLs that didn’t wanna go to theatre 😝,” Apollo, 27, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, January 15, with a revealing shot from the film.

In the post, Apollo appears nearly nude as he films a scene alongside Daniel Craig in a hotel room. The actor did cover up his genitals with an emoji.

“What platform?” Troye Sivan asked in the comments section. Actor Hari Nef added, “Finally I can stream in peace.”

While many followers appeared excited about the social media moment, Apollo also faced some critics. He chose to address them in a separate post.

“I’m losing followers for posting this,” he wrote via his Instagram Story. “Unfollow me if ur a homophobe. You’re not my target audience. I will never make myself ‘palatable.’ This isn’t my life, I AM life. Stupid.”

Based on the novel of the same name by Willam S. Burroughs, Queer tells the story of William Lee (Craig), a United States expatriate living in Mexico City who becomes obsessed with another young American named Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey).

Journeying together into the jungle, Lee sees the possibility of an intimate and infinite love. Apollo’s unnamed character, however, serves as an introduction to the darker side of desire.

Before filming an intimate scene with Craig, Apollo took steps to make sure his body was in shape for the big-screen moment.

“I had to get on the soup diet,” he told Interview in September 2024. “[Director] Luca [Guadagnino] did not tell me to lose weight, but when you’re about to have a sex scene with Daniel Craig, you’re like, ‘Oh, dude, I can’t be looking off.’”

Apollo said he lost 20 pounds because he read in the script that his character “had a flat brown stomach.”

“I was like, ‘Damn, I’m actually not flat right now,’” he shared. “I had to get it together, and I was on tour with SZA. Luckily, I didn’t have that many lines.”

Looking back on the filming experience, Apollo has nothing but good things to say about his costar.

“[Daniel’s] had a prolific career and is a very revered actor,” Apollo shared with Them in November 2024. “I knew that he wasn’t going to be intimidated by the scene I was doing with him.”

Queer is streaming now on Prime Video, iTunes and other digital retailers.