"The Curse": One of many "cursed" tv shows leads me from Bjorn Mosten to Xavier R., with a lot of dicks in between

 

Amazon Prime recommended a British tv series called The Curse (2022).  I'm interested in the paranormal, but British dramas are not great at LGBTQ representation, so rather than going through an entire episode, I conduct an internet search on The Curse (2022) and "gay characters." 

A lot of movies and tv shows with that title appeared between 2021 and 2023.  Doesn't anyone ever check to ensure that single-word titles aren't repeated?  

The Curse (2021):  When its new owners (including Laurence Rupp) move in, the curse on a haunted house resurfaces. Left: Bjorn Mosten, who appears when you search on "Laurence Rupp nude."

The Cursed (2021): In 17th century France, Seamus (Alastair Petrie) attacks a Romani camp.  They get revenge by sending a werewolf to kill people in his village. 

Left: Alastair's backside.

The Curse (2023): An American tv series about a newlywed man and woman trying to be eco-friendly in a small New Mexico town.  It stars Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder.

Left: Nathan's penis, or a prosthetic. 

He also shows his backside.

The Curse (2023): An American tv series about the host of a HGTV show about "passive homes," starring Emma Stone and Nathan Fieder.

Wait, this is the same show with a completely different premise.  Did they reboot halfway through?

Reverse the Curse (2023): Ted (Logan Marshall-Green) is a failed writer turned penis vendor at Yankee Stadium. He moves home to care for his dying father, and creates a winning streak for his favorite baseball team.

Sorry, I meant peanut vendor, but he shows his penis, too. 

After the first five, I give up: Apparently the British tv series The Curse (2022) exists nowhere on the internet except on Amazon Prime.  

More after the break. Caution: Explicit.

Back to Prime.  The title is a misdirection: it's a dark comedy about working class hoods planning a robbery in 1980s Thatcher Britain.  In the first episode, we meet focus character Tash, who runs a down-and-out diner with her husband Albert (Allan Mustafa, second from the left).  She criticizes her mentally ill regular Mick (Tom Davis, right, who also directed) for lying about everything.

The three of them and Phil (Hugo Chegwin, left) plan the heist together.

The Episode 1.5 plot synopsis tells us that after the heist, Phil and Mick are "living large in nightclubs and Bentleys" before "the net tightens."  Maybe they're a gay couple?   I fast-forward: they own a glitzy nightclub called the Gold Rush. No longing looks or displays of affection, and they part at the end of the episode.  Nope.

Maybe some of the actors have nude photos online?

Allan Mustafa, no.

Tom Davis, no.

Google Images thinks that this is Hugo Chegwin nude, but it's actually French model Roch Barbot in his underwear.

Minor character Abraham Popoola show his backside in a very unattractive shot, and "Steve Stamp nude" yields this Playgirl page from the 1980s.  Steve Stamp was born in 1985.  This can't be him.

Well, maybe some of the actors are gay in real life?

When I search for "Hugo Chegwin" and "gay," I get Xavier R., who graduated from Vermont State University in 2019 as a computer technology major, and now lives in Fort Lauderdale, where he shows his stuff on his OnlyFans page.

He's gay, and in a three-way relationship with two other guys.  But no acting credits listed on the IMDB except a porno, so no good for a profile.

And now when I search for The Curse (2022), IMDB, Wikipedia, and Rotten Tomatoes articles appear on top of the results.  WTF?

I shoulda stood in bed.

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