Guadagnino, convinced Craig was right for the role, approached the actor with the script. In Craig, Guadagnino saw someone, he says, who was “open to play.” Within days, Craig, long an admirer of Guadagnino’s films, was in.

Luca Guadagnino's Queer is a unique film, a brilliant film, and a deeply and profoundly odd film, and it won't be a movie that everyone loves.

Queer will only available to watch in a movie theater, when it opens in the U.S. in select theaters on Wednesday, November 27, before having a wide release on December 13. You can find a showing near you via Fandango . Queer is not yet available to watch online or on streaming.