{"id":38799,"date":"2023-10-28T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1914392"},"modified":"2023-10-28T13:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T11:13:41","slug":"fellow-travelers-producer-explains-moment-which-brought-him-to-tears","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/fellow-travelers-producer-explains-moment-which-brought-him-to-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellow Travelers producer explains moment which brought him to tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Robbie Rogers spoke exclusively with RadioTimes.com about the new series starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 28 October 2023 at 06:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Paramount Plus series Fellow Travelers is based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Fellow-Travelers-Thomas-Mallon\/dp\/0307388905\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">novel of the same name<\/a>, and stars Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey as two men who begin a volatile relationship at the height of McCarthyism in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>Executive producer Robbie Rogers spoke exclusively with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> ahead of the series\u2019s arrival on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/how-to-watch-paramount-plus-uk\/\">Paramount Plus<\/a>, and revealed an emotional moment from the show which brought him to tears.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers said: \u201cThere was a moment that really struck me and brought me to tears in episode 8. The guys are naked and they\u2019re slow dancing in Hawk\u2019s townhouse. This comes after McCarthy\u2019s funeral, and something happens, this lady that hates Tim [and] hates gays is quite homophobic to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd them being in the apartment in this intimate moment together, slow dancing naked \u2013 I was brought to tears, because I started to think of all the men and women that had to steal a moment away from everything that was going on outside, all the hate that was directed towards them, and just find a moment to be in a different world together and to show each other love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, 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992px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=815%2C543 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=815%2C543 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(min-width: 590px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> <img class=\"wp-image-1910694 align size-landscape_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Fellow-Travelers-8543769.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in Fellow Travelers wearing suits, staring at each other\" title=\"Fellow Travelers\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in Fellow Travelers.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>Ben Mark Holzberg\/Showtime<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI just found that incredibly emotional, and it also made me sad to think about all the people at that time and through history, and even in different parts of the world now, that have to hide behind doors and walls to love the person that they love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was incredibly emotional when we were shooting that, and I think when people see that, they\u2019ll understand why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/black-doves-netflix-sarah-lancashire-newsupdate\/\">Happy Valley\u2019s Sarah Lancashire joins Keira Knightley in Black Doves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/bella-ramsey-time-role-terrified-newsupdate\/\">Time star Bella Ramsey explains why new role \u201cterrified\u201d them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In his interview, Rogers also spoke about how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/fellow-travelers-bailey-bomer-chemistry-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">power dynamics play out<\/a> between the two characters, Hawkins (Bomer) and Tim (Bailey), in their relationship, including in the sex scenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s quite a thing with historical LGBT film and television, where the cast or a character is a victim,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd with Hawk, he\u2019s not a victim. He has power in DC, he has power in his relationships, he\u2019s very much in control of his life. And that obviously addresses with how he behaves with Tim, and falling in love with him.<\/p> <p>\u201cEven with, you could say, the sex \u2013 our intention wasn\u2019t to be, like, salacious, or push the boundaries. It was very much a dance with power. And at times Hawk is exerting that over Tim, and there\u2019s times where Tim realises that he has power over Hawk, so he uses it to go to a party, or uses it to find intimacy with Hawk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s that quote, where it\u2019s like \u2018everything\u2019s about sex, except for sex, it\u2019s about power\u2019? I heard it a few times in the writers\u2019 room and was like, \u2018Oh, yeah, that\u2019s definitely the show.&#8217;\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6339520277112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Fellow Travelers will debut on Saturday 28th October on Paramount+.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Looking for something else to watch? 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