MOORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
With a part in the high-school gay romcom Love, Simon, Clark Moore’s star is rising. He talks to Attitude about the role, his own experience of school and diversity in Hollywood
WORDS: TIM HEAP
PHOTOS: LUKA FONTANA
THE HIGH-SCHOOL ROMCOM WITH A DIFFERENCE
, Love, Simon, hits cinemas in early April. Directed by Greg Berlanti and adapted from Becky Albertalli’s best-selling YA novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, the most interesting thing about it is it’s a gay romcom. Cast as out-and-proud Ethan — a part especially created for the movie that works as a counterpoint to Simon’s more “masc” version of homosexuality — is Clark Moore. Born in Atlanta, he’s a relative newcomer to the screen, having appeared in just a handful of shows. We caught up with him in Los Angeles, which he now calls home.
I’ve seen the film and thought it was brilliant. There’s a lot of hype about it; do you feel that?
I don’t know if I do. I live in LA and there’ve been a lot of screenings so a lot of my friends have been to see it and they text me saying, “Oh my God, I’ve just seen Love, Simon, it’s amazing…” It feels as if there’s a lot of buzz, but I’m so in it that I can’t really tell if it’s just an echo chamber.