Queer As Folk Reboot Cast & Character Guide
Peacock's new Queer as Folk reboot features an extensive cast of new characters. Developed for a modern audience by Stephen Dunn, the series aims to revamp and resurrect the revolutionary representation of both the British and American versions of Queer as Folk that originally premiered in the late '90s and early '00s. The first iteration of the show was created by Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies, and aired on Channel 4 in the U.K. in 1999. Queer as Folk quickly made waves as one of the first shows on television to depict explicit gay sex and the intricacies of the queer club scene at the time.
Though the British series didn't last very long, an American version was soon created for Showtime starring Hal Sparks, Gale Harold, and the legendary Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey). It lasted for five seasons and gained an ardent following, largely made up of queer viewers who had never seen themselves represented on screen before Queer as Folk. The show greatly expanded the presence of LGBTQ+ characters on television and inspired other shows to do the same. Queer-centric content, such as The L Word, became increasingly prominent and visible, with Queer as Folk being firmly in the nexus of this new stage of representation.
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Unlike The L Word: Generation Q season 1 and many other shows that have been revived in recent years, Peacock's Queer as Folk unfortunately does not include any of the actors or writers from the previous series. The streaming show instead introduces a new roster of cast and characters, and takes care to showcase diversity and intersectionality within the queer community in a way that the mostly white and binary U.K. and U.S. iterations of the show did not.
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