Russell Tovey Says LGBTQ Drama ‘Plainclothes’ Is Sadly Resonant in Today’s ‘Terrifying Times’ | Video

Sundance 2025: Tovey tells TheWrap he wished his 1990s-set movie was “stuck in that time in history,” but its themes still hit close to home

As the LGBTQ community continues to face threats to their safety and rights as equal American citizens, the cast and creatives of “Plainclothes” were quick to admit that things feel “terrifying” right now. But that’s what makes their film so important for others to see, they shared.

Having its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, “Plainclothes” tells the story of a promising undercover police officer assigned to lure and arrest gay men, who defies those orders when he falls in love with a target. Starring “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” star Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia and others, the film is set in the 1990s.

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