Ruaridh Mollica Says It’s an ‘Honor’ Being a Bisexual Actor Playing a Bisexual Character in Disney’s ‘VisionQuest’: ‘I Feel So Seen’

Ruaridh Mollica states being a bisexual star playing a bisexual character in the Disney-Marvel television program VisionQuest is an “honor” that makes him feel “seen.”

“I seem like Marvel did an excellent task by casting a bisexual star for this and it’s such an honor to be representing that in the MCU. I feel so seen,” Mollica informed Range

The Scottish star likewise kept in mind that there had actually been some conversation around the truth that Tommy Maximoff, his character in VisionQuestisn’t revealed onscreen being drawn in to other males.

“He’s flirting with Lisa Molinari, however I believe that makes me feel more viewed as bisexual,” Mollica stated. “Because that’s the entire point. It’s not always about who you’re dating, it’s about who you are within, and who you wish to flirt with.”

“So I hope that me being bisexual and playing this part benefits individuals to feel seen and represented,” the 27-year-old included.

Mollica went on to comment that his VisionQuest character– who appears midway through the very first episode as a teenage hustler, pocket picker, and conman who roams the streets of London– is a “grifter.”

“He’s an orphan. He not got anybody,” the star stated of Tommy. “He’s needed to develop who he is by himself, and there’s a solitude to that, and a yearning for household.”

Mollica included that a number of the recommendations he utilized were from Matt Damon’s efficiency in the 1997 movie, Excellent Will Hunting

“Matt Damon represented that character so incredibly well that I seem like it is the archetype of a great deal of male characters,” he informed Range

Presently, Mollica is best understood for his breakout function as Max Williamson in the 2024 movie Sebastianin which he played a hopeful author who moonlights by night as a male escort.