Rupert Everett rants while promoting ‘Victorian Sex Explorer’
“There was something very strange about [Sir Richard F. Burton’s] sexuality. I sensed from the lingering way he described boys that he definitely found the male body superior to the female. But it is difficult for us to relate to that because gay sexuality hadn’t really been invented then. There would have been no muscle bars with bottles of poppers.”
Bisexual, British actor Rupert Everett, discussing his latest work, a documentary where he traces the path of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, a 19th Century explorer who was very much interested in sex and sexual literature. In the interview with the Telegraph reporter, Everett also is quoted on seemingly harsh remarks about the British Army’s ethics, the Catholic church, the reception of his autobiographical book, Hollywood and several of his co-star actresses. (Telegraph.co.uk)
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