Trailer: ‘Fellow Travelers’ With Matt Bomer & Jonathan Bailey

Showtime has dropped the first full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated queer drama series Fellow Travelers starring out actors Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. The period drama will explore the forbidden romance between the two leading characters over the course of four decades. The trailer introduces us to Hawkins Fuller (Bomer), a successful politician, and Tim Laughlin (Bailey), a young man bright with idealism and religious faith. The two fall in love amid the hideous McCarthy era in Washington, a time when Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declared war on “subversives and sexual deviants.” The Fellow Travelers trailer frames both the clandestine romance of the series along with the dramatic tension as the two men face ongoing challenges, such as Hawkins undergoing severe interrogation while attached to a lie detector. https://youtu.be/k_zI9UwYNQo?si=myg7kxa96TQiqMdg In an interview with Vanity Fair, Bailey shared his thoughts on bringing a gay romantic love story to the screen. “My answer was always, ‘Well, I’d love to do a sweeping gay love story,’ but my experience actually was that I’d never really seen them,” said the Bridgerton actor. “Or if I had, I hadn’t seen actors like me and Matt play those roles. Fellow Travelers also stars Jelani Alladin, Allison Williams, and Noah J. Ricketts. Look for the limited series to debut on Paramount+ and Showtime on October 27.