DRAG RACE Star Gottmik Auditioned For Pinhead In Hulu’s New Take On HELLRAISER
Josh Korngut
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Gottmik almost literally slayed the house the down boots in Hulu’s upcoming Hellraiser film. The boundary-pushing star of RuPaul’s Drag Race gagged the nation when they appeared in the Season 13 finale as a high-femme, fully-crystalized vision of Pinhead. And we were never the same again.
Turns out we were not alone! When producers of the upcoming Hellraiser film saw the footage of Gottmik in his Pinhead eleganza, they immediately called him in for an audition. TO PLAY PINHEAD!
Drag star Gottmik explains via an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly:
When they saw my Hellraiser [look], they gave me the audition for Pinhead. I did [go on tape]! But I wasn’t menacing enough! I had to read a bunch, I was in my apartment, against the wall, full-on trying to be Pinhead, pretending to pull needles out of my head, just going in! It was so funny! — I wanted to be Pinhead more than anything in my soul, but, also, I’m like, I get that! I mean, at least let me walk on the carpet in that look! I’ll make a new one! I just want to be there. I’ll just be in the background next to Pinhead!
While the trans icon didn’t land the part, we can’t help but agree they’re maybe a little too adorable to play such a frightening role… And that’s fine since they will do just fine for themselves in the world of drag. But Gottmik isn’t just a standout star from a Drag reality series. He’s SO much more.
Gottmik appeared as the first transmasculine participant in the history of RuPaul’s Drag Race. One of the less savoury behind-the-scene dramas surrounding Drag Race has been the show’s unwillingness to cast trans contestants. So, to appear on network television as a proud and out trans man was a huge step forward for both the series and trans visibility in media.
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