‘How often I’m called a paedophile online is shocking’: inside Russell T Davies’s horrifying drama about rising hatred
Cumming says that the filming has been an intense experience because of the subject matter. “I have this sort of, I don’t know what it is, soreness in my heart, in my chest, when I think about it,” he says. But it’s left him feeling hopeful for the future after working alongside so many young people.
“They were so gorgeous and supportive and kind,” he says. “It’s very emotional.”
Despite the theme, the show also features a lot of uplifting solidarity and camaraderie, expressed through the younger workers who work at his bar. “Joy, queer joy, trans joy, Black joy is a form of protest”, says Cumming. “It infuriates people who don’t have joy or don’t understand why you can have joy when the world, everything seems to be against you.”
“There’s great joy [in Tip Toe].” What follows is a short pause: “Some of it.”
