Hello everyone, Joe and Ruaridh Mollica made an interview for I-D Magazine with 3 beautiful pictures added in the gallery.
I-D MAGAZINE – The ‘Clarkston’ stars are just friends, who kiss on stage and also play brothers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s complicated.
Joe Locke and Ruaridh Mollica would prefer to meet after their show if that’s okay. 9:30pm in London, in a pub close to the theater they’re performing at eight times a week. They’ve gotten used to each other, having kissed, hugged, argued as their characters in Clarkston, the moving American play about a boy with a degenerative illness (Locke’s Jake) showing up to work at a Costco and meeting another boy (Mollica’s Chris) who tries his best to understand him. You might have assumed they’ve already met: Both appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Locke in Agatha All Along, Mollica in the forthcoming Vision Quest. (They also, as was announced last week, play two characters known as twin brothers in the comic books.) But they haven’t crossed paths on an MCU set quite yet. Any further information is tightly under wraps.
You know Locke from his time on Heartstopper, the teen Netflix hit that has led hundreds, if not thousands, of people thanking him for his service to the queer community. (I counted five picture requests during the interviews for this profile. And indeed, someone stops by to gush about the performance tonight.) Mollica’s comparatively new, having had his breakout moment in last year’s queer drama Sebastian. We tipped him as one of our stars of 2025. We’re glad he’s still as excellent an actor and person as we remember.
Locke is on a pint of Camden Hells; Mollica drinks Guinness. They share a packet of salt and vinegar crisps. For 25 minutes, we talked about everything and nothing: from Locke subconsciously flashing his neighbors, to bulk buying protein shakes, to what they can’t say about the next thing they’re both doing.
Douglas Greenwood: Are you having fun?
Ruaridh Mollica: We’re having a lot of fun!Joe Locke: Today, before scene nine, I had to run onto the stage and Sophie [Melville, who plays Mollica’s character’s mother] had to hold the door for me, and I farted as I ran past. It made her laugh.
RM: No! You cheeky bugger.
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