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Post by justinate on Jan 6, 2012 12:02:52 GMT -5
After the departure of Maxxie (Mitch Hewer) at the end of its second series, the British teen drama has not featured any major gay character. This will change on January 23rd when the sixth (and possibly final) series premieres, with the introduction of Alex, played by 18-year-old newbie, Sam Jackson. The character is variously described as confident, comfortable in his own skin, mysterious, caring, flirty, secretly vulnerable ...
In an interview with Gay Times, Sam revealed that Alex is gay and that, in Alex's spotlight episode (airing February 6th on E4), audiences will see him have sex with guys. A further detail of Alex's backstory is that he lives with his grandmother and looks after her. (Highlight to read the spoilers in beige)
Series 6 trailer:
Cast interview:
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Post by AG on Jan 6, 2012 21:13:05 GMT -5
Hm, I stopped watching this show after the second series. This might be motivation to start watching it again...
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Post by jgreens2 on Jan 6, 2012 22:00:15 GMT -5
Hey! I was actually thinking of starting this thread myself cause I read that Alex was the new gay on skins... But I guess you beat me to it!
This season looks awesome from the previews! Can't wait.
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Post by justinate on Jan 7, 2012 12:00:09 GMT -5
Hm, I stopped watching this show after the second series. This might be motivation to start watching it again... Trust me, you had a lucky break - Gen 2 (series 3 and 4) sucked. I don't understand how they turned an intriguing character from the first 2 series (Effy) into such a bore. Their attempt to recreate Nick Hoult's Tony with Cook failed miserably. Freddie was pretty to look at, but without substance. And they had two series revolve around these characters. Thankfully, Gen 3 (series 5 and upcoming series 6) are much more likable. Series 5 itself wasn't anything great, but I think/hope they're going for broke with this series because they know they have to perform this time around or there will be no series 7. I have a soft spot for Sean Teale's dumb jock character Nick and am hoping his "wild" story this series will involve gay sex with Alex. (Smush name: Alick) |
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Post by overtherainbow on Jan 7, 2012 12:28:37 GMT -5
This looks pretty awesome! I'll definitely check it out, though I doubt it can top Tony and Maxxie from season 1 and 2. Damn.. I loved those guys. Ok.. off to watch some fanvids again, lol.
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Post by kevvoi on Jan 21, 2012 14:52:59 GMT -5
brief interview with Sam Jackson who plays Alex:
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Post by cjworrell88 on Jan 22, 2012 7:49:26 GMT -5
extended spoiler play close attention to 31 sec in
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Post by kingsrave on Jan 24, 2012 0:29:36 GMT -5
I'll give it a shot.
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Post by kevvoi on Feb 2, 2012 20:26:20 GMT -5
Alex's first appearance is in the next episode (airs Feb. 6th), trailer courtesy of E4's channel:
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Post by justinate on Feb 9, 2012 10:11:47 GMT -5
Did anyone else watch the episode? If not, I would strongly recommend it. (If you're in the UK you can watch it on 4oD.) I thought it was a brilliant episode and a strong return to old form. Alex is an intriguing character, well acted by Sam Jackson in what seems to be his acting debut. The writers did a reasonably good job introducing Alex into the group dynamic as they deal with the fallout of Grace's death while also giving him a story of his own (and yes, a gay sex scene). He's pretty much my favourite character now, along with Liv and Nick. (Which is why I'm really hoping Alex's rumoured hookup with lovable dumb jock Nick will indeed come to pass.)
Alex supposedly won't be in next week's Frankie-centric episode but will return for Mini's episode the week after. February 27th will be the Nick-centric episode. There are ten episodes this season.
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Post by josean06 on Feb 9, 2012 21:54:35 GMT -5
That's too bad that Alex won't be in the next episode...
But justinate, I did see the episode. It was the first episode I've seen since the first generation left, and I really liked it. I really hope that him and the rumored hookup get together, but it's also spoiled that he will kiss several guys.
They did a great job introducing such a dynamic character. He's got so many layers on him that they can do the rest of the show with just him.
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Post by ferdavid on Feb 23, 2012 11:26:39 GMT -5
are there any episode with alex???  |
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Post by ferdavid on Feb 23, 2012 11:37:37 GMT -5
he's such a cutie  will he have any romance with another castmember??i hope.............. |
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Post by devillies on Feb 23, 2012 13:07:12 GMT -5
are there any episode with alex??? He was in episode 3 called Alex which focused on him and he appeared episode 5 called Mini and from the preview he appears in episode 6 on this season |
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Post by kevvoi on Mar 8, 2012 9:08:36 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Mar 9, 2012 21:34:55 GMT -5
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