‘Moulin Rouge’ actor says he was embarrassed to co-star with “terrible actor” Boy George

An actor who worked with Boy George on the Broadway production of Moulin Rouge! has criticised the singer’s acting. The Culture Club frontman played Harold Zidler in the show, an adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 musical film, on the Broadway stage last year. He made headlines recently by admitting his controversial pro-Israel song, ‘We Will Dance Again’ was made using generative AI. Patrick Clanton, who appeared in the show with Boy George, took to Instagram to make his feelings about the singer known. Sharing a news report about the AI song, he wrote “Y’know, I used to defend his performance in our show, but fuck it. He was a terrible performer and I was embarrassed to be in the show with him. Boy, Bye!” He followed that up by writing: “Whenever people would ask about him I’d just say ‘He was really nice!’ But as Sondheim taught us, ‘Nice is different than good.’” The final quote is a line from the Sondheim musical Into The Woods. Screenshots of the post were published by EW. ‘We Will Dance Again’ is a defence of Israel’s military action in Gaza, opening with the line “You say genocide, I say war” and describing pro-Palestine artists as “sheep” in its lyrics. Boy George discussed...