Sometimes there seems to be two Russell Toveys. One of them is a little shy, introverted and says things like ‘I’ve got ratty curly hair. I’ve got sticky-out ears. I‘ve got a little troll nose. I’m like a little pale street urchin. I’m lucky that I’ve sort of aged well into my face. I don’t think people are repelled by me. But one never sees how other people see you in a mirror at all — ever.’
The other Russell is bit more exhibitionist and certainly not afraid to show of his body, whether it was onstage a few months ago, humping Jonathan Groff in Looking, or by posting shirtless gym-selfies like the one above that he put on Instagram, after he’d had a bit of a workout at the end of a trip to Sydney.
Personally, I quite like both of them, especially as he comes across as if you could happily take him to meet your mom, but then later on once the bedroom door is closed…
We’ll also be seeing more of him in the second season of Looking as he’s been promoted to being a season regular. Perhaps he’ll bring along the other hottie in the pic as well as we wouldn’t mind seeing more of him as well.
While there was a lot of hype over the launch of the San Francisco set, gay-themed series Looking, it wasn’t known whether HBO was likely to commission a second season. Indeed, before the first episode aired, creators Andrew Haigh and Michael Lannan suggested it was far from being sure thing.
Russell Tovey has gained a lot of fans, many of whom reckon he’s just about the best thing since sliced bread. However it seems Russell himself doesn’t agree with anyone who’d refer to him as a ‘sex symbol.
Russell Tovey has a lot of British fans thanks to the likes of Being Human and Him & Her, and he’s about to go up in the estimation of gay guys in US thanks to playing a major role in HBO’s new series 
