Murray Bartlett is on a roll. From “Looking” to “White Lotus” to “Physical” to a now-classic one-time visit to “The Last of Us,” the gay actor keeps showing up in hot media properties. Next he’ll co-star in “O’Dessa,” from “Patti Cake$” filmmaker Geremy Jasper. The rock opera, with original music from Jasper and Jason Binnick, follows the title character (Sadie Sink, “The Whale”) as she travels across a strange landscape to recover a family heirloom. She also meets her one true love, a person named Euri Dervish (played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., “Elvis”), described as a cross between Iggy Pop, Marlene Dietrich and Prince. We don’t know who Bartlett is playing, but he’s got a lot to compete with if there’s a character who’s a combination of those three icons. We’re hoping for an outlandish queer villain of some sort, because we always are. Filming begins in Croatia this spring. Look for it within the coming year.
