Is Starbucks Threatening to Stop Trans Health Benefits?įire Island: Bowen Yang, Tomas Matos, Matt Rogers, Torian Miller and Joel Kim Booster - Photo: Jeong Park / Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures “Because I find that such a funny part of the Fire Island experience.”ĭefinitely, deer grazing peacefully alongside the boardwalks that wind through the Pines are a signature element of the island’s natural beauty - just as much as the ravishing, nearly naked crowd at each week’s underwear party. “I sent the camera crew out, and I was like, ‘Please just find a deer,'” he says. “I really wanted a deer in the movie,” says Fire Island director Andrew Ahn of his search for the Pines’ fabled wild fauna.ĭirecting a fabulous cast - including Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, Margaret Cho, Matt Rogers, Nick Adams, and the film’s writer, producer, and star Joel Kim Booster - Ahn, known for the acclaimed gay coming-of-age feature Spa Night, had only a few weeks of shooting on the island to grab all the footage they needed. Somewhere in the Fire Island Pines last summer, while throngs of gay men and friends flocked to the island’s sandy shores seeking sex and paradise, a film crew was out stalking deer.
Fire Island: Joel Kim Booster - Photo: Taylor Miller
