{"id":225725,"date":"2026-02-27T20:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/pillion-director-harry-lighton-had-his-gay-awakening-to-groundskeeper-willie\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:12:44","slug":"pillion-director-harry-lighton-had-his-gay-awakening-to-groundskeeper-willie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/pillion-director-harry-lighton-had-his-gay-awakening-to-groundskeeper-willie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPillion\u201d director Harry Lighton had his gay awakening to Groundskeeper Willie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:7jay7nelegipdr7ic2dlumol\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mfu4r23eq22k\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreia7tzl7pdpl5gngvymf7svgxffhks7whe5yhpgafn4pe33io64u4m\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang=\"en\">&#8220;While speaking at an A24 social media event, Pillion director Harry Lighton shared that, not only was his gay awakening Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons, he hoped to make a biopic about the foul-tempered cartoon Scotsman at one point.&#8221; www.them.us\/story\/pillio&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:7jay7nelegipdr7ic2dlumol\/post\/3mfu4r23eq22k?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:7jay7nelegipdr7ic2dlumol?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:7jay7nelegipdr7ic2dlumol\/post\/3mfu4r23eq22k?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 27, 2026 at 11:25 AM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Yup, Groundskeeper Willie, in the iconic \u201cSweet Seymour Skinner\u2019s Baadasssss Song,\u201d when Willie has Lunchlady Doris grease him up to chase Santa\u2019s Little Helper through the ductwork. \u201cSomething about his accent, his ginger beard, and his body made me look up and go, \u2018Oh, I like the look of that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He once pitched a live-action Groundskeeper Willie biopic, with Fassbender in mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; His other queer influences and favorite queer moments are <i>The Triplets of Belleville, The Traitors,<\/i> the films of C\u00e9line Sciamma, <i>Fucking Amal<\/i>, and <i>120 BPM.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mattzollerseitz.bsky.social\/post\/3mfu4r23eq22k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SOURCE<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/131991682.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;While speaking at an A24 social media event, Pillion director Harry Lighton shared that, not only was his gay awakening Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons, he hoped to make a biopic about the foul-tempered cartoon Scotsman at one point.&#8221; www.them.us\/story\/pillio&#8230; [image or embed] \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social) February 27, 2026 at 11:25 AM &#8211; 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