Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Good Afternoon, Gratuitous Ray Santiago


I was hoping when I clicked on actor Ray Santiago's IMDb page today (after noticing that today is his birthday) that I'd see he would somehow be reprising his Ash vs Evil Dead role of "Pablo" in Evil Dead Rise, the upcoming Evil Dead movie (this time set in a city!) from The Hole in the Ground director Lee Cronin (see my previous post here). I haven't been paying much attention to EDR because why would I, I am sold on Evil Dead content alone and will see it no matter what -- no need to spoil too much. So I only realized now that EDR is focused on another batch of brand new characters, meaning no Ash, no Mia, and no Pablo. Boo! Anyway Ray's IMDb page might have been a disappointment on that front but his Instagram page turned out to be anything but...

... emphasis on the "butt," clearly. I can't remember when I learned that Ray was openly gay but it's not something I realized watching him play Pablo on Ash vs Evil Dead, not at all, and I was totally (ecstatically) surprised when I did get that information. Well one glance at his Insta these days and no such doubts remain -- it's hella gay up in there, bless him. He's got a cute boyfriend and a drawer full of micro-speedos and he is living his best exhibitionist life and we are happy for him! Also it looks like he also got interviewed by our pal Bryan Fuller for the upcoming Queer For Fear mini-series that's hitting Shudder this fall, which is something else to be excited about. Anyway in celebration of Ray's birthday I snatched up some photos off that Insta, and I have them after the jump, enjoy...































2 comments:

Matty said...

I'm disappointed we'll never get a proper resolution to the storyline in Ash vs. Evil Dead.

William said...

Great find Jason. He looks tasty...