Outfest Morning Man: ‘Retake’ star Tuc Watkins!

Tuc Watkins has been one of my favorite actors since I began watching him as the delicious David Vickers on One Life to Live in the 1990s.

Since he has worked primarily in television (Desperate Housewives, Beggars and Choosers, Parks and Recreation), it was such a treat to be able to see Tuc last night on the big screen in Retake at Outfest.

The movie gives Tuc a rare dramatic film lead and he gives a top-notch performance as a very complicated guy who can’t let go of his dead partner and hires a male hooker to take a road trip with him to keep his memory alive.

It’s a mostly dark character but we get to see Tuc dance and we get plenty of sex scenes with co-star Devon Graye with whom he has great chemistry. Hope this absorbing film gets widely seen and lands Tuc more meaty, dramatic parts.

Tuc’s hilarious character of Dickie Calloway was killed off of Where the Bears Are last year but he’s been busy with recent TV guest spots on Major Crimes, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Castle and Telenovela.

He’s also plenty busy as the single father of a precocious pair of twins!

Congrats to Tuc and all involved with Retake!