Jan 25
Lukas Gage Isn't Getting Enough Attention. So He's Written a Memoir
READ TIME: 7 MIN.
The book details his upbringing growing up in a San Diego suburb with his single mom and three older brothers. It promises to include "struggles with addiction, sex, borderline personality disorder–and his commitment to being the center of attention at all times, even as he actually becomes a star."
He first gained attention when he his apartment was called out by a director interviewing him for a job on a Zoom call. Gage wasn't suppose to hear the comment, but when he did, he came back with: "I know it's a shitty apartment. That's why give me this job so I can get a better one." The director Tristram Shapeero was mortified that his mute button was off and later apologized to Gage, but he didn't get the job.
His break-out role came on the first season of "The White Lotus" when he played the randy assistant to hotel manager Murray Bartlett. When Bartlett was caught with his tongue firmly placed in Gage's butthole, a meme was born and a star was born. The young actor furthered his celebrity by becoming an advocate for rimming on an appearance of Andy Cohen's "Watch What Happens Live."
He went on to appear on the series "Euphoria," "Fargo," "Dead Boy Detectives," and Netflix's "You;" and such films as Daniel Goldhaber's "How to Blow Up a Pipeline," the remake of "Road House," and recent horror hit "Smile 2." He co-starred opposite Zachary Quinto and Simon Rex in "Down Low," which he co-wrote; and in the upcoming, highly anticipated "Rosebush Pruning."