Taking off
Arriving at our photographer’s house freshly trimmed after a trip to the barber’s, Tom Prior grins warmly as I usher him inside.
I introduce him to the rest of the team before he’s walked through the clothes we’ve called in for his Attitude cover. The star of the Cold War-era gay romance Firebird picks out a few pieces before going into makeup. “This is one of the first days where I’ve felt a little bit better,” Tom tells us as he tries on the first outfit (a retro faded double-denim ensemble with bright red trainers providing a pop of colour).
Tom hasn’t been very well for a couple of weeks, and mentions that he hasn’t been able to work out much as a result. Unanimously, we all agree that he looks incredible, the closely fitting vest underneath his denim jacket drawing attention to his honed physique.
When the Dorset-born, RADA-trained thesp steps in front of the camera, he takes direction well (he is an actor, after all) and after a few shots begins to ease into it. Occasionally, his cheeky smile breaks through, lighting up his handsome, angular face. He oozes charisma. Peering at the photographs as they appear on a laptop, I ask if this is his first magazine photoshoot. Tom asks if it’s obvious. The answer is a resounding no.
During a break, Tom tunes into the background music and wonders if he’s heard it in a film before discussing working as a music supervisor on his latest film, , which he not only stars in, but also co-wrote and co-produced. “Too many!” he laughs in response
