NEW GLUE INTERVIEW: LUKAS GAGE
"[I smell like] regret, old paperbacks, and maybe a hint of cinnamon and laundry if the wind is right."
Meet Lukas Gage—the man who needs no introduction. His iconic office scene in Season One of The White Lotus broke the internet, setting new standards for audacity and sexual tension in a single frame. It was the hottest ass-eating scene in or out of adult entertainment and still lives rent-free in the public consciousness. But long before that, he won everyone’s heart when he calmly confronted a condescending director during a Zoom audition—after the guy trashed Lukas’s apartment, thinking he was muted. Gage, ever composed and cutting, turned that viral moment into a rallying cry for every struggling actor with a ring light and a dream.
Since then, he’s been unstoppable. He played the dangerously charming Adam Pratt in You Season 4, brought queer-coded chaos as Dillon in The White Lotus, and took on the role of Tyler in HBO’s Euphoria. He starred in and co-wrote the twisted dark comedy Down Low, appeared in How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and joined the cast of the upcoming Road House reboot alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2025, he’s releasing a memoir, I Wrote This for Attention—an unfiltered look at fame, addiction, and his meteoric rise. Whether he’s acting, writing, or just living his damn truth, Lukas Gage isn’t just part of the culture—he’s shaping it.
He’s also hot as fuck.
1) What is the first thing that burned you?
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2) What do you smell like?
LUKAS GAGE: Regret, old paperbacks, and maybe a hint of cinnamon and laundry if the wind is right.
3) What do you feel is more true: Every crazy person is a movie, every movie is a crazy person, or neither?
LG: Every movie is a crazy person—talks too much, doesn’t sleep, unrealistic expectations, and makes a scene.
4) How does your heart feel?
LG: Like it’s doing its job under protest.
5) What was it like to ride in your parents car as a kid? What about now—or equivalent?
LG: Back then, it was a secondhand smoke and easy-listening trauma. Kind of the same now.
6) Does your misery love company?
LG: No, but it sends out vague invites just in case someone brings chips.
7) What does a potato chip mean to you? What does it taste like?
LG: Tastes like fleeting joy followed by salt and self-loathing.
8) What does touching feel like?
LG: Thrilling, dangerous, usually good.
9) Do you belong to and on Earth?
LG: I have a lease, but I wouldn’t say I’m invested in the property.
10) What is your first memory and what does it mean to your work?
LG: Falling off a swing I thought I could jump from.
