In 'Queer,' Daniel Craig is outstanding as a fictionalized William S. Burroughs

In 'Queer,' Daniel Craig is outstanding as a fictionalized William S. Burroughs toggle caption Yannis Drakoulidis/A24 Nobody does forbidden longing in far-off places quite like Luca Guadagnino. The story follows an American drifter named William Lee, played by Daniel Craig with a louche smile and nary a hint of 007 elegance. Lee is a fictionalized stand-in for the Beat Writer William S. Burroughs, whose years spent living in Mexico were eventful, to say the least. It's worth remembering that, long before he became James Bond — or a gay detective in the Knives Out movies — Craig played the tempestuous younger lover of the painter Francis Bacon in the 1998 drama Love Is the Devil.