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Wentworth Miller, who me out as gay 2013, reacts to 'Prison Break' fans wantg his character, Michael Sfield, on the seri to be gay." emprop="scriptn

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THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

'Prison Break' fans wonr if Michael Sfield uld be gay so Wentworth Miller would return to the seri. * prison break homosexual *

This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars.

Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light. Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol.

He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero.

‘PRISON BREAK’ FANS WON’T LET GO: COULD MICHAEL SFIELD BE GAY?

The "Legends of Tomorrow" actor, who is gay, said he's eager to foc on queer reprentatn on-screen movg forward. * prison break homosexual *

It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe.

“‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy.

The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay.

PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY

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’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn. ” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them.

Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope.

In addn to Miller, Augt Prew, who recently got engaged to his partner, joed the st along wh El Gamal, a gay Mlim actor.

DID YOU KNOW MICHAEL SFIELD OF PRISON BREAK IS GAY? SEE THE MEN HE HAS DATED

Wentworth Miller who starred as Michael Slfield the popular televisn seri ‘Prison Break’ has revealed to the world that he is gay. Acrdg to * prison break homosexual *

Queer actors are typilly pigeonholed to playg rol that align wh their genr and sexualy, but here, openly gay men play everythg om heterosexual love terts to pe artists and ISIL villas.

”As “Prison Break” heads to what uld be s seri fale on Tuday night, beg a mastream actn show that actively embrac gayns might jt be s greatt cultural ntributn.

WENTWORTH MILLER ADDRS FANS WANTG HIS PRISON BREAK CHARACTER TO BE GAY AFTER HE STEPS DOWN

“And then there’s other people, who love Michael Sfield but maybe they don’t love gay people, and now they’re wonrg if that means somethg, that they’re hero worshippg this character that’s played by an actor they know is gay... In an Instagram post about homophobic ments he has received, the 48-year-old actor also wrote, "On a related note... Among the gay rol he has played sce then was Leo Snart / Capta Cold, the superhero character he played The Flash and Legends of those rpondg to Miller's new msage was Domic Purcell, who plays his brother Lln Burrows the Fox drama.

She wrote: "yterday @wentworthler announced he's done playg michael sfield bee as a gay man he wants to foc on playg gay characters. Acpanied simply by a blank whe square, the 48-year-old actor — who is an out gay man — wrote a lengthy ptn on Sunday acknowledgg both his fans and his haters, statg that he “n’t be bullied out of this space” while exprsg ncern that younger queer people might see homophobic ments on his page and be “exposed to bullsh. If you're hot and bothered bec you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one… That's your work.

‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

“Am I sayg gay actors (gay men, specifilly) should only play gay parts?

” He also said that he wanted to see more gay parts played by gay actors, claimg that dog so mak a difference terms of performance and bee “straight actors playg ‘gay’ centers straightns. ”Addnally, Miller touched on his own experienc wh self-censorship as an actor workg Hollywood, sayg that while no one ever explicly told him to “bury his gayns, ” he had received a “don’t ask, don’t tell” msage om the culture at large, cludg the “homophobic subgroup” of the fandom he has cultivated. ”While Miller didn’t specify what new work his “break” om the closet will entail, he exprsed a sire to make up for lost time as an openly gay actor.

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