Love, Victor: Why Michael Cimo Took Gay Role Agast Indtry Advice – IndieWire

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• ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
• WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE
• LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
• IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• HULU’S LOVE, VICTOR IS UGHT UP THE MYTHOLOGY OF WHE GAYNS
• IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• GAY GAY
• LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY
• MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'

‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS

Michael Cimo, the straight star of Hulu’s gay-themed g-of-age seri “Love, Victor, ” says he has been attacked by some the LGBTQ muny and even some of his own fay members.

In a new terview wh Attu, Cimo — who plays the tular Victor — says: “I got some homophobic ments — I kd of expected that to happen. ”He add, “Some of them reached out, sayg, ‘You ed to be so ol; now you’re so gay.

“It’s weird … [the Latx muny] is liberal when to thgs about Latos, but when to gay rights, ’s like, eh, qutn mark, ” Cimo said the terview. ”In the Attu terview, Cimo said, “There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay. ’”Cimo has said multiple terviews that he has been warned agast takg gay rol for fear of typestg.

WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE

Meanwhile, the young actor has also faced fierce blowback for takg a role that an out gay actor might have played. “But there are some straight actors who play gay characters, who are all about supportg LGBT rights while they’re promotg their project, but once they’re done, a year later, ’s kd of fotten. ”Straight actors playg gay rol has been the subject of bate for some time, often hgg on Hollywood’s history of forcg gay actors to the closet real life and offerg only limed chanc to explore the humany of gay characters on-screen.

Grant, who received an Osr nomatn for playg a gay character “Can You Ever Five Me?, ” said: “I’ve always had that ncern... The transgenr movement and the #MeToo movement means, how n you jtify heterosexual actors playg gay characters? Criss, who has famoly played queer characters cludg Andrew Cunanan “The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story” and Hedwig “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” onstage, said he wouldn’t take gay rol anymore, bee “I want to make sure I won’t be another straight boy takg a gay man’s role.

LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS

When 20th Century Fox released “Love, Simon” 2018, was the first major stud blockbter to center around a gay teen character g out. That’s why ’s both moralizg and unsurprisg to learn that the long-held belief that unknown actors shouldn’t play gay is still alive and well Hollywood; at least acrdg to promisg newer Michael Cimo, who plays a teenager disverg his queerns Hulu’s adorable romantic edy for young adults, “Love, Victor. It’s almost impossible to image anyone advisg Cimo agast takg such a substantial role a high-profile project, but Cimo said the fear around playg gay — whether the ncern behd is real or imaged — persists among actors.

“I’ve heard for years: ‘You shouldn’t take a gay role for your first big role bee then people are gonna thk you’re gay, or they’re gonna thk you only play gay rol.

Gone are the days when tablished A-list actors chafed at playg gay, as was mon before Tom Hanks broke that barrier “Philalphia” (1993). ) While this new trend n be a sometim tratg way to take opportuni om out gay actors, for Cimo, was enuragg.

IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

When addrsg the particular nuanc of homophobia the Latx muny, Cimo speaks om personal experience, havg wnsed firsthand his ’s g out stggl. “It’s weird … [the Latx muny] is liberal when to thgs about Latos, but when to gay rights ’s like, eh, qutn mark, ” Cimo said.

Sce the Love, Victor creators no longer had to wre and produce this send batch of episos for the fay-iendly ey and sensibili of a Disney+ dience, they really got to up the ante and explore sis to Victor post-g out that they weren't able to do prevly, and the show really benefted om this more thentic (and sometim msy) portrayal of young, morn queer got the chance to terview the seri' two leads, Michael Cimo (Victor) and Gee Sear (Benji), about returng to the Simonverse and talked about the show's reprentatn of queer people of lor, plex and realistic pictns of a gay teen uple, what 's like g out to relig parents, and so much more! Gee Sear wonrfully says the role of Benji Campbell, Victor’s openly gay classmate and csh.

HULU’S LOVE, VICTOR IS UGHT UP THE MYTHOLOGY OF WHE GAYNS

Wh Gee portrayg a gay character such an outstandg way, fans wonr if the actor shar the same sexual inty real life.

Acrdg to The Guardian, Gee Sear is not gay. There have also been numero speculatns about Gee beg gay, pecially after his on-screen chemistry wh Michael Cimo, who plays Victor. Gee is also nsc of the issue surroundg straight actors beg st gay rol.

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IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

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LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY

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MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'

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