The long-nng whodunn returns wh much ctomary rose-ttg of the past and a swoon-worthy Tom Brtney – before a surprisg segue to the plight of gay men the 1950s
Contents:
- GRANTCHTER’S AL WEAVER REVEALS EMOTNAL TOLL OF FILMG LEONARD’S ARRT FOR BEG GAY: ‘I’VE NEVER FELT THAT SORT OF HATRED AND VRL’
- “GRANTCHTER” GO GAY
GRANTCHTER’S AL WEAVER REVEALS EMOTNAL TOLL OF FILMG LEONARD’S ARRT FOR BEG GAY: ‘I’VE NEVER FELT THAT SORT OF HATRED AND VRL’
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Al Weaver has opened up about the harst moments of filmg for Grantchter, as his character Leonard Fch was sentenced to prison for beg gay. Leonard had been sentenced to six months prison for gross cency, somethg which was a mon occurrence for gay men the 1950s, when the seri is set. Police at the time were searchg through the addrs books of gay men to fd who they were associatg wh, to which Al adds: ‘It was really shockg, was really horrendo so poor Leonard, ’s not very good for him.
Leonard was sentenced to six months prison on the show (Picture: BBC)Al revealed that the harst scene for him to film was Leonard’s journey to urt, where he faced an angry mob, which the actor found harrowg knowg that was the lived experience of so many gay men the past. One of the most emotnal thgs filmg that was before we got to the prison, I was arrivg to the urtroom wh my lawyer and there’s a bunch of plards outsi sayg “homosexuals are the vil” and thgs like that. Throughout s n, the show has addrsed crime while lvg to var social issu, cludg the nascent Black Civil Rights movement and now, season six, the illegal stat of gay people.
Grantchter’s curate, Leonard Fch (Al Weaver) is gay.
“GRANTCHTER” GO GAY
That storyle has veloped over several seasons and has clud Leonard’s breach wh his father over beg gay, his relatnship wh photographer Daniel Marlowe (Oliver Dimsdale) and his “g out” to Will and the virage’s voutly relig hoekeeper Mrs.
Hell hath no fury like a closeted gay blackmailer srned.
What evolv om there is as pellg a story of the recent past of gay liv as we’ve ever seen. Leonard is nstantly torn by his guilt over beg gay. But this season’s plottg around Leonard and the still-illegal “gross cency” of beg an active homosexual the before Stonewall is extraordary.