"High School Mil" Director Explas Why Ryan Evans Wasn't Openly Gay | Teen Vogue

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• THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"
• KENNY ORTEGA SAYS RYAN OM HIGH SCHOOL MIL WAS ‘PROBABLY’ GAY
• "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN EVANS WASN'T OPENLY GAY
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR REVEALS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN MOVI
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS RYAN EVANS WAS GAY AND ‘PROBABLY GOG TO COME OUT COLLEGE’
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, WOULD HAVE 'E OUT LLEGE'
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS LUS GRABEEL’S CHARACTER RYAN EVANS IS GAY

THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"

News·Posted on 1 Jul 2020The Director Of "High School Mil" Explaed Why Ryan Wasn't Openly Gay And Said He Would "Come Out In College""I was ncerned bee was fay and kids that Disney might not be ready to cross that le. In a new terview wh Variety, director Kenny Ortega opened up about his experience makg the High School Mil seri and said he thought the character of Ryan would have e out as gay later life.

A lot of them see both Ryan and Kelsi — who went to prom together and had a subtle romantic storyle High School Mil 3 — as gay. Both Ryan and Kelsie are gay and they were each other's beards for senr year. n you believe hsm they tried to pass off kelsi, a leral lbian, as a heterosexual who was datg ryan, a leral gay.

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KENNY ORTEGA SAYS RYAN OM HIGH SCHOOL MIL WAS ‘PROBABLY’ GAY

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"HIGH SCHOOL MIL" DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN EVANS WASN'T OPENLY GAY

But now Ortega has nfirmed Ryan would probably have e out as gay " llege", addg that his character the movi was "ls about g out and jt more about lettg his te lours e forward".

He went on to say that while Disney is "the most progrsive group of people" he's ever worked wh, he had ncerns that they "weren't ready" to have an openly gay character a Disney Channel movie 2006.

I wanted people to thk, "That character's more plex than I thought, " stead of sayg, "Oh, he out pk and you know he's gay. Variety named Ortega as an honoree on s “Power of Pri” list and terviewed him about his long reer as an openly gay choreographer and director Hollywood as well as the queer athetic nng through his classic fay films, om Newsi and Hoc Poc to his more recent Disney Channel Origal Movi.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR REVEALS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN MOVI

” When asked if would have been possible to wre Ryan as openly gay a Bh admistratn–era Disney Channel movie, Ortega answered:. The fact that, 2020, Disney was velopg the gay-teen seri Love, Victor for Disney+ shows how far the stud has e. Kenny Ortega Says High School Mil’s Ryan ‘Probably’ Gay.

And by closure, we mean explag why the character, played by Lus Grabeel, wasn't openly gay the movie anchise. Kenny also revealed why he did not feel a versn of the seri wh an “openly gay” Ryan would have been possible when trilogy kicked off 2006.

‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS RYAN EVANS WAS GAY AND ‘PROBABLY GOG TO COME OUT COLLEGE’

In the terview, Lus revealed that while he did envisn Ryan as a gay character, he wanted to portray his high school experienc as a close reflectn to Kenny’s own — and that meant not beg openly out.

Though many fans assumed that Ryan was gay, the character never directly acknowledged his sexualy. “People have always asked me if Ryan was gay, ” Grabeel says. I wanted people to thk, ‘That character’s more plex than I thought, ’ stead of sayg, ‘Oh, he out pk and you know he’s gay.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, WOULD HAVE 'E OUT LLEGE'

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‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS LUS GRABEEL’S CHARACTER RYAN EVANS IS GAY

Ortega admted that probably wouldn't have been possible when the origal High School Mil was released 2006 to have had an openly gay character the movi. Ortega, who himself is openly gay, directed the whole High School Mil trilogy and Disney's Dcendants director discsed his reer as he was named as an honouree Variety’s Power of Pri list and suggted there was a queer athetic that ns through his work. He was nfirmed to be gay HSMTMTS Season 4 teaser.

Lus Grabeel, the actor, and director Kenny Ortega wanted to make Ryan gay, but after a meetg wh Disney their ia was nied as Disney did not thk a homosexual character was appropriate for a G-rated movie.

Pl was nfirmed by Director Kenny Ortega that Ryan is homosexual and would probably have e out llege. "There's so many amazgly talented gay actors that uld do as well, so if 'High School Mil' was ma today, I don't know if I would play Ryan, " Grabeel said.