‘There are plenty of straight actors who have played gay characters brilliantly,’ said the actor
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- BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY
- BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘THE FIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTS ARE OPEN TO ALL ACTORS’
- ‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY
- ARE ANY OF THE ST OF THE BIG BANG THEORY GAY?
BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY
The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons has reflected on g out as gay at the height of his Emmy-wng s's Parsons's iends and fay knew he had been a relatnship wh partner Todd Spiewak for many years, the actor discsed his sexualy publicly for the first time 2012 after playg an HIV-AIDS advote The Normal a wi-rangg discsn on the new seri of David Tennant Do a Podst Wh…, Parsons told the former Doctor Who star that his upbrgg the Bible Belt fluenced him to separate his personal and profsnal liv for years. I mean, I uld feel off her, and maybe she even said to different gre, of like, 'How would work to be a succsful actor… pay your bills wh , and be gay?
"I'm not aaid to be my quirks on stage and brg who I am and my sensiv, but I am aaid of revealg [I'm] gay, " he said of that time Kle//Getty ImagRelated: Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons adms he "wouldn't have been able to handle" fame if he was youngerTennant asked whether Parsons felt prsure bee he was qutng his sexualy at the time, but Parsons explaed: "That would have been around the time I was g out, so I don't thk there was much more hidg , as far as that go. "I do thk I was aaid of not beg able to play anythg but gay parts, not only if I me out, but bee I would appear effemate. Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeJim Parsons has offered his opn on the stg of straight actors LGBTQ+ an terview wh The LA Tim, Parsons opened up about LGBTQ+ reprentatn film, as well as the bate surroundg whether straight actors should portray gay characters.
“There’s fely this spectm: I thk the fight, as were, is not about havg only gay people play the gay parts but to ensure that all parts are open to all actors, ” said 47-year-old ntued: “It’s important that gay characters are portrayed as well-round and pletely human dividuals. ”In orr to illtrate his pot that “there are plenty of straight actors who have played gay characters brilliantly”, Parsons spoke specifilly about Brokeback Parsons as Michael and Matt Bomer as Donald (Netflix)The acclaimed 2005 drama saw two straight actors, Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger, mend for their performanc as Jack and Ennis.
BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘THE FIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTS ARE OPEN TO ALL ACTORS’
“I thk Brokeback Mounta is one of the most touchg gay movi and love stori I have ever seen, and those two straight actors were the bt choic for those rol, ” said the bate over whether straight actors should be st gay rol was recently renewed by Netflix film The Prom, which was released last viewers cricised the cisn to st Jam Corn – a straight man – as gay character Barry Glickman, while others took issue wh Corn’s performance, which was cricised as “aggrsively flamboyant”, “stereotypil” and “grossly appropriate”. Parsons me out as gay 2013 the middle of his n as Sheldon NBC’s hugely succsful s The Big Bang Apple TV+ ee for 7 daysNew subscribers only.
Plan to-renews until ncelledTry for eeHe has sce starred Netflix’s The Boys the Band, an adaptatn of Mart Crowley’s 1968 play of the same name about a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party New York play was nsired groundbreakg, and s 2020 film adaptatn – which prised a st of exclively gay actors – has received mostly posive reviews. While Jim Parsons never flat-out nied his sexualy, he admted to The Hollywood Reporter 2020 that he was "sred enough to make [his] missn not to talk about ," as he thought news of him beg gay "might e trouble" for the succs of The Big Bang Theory. Neverthels, a role 2011's Broadway n of The Normal Heart, a show about gay men dyg durg the AIDS crisis, seemed to shake his fens.
‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY
In a 2012 terview wh The New York Tim, he matter-of-factly revealed he was gay and a 10-year relatnship.
(Image cred: 20th Century Fox)Love, Simon - Keiynan Lonsdale As Bram GreenfeldReleased 2018, Love, Simon is a story about a closeted gay boy who stggl to balance his life amongst the blackmailer that is threateng to out him at school – while also tryg to intify the anonymo classmate that he has fallen love wh. The film beme so popular that a Hulu spoff, tled Love, Victor, premiered not that long after, but was nceled after Season 3In Love, Simon, Keiynan Lonsdale portrays Bram Greenfeld, one of Simon’s classmat and an openly gay stunt, and Keiynan himself me out 2017. The film ma stris for havg a gay protagonist, beg one of the first mastream film to showse a gay teen romance.
ARE ANY OF THE ST OF THE BIG BANG THEORY GAY?
That’s why his portrayal of Tommy Boatwright The Normal Heart felt even more pellg than any other role he has done, at least my Normal Heart, based on the Larry Kramer 1985 play of the same name, picts the HIV-AIDS crisis New York Cy durg the early eighti, and Parsons plays a gay activist fightg to addrs the issue. He’s sassy, talented, and the bt gay iend that we all need our liv that will be blunt wh you no matter what. But one show that you may or may not remember him om was the HBO seri Lookg, where he portrayed Patrick seri follows the story of three gay men livg San Francis, and their liv and iendships.
Stt plays Geth, a gay bookshop owner. The seri was all about misfs g together a high school glee club orr to fd pannship when felt there was no one there for them, and one of those characters that stuck around om the very first season was Kurt Hummel, a closeted gay stunt (at first) at William McKley High School. Chris Colfer played the character, and over time, Kurt beme more sure of himself not only as a gay man but as a voice for his muny, and showg that jt bee someone might not like your sparkle, that don’t mean you need to dim for anyone else.
The story not only has some great mic but ptur what ’s like as a young gay teenager to try and velop a te relatnship wh their fay when some of them don’t que unrstand what you’re gog through. Not bee I felt ashamed of beg openly gay but bee I didn't like givg myself to the public, a way.