Corrie's Daniel Brocklebank says g out as gay killed his Hollywood reer - Mirror Onle

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• DANIEL BROCKLEBANK: CORONATN STREET STAR CLAIMS G OUT AS GAY END HOLLYWOOD REER
• CORONATN STREET'S GAY VIR FAC BACKLASH OM FANS AND CHURCHGOERS OVER ROLE
• CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU
• CORRIE'S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SAYS G OUT AS GAY KILLED HIS HOLLYWOOD REER

DANIEL BROCKLEBANK: CORONATN STREET STAR CLAIMS G OUT AS GAY END HOLLYWOOD REER

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" The hunk who won Mr Gay World and was twice crowned champ of Mr Gay UK seemed equally fatuated wh Daniel and upload a snap of the pair. ” Homophobic abe onle After Corrie boss wrote a heart warmg gay adoptn storyle for Daniel's character, Billy Mayhew, the veteran actor spoke out about his fear of a backlash. Openg up about his experience sce g out as gay when he was 18, he said: “Bee I’ve been out profsnally sce I was 18, I’ve been aware that I was overlooked for rol bee producers knew I was gay, and I’ve had to put up wh homophobic abe on social media.

" He also reflected on some harrowg experienc growg up knowg he was gay the eighti. Dog-lover Daniel said was tough growg up knowg he was gay the 80s. He said: "When I was growg up, the legal age of nsent was still 21 and was illegal for teachers to discs homosexualy schools.

CORONATN STREET'S GAY VIR FAC BACKLASH OM FANS AND CHURCHGOERS OVER ROLE

"I lived a ral area, there was no ter and there were no gay role mols on TV. "It was the 1980s – all you read was gays were spreadg Aids and gays were paedophil.

Now, he hop by playg a gay character on a prime time soap, he n speak to children om the LGBT+ muny who might be lookg for role mols. "When I was 14 I thought I was maybe the only person the world who was gay. Earlier this year, Rob Mallard publicly opened up about his sexualy for the first time by strsg that he never planned to "keep quiet that [he's] gay""The only ncern I had at first was if I'm wh a female character, will an dience who knows I'm gay real life believe ?

CORONATN STREET'S FIVE GAY CHARACTERS 'NOT A HUGE AMOUNT', SAYS CHARLIE CONDOU

HOME News Royal Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Fance Travel Entertament Life & Style TV & Rad Celebry News DANIEL BROCKLEBANK - who plays vir Billy Mayhew Coronatn Street - has admted he stopped beg screen-tted for heterosexual male lead rol Hollywood after he me out as gay earlier his reer. 12:36, Thu, Jul 22, 2021 | UPDATED: 12:36, Thu, Jul 22, 2021 Corrie: Daniel Brocklebank discs Billy's storyleCoronatn Street st favoure Daniel Brocklebank, 41, has claimed his management Los Angel prevly advised him agast g out as gay, as would impact his reer Hollywood. The actor, who has starred alongsi Hollywood megastars Meryl Streep, Dt Hoffman and Helena Bonham Carter, cid he wanted to be open about his sexualy after appearg the popular 1998 movie Shakpeare Love spe warngs om his team the is now playg gay vir Billy Mayhew Corrie, which he creds as beg the “first time my life I’m not chasg the next job”.

Carol Vorrman, 60, sparks enzy wh eye-poppg display bikiDaniel Brocklebank claims g out as gay end Hollywood reer (Image: SPLASHNEWS•ITV)Daniel Brocklebank Shakpeare Love (Image: UNIVERSALPICTURES)However, when Daniel me out as gay the 1990s, he found that did negatively affect his reer relled to the Mirror: “I me out publicly jt after Shakpeare Love was released, so I would have been 18. “I stopped beg screen-tted for the heterosexual male leads and I was eher the gay bt iend or the character parts.

More Daniel Brocklebank plays gay vir Billy Mayhew Corrie (Image: SPLASHNEWS)Platt fay tree (Image: EXPRESS)“It was more Ameri than Bra, but was still very prevalent. ”Daniel, who grew up Warwickshire, realised he was gay at 13 and me out to his fay two years first big break me when he played the lead role of Ralph the Royal Shakpeare Company’s productn of Lord of the Fli at the age of 1998, Daniel ma his movie but Shakpeare Love. Todd Grimshaw was a nfed teen when he filmed Coronatn Street’s first ever gay kiss.

CORRIE'S DANIEL BROCKLEBANK SAYS G OUT AS GAY KILLED HIS HOLLYWOOD REER

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