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'Prison Break' fans wonr if Michael Sfield uld be gay so Wentworth Miller would return to the seri.

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THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

Wentworth Miller who starred as Michael Slfield the popular televisn seri ‘Prison Break’ has revealed to the world that he is gay. Acrdg to * prison break gay *

This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars.

Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light.

Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol. He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero.

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Wentworth Miller has officially taken a stand not to return to Prison Break, tellg fans: “I’m sorry. If you’re hot and bothered [bee] you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one... That’s your work.” * prison break gay *

It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe.

“‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy.

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Wentworth Miller has qu Prison Break and led out appearg seaon 6 bee as a gay man, he is done wh playg straight characters. * prison break gay *

The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay. ’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn. ” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them.

Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope.

‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

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In addn to Miller, Augt Prew, who recently got engaged to his partner, joed the st along wh El Gamal, a gay Mlim actor. Queer actors are typilly pigeonholed to playg rol that align wh their genr and sexualy, but here, openly gay men play everythg om heterosexual love terts to pe artists and ISIL villas. ”As “Prison Break” heads to what uld be s seri fale on Tuday night, beg a mastream actn show that actively embrac gayns might jt be s greatt cultural ntributn.

“And then there’s other people, who love Michael Sfield but maybe they don’t love gay people, and now they’re wonrg if that means somethg, that they’re hero worshippg this character that’s played by an actor they know is gay... Acpanied simply by a blank whe square, the 48-year-old actor — who is an out gay man — wrote a lengthy ptn on Sunday acknowledgg both his fans and his haters, statg that he “n’t be bullied out of this space” while exprsg ncern that younger queer people might see homophobic ments on his page and be “exposed to bullsh.

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The "Legends of Tomorrow" actor, who is gay, said he's eager to foc on queer reprentatn on-screen movg forward. * prison break gay *

If you're hot and bothered bec you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one… That's your work. “Am I sayg gay actors (gay men, specifilly) should only play gay parts?

” He also said that he wanted to see more gay parts played by gay actors, claimg that dog so mak a difference terms of performance and bee “straight actors playg ‘gay’ centers straightns.

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”Addnally, Miller touched on his own experienc wh self-censorship as an actor workg Hollywood, sayg that while no one ever explicly told him to “bury his gayns, ” he had received a “don’t ask, don’t tell” msage om the culture at large, cludg the “homophobic subgroup” of the fandom he has cultivated.

”While Miller didn’t specify what new work his “break” om the closet will entail, he exprsed a sire to make up for lost time as an openly gay actor. “My gayns was largely erased (by me, for starters) the first s of my reer, ” he said.

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