John Lhgow, Aled Mola she as gay uple ‘Love Is Strange’

Contents:

• ALED MOLA TALKS 'LOVE IS STRANGE,' JOHN LHGOW, AND GAY POP CULTURE
• IS JOHN LHGOW GAY? AGE, HEIGHT, NET WORTH
• IS JOHN LHGOW GAY?
• JOHN LHGOW ON THE SUNDANCE FILM ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’ AND GAY RIGHTS UTAH
• FIRST LOOK: JOHN LHGOW AND ALED MOLA AS GAY GROOMS ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’
• JOHN LHGOW, ALED MOLA SHE AS GAY UPLE ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’
• JOHN LHGOW ON THE SUNDANCE FILM ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’ AND GAY RIGHTS UTAH

ALED MOLA TALKS 'LOVE IS STRANGE,' JOHN LHGOW, AND GAY POP CULTURE

Brandon Ambroso: Is there any difference your approach to playg a love story vers playg a gay love story?

Gay men and women don't fall love or experience love any differently om anyone else. So no, when you're playg a role wh someone who is a long-term relatnship, then is separated om that long-term partner, the pa or anguish or disfort or unhapps you feel will always be playable, bee 's the same for everyone, whether they're gay or straight.

IS JOHN LHGOW GAY? AGE, HEIGHT, NET WORTH

Brandon Ambroso: There's been some discsn lately over whether or not straight actors should play gay rol. Some feel that gay rol should be rerved strictly for gay actors, and some disagree.

Aled Mola: Well, how would they feel if they were told that gay actors uld not play straight rol? Brandon Ambroso: That PBS s is all about the 49 year-long relatnship of two gay men. Your film, while not a edy, is siarly about love shared between two olr gay men.

IS JOHN LHGOW GAY?

Do you thk there's anythg to the fact that popular gay-themed stori are featurg olr gay men as their protagonists? I n remember a time when playg a gay character, or even jt dog films wh a gay theme, were really very risky thgs to do — not a polil sense, but jt risky at box office. There are still many, many people who are ristg the notn of gay them beg part of the mastream, but 's changg.

JOHN LHGOW ON THE SUNDANCE FILM ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’ AND GAY RIGHTS UTAH

But I thk what's cur is that even wh gay-themed movi and televisn shows, 's ually [about] people at the younger end of the age spectm.

It's gay upl strivg to fd themselv or each other or their place world.

I thk [Love is Strange] has a universal view — 's not jt about beg gay. Brandon Ambroso: There's a mor gog around that your -star Cheyenne Jackson, who's a fabulo gay in —. Aled Mola: Cheyenne Jackson is gay?

FIRST LOOK: JOHN LHGOW AND ALED MOLA AS GAY GROOMS ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’

Brandon Ambroso: Well, I heard that he tght you some — as the New York Tim put — gay nomenclature. Aled Mola: So, not beg gay myself, I'm not pletely [faiar] wh the subtleti of gay culture.

I said to him, "If I was gay, what would I be? " "Love Is Strange, " which stars Lhgow and Aled Mola as a married gay uple, is already receivg rave reviews ahead of s Aug. John Lhgow plays a gay man a 39-year relatnship wh his life partner and love of his life, played by Aled Mola, Ira Sachs' new film, "Love Is Strange.

I gus I was a ltle b self-nsc about playg a gay relatnship, but only fleetgly. Until then, you thought maybe Joey was gay.

JOHN LHGOW, ALED MOLA SHE AS GAY UPLE ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’

And there is this very tertg tth now that young people accept homosexualy far more than olr, to tell you the tth, that song that you loved at the piano the begng, that was origally supposed to be the 1950s R&B song “Love Is Strange.

JOHN LHGOW ON THE SUNDANCE FILM ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’ AND GAY RIGHTS UTAH

Sexualy - Gay or Nay.