The 'Te Blood' character played by late actor Nelsan Ellis was revelatory for me, a gay black boy growg up the heart of the Amerin South.
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- 'TE BLOOD' ACTOR NELSAN ELLIS: FORMER STAR QU BEE HE DIDN'T 'WANT TO PLAY A GAY PART'
- REMEMBERG NELSAN ELLIS AS A CHAMPN OF GAY RIGHTS, ON ‘TE BLOOD’ SET AND OFF
'TE BLOOD' ACTOR NELSAN ELLIS: FORMER STAR QU BEE HE DIDN'T 'WANT TO PLAY A GAY PART'
But Grim reportedly qu December when he found out Kent was bisexual and startg a romantic relatnship wh a gay character the seventh and fal Nelsan Ellis, the actor who plays Kent’s gay lover on the show, is speakg up -- and he’s not happy.
REMEMBERG NELSAN ELLIS AS A CHAMPN OF GAY RIGHTS, ON ‘TE BLOOD’ SET AND OFF
“You qu your job bee you don’t want to play a gay part?
You make a big statement when you go, ‘I don’t want to play this part bee ’s gay, ” Ellis told New York Magaze followg the airg this week of his character’s sex scene wh the new actor playg Kent. ”Yet crics argue that Grim should have known what he was gettg to when he ially signed the dotted le, given that the supernatural drama – created by the openly gay Alan Ball and produced by his pany njunctn wh HBO – routely ph the envelope when to relatnships.