Darren Criss Says He Won't Play Gay Characters Anymore - TV Gui

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• DARREN CRISS SAYS HE’S BEEN ‘S**T ON’ FOR WADG TO STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL BATE
• DARREN CRISS WILL NO LONGER PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
• DARREN CRISS DISCS BATE OVER STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
• DARREN CRISS BGRAPHY, IS HE GAY, WHO IS HIS WIFE WEALTH, AGE, SIZE
• WHY DARREN CRISS SAID HE WON’T PLAY GAY ROL ANYMORE
• DARREN CRISS HAS BEEN ‘S**T ON’ FOR BATG STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL
• DARREN CRISS AND HIS HISTORY OF PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
• HERE'S WHAT DARREN CRISS AND OTHER STRAIGHT ACTORS HAVE SAID ABOUT PLAYG GAY ROL
• DARREN CRISS SAYS HE WILL NO LONGER PLAY LGBTQ CHARACTERS: “I WON’T BE ANOTHER STRAIGHT BOY TAKG A GAY MAN’S ROLE”
• DARREN CRISS WON'T PLAY GAY ANYMORE
• DARREN CRISS SAYS HE’LL STOP PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘I WON’T BE ANOTHER STRAIGHT BOY TAKG A GAY MAN’S ROLE’
• DARREN CRISS SAYS HE’S BEEN CRICIZED FOR OPENG UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL
• *GLEE’*S DARREN CRISS—KURT’S NEW SQUEEZE?—DCRIB HIS CHARACTER AS “TOM FORD-ISH.” PERFECT!BY BRETT BERKNOVEMBER 9, 2010SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE*PHOTO BY REBEC SANABRIA.*DARREN CRISS, A 23-YEAR-OLD SAN FRANCIS NATIVE, JOS THE ST OF GLEE TONIGHT AS BLAE (NO LAST NAME, JT LIKE CHER), AN OPENLY-GAY STUNT AT A RIVAL SCHOOL. HE TO THE ROLE WELL PREPARED: HE HAS A B.F.A. PERFORMANCE AND ACTG OM THE UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN AND WAS A WRER AND PERFORMER YOUTUBE SENSATNS A VERY POTTER MIL AND A VERY POTTER SEQUEL, WHICH HAVE GARNERED OVER 25 LN HS LLECTIVELY. I TOOK A BREAK OM DRIVG ACROSS THE UNTRY AN ELECTRIC R TO TALK TO DARREN THIS AFTERNOON.BRETT BERK: DARREN! GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. AND NGRATS ON EARNG THE ROLE OF BLAE. ALL THE KIDS ON THE SHOW SEEM TO HAVE CRAZY STORI ABOUT THEIR DNS SO WHY DON’T YOU TELL ME YOURS?DARREN CRISS: IT’S NOT THAT CRAZY. LEA’S TAK THE KE. I HEARD THAT SHE WAS AN ACCINT AND HAD GLASS HER HAIR. I N MAKE ONE UP FOR YOU. I WAS FIGHTG A BEAR CANADA. I WAS ON THE VERGE OF ATH AND LOOKED HIM STRAIGHT THE EYE, AND THE BEAR TOOK PY ON ME BEFORE I TOOK MY LAST BREATH. “IS THERE ANYTHG YOU WANT BEFORE YOU DIE I’M A BEAR OF HONOR,” HE ASKED. AND I SAID, “I REALLY WANT TO GO OUT FOR GLEE.” AND HE SAID, “ JT SO HAPPENS I KNOW THE STG DIRECTOR, I’LL GET YOU OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT I’M GOG TO KILL YOU IF YOU DON’T GET .” SO I WENT TO THE STG OFFICE, AND I SAID, “I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS PART, AND IF I DON’T GET , THE BEAR’S GOG TO KILL ME.” SO THEY GAVE ME THIS PART. AND THE BEAR LET ME LIVE. AND NOW HE’S A GOOD IEND OF ME AND A BIG FAN OF THE SHOW.ACTUALLY, THE REAL STORY IS, AS AN ACTOR, YOU GO UP FOR THGS ALL THE TIME, AND I HAD FOSTERED A RELATNSHIP WH THE GLEE STG FAY OVER THE PAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS, OM ACTG AND DNG A LOT. I FIRST DNED TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO, BEFORE MY SENR YEAR LLEGE AT MICHIGAN, FOR THE IAL PILOT. I WENT OUT FOR THE ROLE FN ORIGALLY, AND I’M NOT A FOOTBALL PLAYER. I’M A SMALLER GUY. AND I DIDN’T GET . AND I’M GLAD I DIDN’T BEE I GOT TO FISH LLEGE. SO WHEN I GOT THE BREAKDOWN FOR BLAE, WAS THE FIRST TIME WHERE I SAID TO MYSELF, THIS IS SOMETHG I ULD MAYBE DO AND HAVE A SHOT AT . IT’S A GREAT CHARACTER. SO I CLEANED MYSELF UP AND WENT .WHEN I’VE GONE BEFORE, I WENT WH MY GUAR AND MY LONGER HAIR AND PLAYED SOMETHG VERY ME, LIKE MOTOWN—I PLAYED MARV GAYE, JT ASSERTG THAT ANGLE. THIS TIME BEE THE REFERENC WERE FOR A VERY CLEAN-CUT GUY, I GOT MY HAIR CUT, DIDN’T BRG MY GUAR, AND I WENT THERE LOOKG NOTHG LIKE MYSELF. AND I SANG A ROGERS AND HART CLASSIC, “WHERE OR WHEN,” A GREAT SONG OM THE AMERIN SONGBOOK, OM A SHOW LLED BAB ARMS. AND I SANG AN A-PPELLA VERSN OF “BABY ONE MORE TIME.” I DNED ON A MONDAY AND GOT A LL ON FRIDAY. IT WAS VERY FAST. I DIDN’T EVEN GET A LLBACK.AND BEFORE THIS, YOU WERE JT A REGULAR LLEGE STUNT, HO-HUM, GOG ABOUT YOUR BS?UH…BEFORE GLEE…?YEAH. I MEAN, SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD SOME OTHER THGS GOG ON.OH. I…I JT…I’M NEVER SURE WHEN I’M TALKG TO MAGAZ IF THEY KNOW MY OTHER LIFE.WE DO. BUT WE LIKE TO GET YOU TO SAY . I’M GIVG YOU THE SECRETS OF THE TERVIEW TECHNIQUE.OH, O.K. GOOD. WELL, MY EY, GLEE OR NOT, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A HO-HUM RANDOM GUY. THAT’S JT MY OWN PERCEPTN OF MYSELF. I HAVE A SMALL PRODUCTN PANY THAT I STARTED WH MY BT IENDS OM UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE MA THIS SILLY MIL LLED A VERY POTTER MIL THAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE SEEN BY ANYONE BUT OURSELV AND OUR IENDS, AND WE JT SO HAPPENED TO HAVE FILMED , AND THAT WAS THAT. THAT SHOW WAS JT LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW OM LLEGE, WHERE EVERYBODY GO TO SEE AND GETS DNK AND HAS A GOOD TIME. WHEN WE GRADUATED AND MOVED TO LOS ANGEL, WE CID TO PUT UP ON YOUTUBE FOR IENDS OR FAY WHO MISSED , AND THE NEXT THG WE KNEW WE HAD AN ACCINTAL VIRAL YOUTUBE PHENOMENON ON OUR HANDS. IT WAS SHOCKG, BEE, WELL, I WAS THE SHOW SO I KNEW WHAT WAS GOG ON. BUT WAS THE SAME AS YOUR UNCLE JOHN TAPG YOUR CHRISTMAS PAGEANT ON A SHAKY HAND-HELD AND PUTTG UP. IT BLEW UP, AND REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE TERMS OF WHAT I WAS GOG TO PURSUE. WE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTN AND SUPPORT OM THAT, AND THAT HAS BEEN A PLATFORM FOR ALL THE OTHER THGS WE DO. WE’VE SCE WORKED ON, PRODUCED, AND VELOPED A NUMBER OF MIL SHOWS WH THE SAME CREATIVE TEAM WHO WORKED ON THE FIRST ONE. ALL THE GUYS RECENTLY MOVED TO CHIGO TO SOLIDIFY THEMSELV AS A THEATER PANY THE CHIGO AREA. AND I’M CURRENTLY VELOPG THE SRE AND MIC FOR OUR NEXT SHOW, FOR A SHORT PREVIEW N FEBARY OF 2011, WHICH WILL BE OUR FIRST FORAY TO THE WORLD OUTSI OF THE UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN. THE NAME OF THE PRODUCTN PANY IS LLED LLED STAR KID PRODUCTNS. IT’S BEEN A HUGE FORCE MY LIFE AND A VERY WILD JOURNEY. I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED OM SOME SHS-AND-GIGGL ENAVOR I DID LLEGE. AND MY REER—I NEVER THOUGHT I’D BE WRG SR AND SONGS.MOST POPULARNEW ON NETFLIX: SEPTEMBER 2023'S BT NEW MOVI & SHOWSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLTHAT SOUNDS LIKE GREAT FUN. NOW, THIS BEG FOR MY GAY GUI TO GLEE LUMN, EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE GAY STUFF. WE ALL KNOW YOUR CHARACTER WILL BE A QUEER KID OM A RIVAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT HE’LL BEIEND AND BEE A MENTOR TO KURT. WHAT WE DON’T KNOW IS, WHAT KD OF GAY IS HE? PRISSY? BUTCH? BCHY? EVIL? DISHY? LYG? WARM? SPORTY? TOUGH? SLUTTY? WTERN? CHASTE? FASHN FORWARD? RETRO? …”NORMAL?”THOSE ARE ALL LIGHTFUL ADJECTIV FOR ANYONE GAY OR STRAIGHT. I WILL SAY, UM, THE REFERENCE IS THAT HE’S VERY TOM FORD-ISH. HE’S VERY CHARISMATIC, PUT-TOGETHER, POSED GUY. GAY. BUT I WOULDN’T SAY HE’S OVERLY QUEENY, AND NOT TOO BUTCH EHER. HE’S JT VERY…POSED. THE FACT THAT HE’S GAY ISN’T AT THE FOREONT OF WHO HE IS. IT IS TERMS OF WHO HE IS PERSONALLY, Y, BUT TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE HIM, SEEMS VERY MATTER OF FACT. AND ’S TRODUCED ALMOST AS A SUPERFLUO PART OF WHO HE IS. OBVLY ’S NOT. IT’S A HUGE PART OF WHO HE IS. BUT TERMS OF HOW HE WISH TO BE PERCEIVED, ’S NOT A HUGE PART.BLAE IS A VERY, VERY OL OL GUY. HE’S EXPERIENCED MANY OF THE SAME TRIALS AND TRIBULATNS THAT KURT HAS. WHEN WE MEET HIM, BLAE SE A LOT OF HIMSELF KURT, TERMS OF EXPERIENC AND THE WAY THEY FEEL ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM. HE FEELS THE NEED TO IMPART HIS KNOWLEDGE, BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR HIM, AND REALLY HELP HIM THROUGH WHAT HE’S GOG THROUGH. HE HAS SUCH A WONRFUL ENERGY. I ULDN’T FEEL MORE POSIVE ABOUT THIS.WILL HE AND KURT GET VOLVED? INTIMATELY?I DON’T KNOW. AT THIS POT, THAT ISN’T SOMETHG THAT HAS BEEN ADDRSED. RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE. AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT KURT WILL HAVE SOME KD OF ROMANTIC TERT. HOWEVER, I N’T NFIRM THAT AT ALL. WE WANT TO SEE THE GOOD GUY GET WHAT HE SERV, NOT NECSARILY BEE WE WANT TO SEE THE BOYIEND THG, BUT WE JT WANT TO SEE KURT HAPPY. IF THAT’S A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, SO BE . BUT THE GREAT THG ABOUT BLAE IS THAT KURT FALLY HAS SOMEONE HE N RELATE TO. EVERYONE ON THE SHOW IS AN OUTST, WHETHER BE IOLOGILLY, PHYSILLY, MENTALLY. KURT IS THE ONLY GAY-TEEN MALE. SO TO HAVE ANOTHER YOUNG GAY TEEN THAT HE N TALK TO AND RELATE TO, THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THG. HE HAS A SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND WHETHER EVOLV TO SOMETHG MORE, WELL, WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.CHRIS [COLFER] TOLD ME ONE OF THE TIM WE TALKED THAT SOME OF THE POWER HIS PERFORMANC IS OM HAVG PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED MANY OF THE THGS HIS CHARACTER GO THROUGH AS A GAY TEEN. NOT THAT THIS IS ANY WAY NECSARY FOR AN ACTOR PLAYG ANY KD OF ROLE, BUT I’M WONRG ABOUT YOUR OWN PERSONAL NNECTN TO THE CHARACTER OF BLAE AND THE SUBJECT MATTER YOU’RE ADDRSG.MOST POPULARNEW ON NETFLIX: SEPTEMBER 2023'S BT NEW MOVI & SHOWSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLIT’S A SUBJECT THAT’S VERY NEAR AND AR TO MY HEART, SIMPLY BEE I GREW UP SUCH AN OPEN MUNY—DOG THEATER SAN FRANCIS. I MEAN, DON’T GET MUCH, STEREOTYPILLY, “GAYER.” I WAS ADVERTENTLY RAISED THE “GAY MUNY.” I HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS, BUT I SPENT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME AT A VERY EARLY AGE WH GAY, THEATER-HOPEFUL THIRTY-SOMETHGS. AND THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE I SPENT TIME WH EARLY ON, SO MY WHOLE PERCEPTN OF “SEXUALY” JT WASN’T THERE. IT IT EVEN GOT TO THE POT WHERE, LATER LIFE... I HAD ALL THE PONENTS PLACE. I WAS, WELL, NOT SUPER EFFEMATE, BUT I WAS TO GIRLY THGS—I LIKED MIL THEATER, ALL THE STEREOTYPIL THGS. I HAD TO E OUT AND SAY, WELL, I’M SORRY, BUT I THK I’M STRAIGHT. AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, SAY A’T SO! AND I WOULD SAY, “IT’S BEEN A SECRET TOO LONG, BUT I’M ACTUALLY A STRAIGHT MALE.”AND SO FOR THE LONGT TIME WHEN PEOPLE ASKED ME ABOUT BLAE, I WANTED TO SAY IT DON’T MATTER. AND DON’T. BUT I DON’T WANT TO VALUE , BEE ’S A VERY EARNT QUTN, AND I N SEE WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO KNOW. AND I REALIZED THAT IF I SAID, IT DON’T MATTER, THAT IMMEDIATELY MEANS THAT I’M GAY. SO I DO FE MYSELF AS A STRAIGHT MALE, BUT REALLY DON’T E TO PLAY WH ME THIS ROLE. AS AN ACTOR, YOUR OBJECTIVE IS ALWAYS TO PLAY THE SCENE. AND THIS SE, HE HAPPENS TO BE A GAY TEEN.WELL, WE NEED TO WRAP THIS UP, BEE I HAVE TO GET BACK TO A TOUR OF A BATTERY PLANT DETRO (?!?) SO I’LL JT ASK YOU ONE MORE QUTN. IT’S A TWO-PARTER: WHAT IS THE THG YOU ARE MOST LOOKG FORWARD TO ABOUT BEG ON GLEE?A GREAT CHARACTER. I THK BLAE HAS POTENTIAL—AND OBVLY I’M BIASED, BUT EVEN IF I HAD NOTHG TO DO WH AND WAS JT AN DIENCE MEMBER—AND I’M REALLY LOOKG FORWARD TO BLAE HAVG SOMETHG TO SAY. YOU THK, WHAT PLACE DO I HAVE ALL OF THIS? PUTTG ON A STUME, AND SAYG SOMEONE ELSE’S L, DO WHAT I’M DOG HAVE ANY MER? AND BLAE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOMETHG GREAT TO SAY, ON A PHENOMENAL PLATFORM WHICH IS GLEE, WHERE YOU HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHG AND LISTENG. AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HAS STORE FOR HIM, BUT I KNOW THAT HE HAS A LOT TO OFFER AND A LOT TO GIVE, AND TO BE A PART OF THAT IS SUCH PRIVILEGE AND SUCH A GIFT.AND WHAT IS THE THG YOU ARE LEAST LOOKG FORWARD TO? (AND DON’T SAY, NOT BEG ABLE TO E TO WORK EVERY DAY. BEE DOT-MARIE JON ALREADY SAID THAT.)I N’T EVEN THK OF SOMETHG…I’M SURE THERE’S STUFF. OH, I KNOW. I’M NOT LOOKG FORWARD TO THE FACT THAT I WON’T IMMEDIATELY BE ABLE TO NNECT WH EVERYBODY. IT’S GOG TO BUM ME OUT THAT I WON’T REALLY BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WH EVERYBODY. I’M NOT A MEAN PERSON. I WANT NOTHG MORE THAN TO BE NICE TO EVERYBODY. I’M A NAïVE IALIST. BUT I KNOW THAT ’S GOG TO BE HARD TO MATA THAT AS THE WHEELS TURN FOR THE GLEE MACHE THAT I’VE JUMPED ONTO. BUT, HEY, I’LL TAKE THE GOOD WH THE BAD. THERE’S NOTHG LIKE GLEE RIGHT NOW. NOTHG BIGGER THAN GLEE. I N’T BELIEVE I’M EVEN HAVG THIS TERVIEW WH YOU ABOUT A PART THAT I HAVE GLEE.COME BACK THIS WEDNDAY, AND EVERY WEDNDAY THIS SEASON, FOR ;S WEEKLY RE-PS OF THE PREV NIGHT'S EPISO OF GLEE.BRETT BERK WR GAILY ABOUT CULTURE, POLICS, AND RS FOR , AND IS THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE’S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT OR FOLLOW HIM ON TWTER.BRETT BERK
• HERE'S WHY DARREN CRISS SAYS HE WON'T PLAY GAY CHARACTERS ANY LONGER

DARREN CRISS SAYS HE’S BEEN ‘S**T ON’ FOR WADG TO STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL BATE

Criss plays a director Netflix’s Hollywood, which reimag the goln era of movie makg as a far more acceptg place for Asian, Ain Amerin, and gay actors.

DARREN CRISS WILL NO LONGER PLAY GAY CHARACTERS

Image source, Getty ImagDarren Criss says he will no longer accept LGBT scripts bee he don't want to prive gay actors of actor, who is straight, is well-known for playg the gay character of Andrew Cunanan Amerin Crime Story: The Assassatn Of Gianni Versace. "I want to make sure I won't be another straight boy takg a gay man's role, " he told Btle said 's been "a joy" actg gay rol but no longer feels fortable dog so, which is "unfortunate". Prev to Amerin Crime Story, he was mostly known for his portrayal of gay pupil Blae Anrson ptn, Darren Criss won a Primetime Emmy award for his portrayal of serial killer Andrew Cunanan"There are certa rol that I'll see that are jt wonrful, " he explaed.

"But I want to make sure I won't be another straight boy takg a gay man's role. "The bate over who has a right to play certa characters was reigned earlier this year when Srlett Johansson dropped out of playg a transgenr character followg a Ian McKellen is among those cril of Hollywood's attu to gay openly gay man has ever won the Amy Award for bt actor, while straight actors have taken home the prize for playg LGBT Hanks won for Philalphia 1993, while Sean Penn soped for Milk total, 52 straight people have been Osr-nomated for playg gay characters. Glee star Darren Criss has addrsed his experienc playg gay characters, and the ongog bate on straight actors queer rol.

DARREN CRISS DISCS BATE OVER STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

Criss got his breakthrough playg the gay stunt Blae Anrson on Glee. “They’re not there to act gay. Gay is not a performance.

I don’t thk gay is performative. I really, really thk now – I genuely thk – that stg gay as gay now is the right thg to do. Darren Criss has cid that he will no longer play gay characters.

DARREN CRISS BGRAPHY, IS HE GAY, WHO IS HIS WIFE WEALTH, AGE, SIZE

Bee he don’t want to be a straight actor takg potential rol om actors who actually intify as gay, he said a recent terview wh Btle. “But I want to make sure I won’t be another straight boy takg a gay man’s role. )Criss has spoken ndidly about playg gay characters the past, sayg a Vulture terview earlier this year that he feels “very blsed my reer wh beg allowed the gay muny.

raised by gay men.

WHY DARREN CRISS SAID HE WON’T PLAY GAY ROL ANYMORE

So I gus habg a gay voice is important to me bee.

DARREN CRISS HAS BEEN ‘S**T ON’ FOR BATG STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL

Darren Criss has given his thoughts on the ongog bate regardg straight actors playg gay rol.

At the start of his reer, Criss received cril acclaim for his portrayal of gay Warbler Blae Anrson on the h TV show Glee. But I want to make sure I won’t be another straight boy takg a gay man’s role, ” he told Btle.

Criss’ ments e a week after director Aaron Sork said stg gay actors queer rol was an “empty gture.

DARREN CRISS AND HIS HISTORY OF PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

Gay and straight aren’t actable. You n act beg attracted to someone, but n’t act gay or straight, ” he said.

HERE'S WHAT DARREN CRISS AND OTHER STRAIGHT ACTORS HAVE SAID ABOUT PLAYG GAY ROL

“So this notn that only gay actors should play gay characters? Personal life – Is he gay, who is the woman? For example, his sexualy has been an issue on var platforms, particularly bee of the gay rol he plays televisn productns.

DARREN CRISS SAYS HE WILL NO LONGER PLAY LGBTQ CHARACTERS: “I WON’T BE ANOTHER STRAIGHT BOY TAKG A GAY MAN’S ROLE”

Rell that on “Glee” Criss played the gay role of Kurt Hummel’s love tert, played by Chris Colfer, who is openly gay.

DARREN CRISS WON'T PLAY GAY ANYMORE

Among other thgs, this led to gay attribute speculatn about the Glee breakout star’s sexualy.

DARREN CRISS SAYS HE’LL STOP PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘I WON’T BE ANOTHER STRAIGHT BOY TAKG A GAY MAN’S ROLE’

Actor Darren Criss said that he’s not gog to play gay men anymore bee he don’t want to prive gay actors of work. Criss is perhaps bt known for playg two gay rol: first Blae Anrson Glee and then Andrew Cunanan Amerin Crime Story: The Assassatn of Gianni Versace.

Criss said that is “a real joy” to play a gay role, but he don’t want to take rol away om gay actors. About what wrer Seam Kirst lled Hollywood’s “Gay for Pay Problem.

DARREN CRISS SAYS HE’S BEEN CRICIZED FOR OPENG UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL

Four straight actors have won an Osr for playg a gay role – Tom Hanks for his role Philalphia, Charlize Theron for Monster, Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote, and Sean Penn for Milk – but no LGBTQ person has ever won an Osr for playg eher a straight or queer role. Over half of the LGBTQ rponnts had “heard directors and producers make anti-gay ments about actors. “If you’re known as a straight guy, playg a gay role, you get reward for that, ” actor Col Firth said a 2010 terview.

“If you’re a gay man and you want to play a straight role, you don’t get st — and if a gay man wants to play a gay role now, you don’t get st.

Darren Criss says he has been “s**t on” when engagg the bate over straight actors takg gay rol.

*GLEE’*S DARREN CRISS—KURT’S NEW SQUEEZE?—DCRIB HIS CHARACTER AS “TOM FORD-ISH.” PERFECT!BY BRETT BERKNOVEMBER 9, 2010SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVE*PHOTO BY REBEC SANABRIA.*DARREN CRISS, A 23-YEAR-OLD SAN FRANCIS NATIVE, JOS THE ST OF GLEE TONIGHT AS BLAE (NO LAST NAME, JT LIKE CHER), AN OPENLY-GAY STUNT AT A RIVAL SCHOOL. HE TO THE ROLE WELL PREPARED: HE HAS A B.F.A. PERFORMANCE AND ACTG OM THE UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN AND WAS A WRER AND PERFORMER YOUTUBE SENSATNS A VERY POTTER MIL AND A VERY POTTER SEQUEL, WHICH HAVE GARNERED OVER 25 LN HS LLECTIVELY. I TOOK A BREAK OM DRIVG ACROSS THE UNTRY AN ELECTRIC R TO TALK TO DARREN THIS AFTERNOON.BRETT BERK: DARREN! GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. AND NGRATS ON EARNG THE ROLE OF BLAE. ALL THE KIDS ON THE SHOW SEEM TO HAVE CRAZY STORI ABOUT THEIR DNS SO WHY DON’T YOU TELL ME YOURS?DARREN CRISS: IT’S NOT THAT CRAZY. LEA’S TAK THE KE. I HEARD THAT SHE WAS AN ACCINT AND HAD GLASS HER HAIR. I N MAKE ONE UP FOR YOU. I WAS FIGHTG A BEAR CANADA. I WAS ON THE VERGE OF ATH AND LOOKED HIM STRAIGHT THE EYE, AND THE BEAR TOOK PY ON ME BEFORE I TOOK MY LAST BREATH. “IS THERE ANYTHG YOU WANT BEFORE YOU DIE I’M A BEAR OF HONOR,” HE ASKED. AND I SAID, “I REALLY WANT TO GO OUT FOR GLEE.” AND HE SAID, “ JT SO HAPPENS I KNOW THE STG DIRECTOR, I’LL GET YOU OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT I’M GOG TO KILL YOU IF YOU DON’T GET .” SO I WENT TO THE STG OFFICE, AND I SAID, “I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS PART, AND IF I DON’T GET , THE BEAR’S GOG TO KILL ME.” SO THEY GAVE ME THIS PART. AND THE BEAR LET ME LIVE. AND NOW HE’S A GOOD IEND OF ME AND A BIG FAN OF THE SHOW.ACTUALLY, THE REAL STORY IS, AS AN ACTOR, YOU GO UP FOR THGS ALL THE TIME, AND I HAD FOSTERED A RELATNSHIP WH THE GLEE STG FAY OVER THE PAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS, OM ACTG AND DNG A LOT. I FIRST DNED TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO, BEFORE MY SENR YEAR LLEGE AT MICHIGAN, FOR THE IAL PILOT. I WENT OUT FOR THE ROLE FN ORIGALLY, AND I’M NOT A FOOTBALL PLAYER. I’M A SMALLER GUY. AND I DIDN’T GET . AND I’M GLAD I DIDN’T BEE I GOT TO FISH LLEGE. SO WHEN I GOT THE BREAKDOWN FOR BLAE, WAS THE FIRST TIME WHERE I SAID TO MYSELF, THIS IS SOMETHG I ULD MAYBE DO AND HAVE A SHOT AT . IT’S A GREAT CHARACTER. SO I CLEANED MYSELF UP AND WENT .WHEN I’VE GONE BEFORE, I WENT WH MY GUAR AND MY LONGER HAIR AND PLAYED SOMETHG VERY ME, LIKE MOTOWN—I PLAYED MARV GAYE, JT ASSERTG THAT ANGLE. THIS TIME BEE THE REFERENC WERE FOR A VERY CLEAN-CUT GUY, I GOT MY HAIR CUT, DIDN’T BRG MY GUAR, AND I WENT THERE LOOKG NOTHG LIKE MYSELF. AND I SANG A ROGERS AND HART CLASSIC, “WHERE OR WHEN,” A GREAT SONG OM THE AMERIN SONGBOOK, OM A SHOW LLED BAB ARMS. AND I SANG AN A-PPELLA VERSN OF “BABY ONE MORE TIME.” I DNED ON A MONDAY AND GOT A LL ON FRIDAY. IT WAS VERY FAST. I DIDN’T EVEN GET A LLBACK.AND BEFORE THIS, YOU WERE JT A REGULAR LLEGE STUNT, HO-HUM, GOG ABOUT YOUR BS?UH…BEFORE GLEE…?YEAH. I MEAN, SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD SOME OTHER THGS GOG ON.OH. I…I JT…I’M NEVER SURE WHEN I’M TALKG TO MAGAZ IF THEY KNOW MY OTHER LIFE.WE DO. BUT WE LIKE TO GET YOU TO SAY . I’M GIVG YOU THE SECRETS OF THE TERVIEW TECHNIQUE.OH, O.K. GOOD. WELL, MY EY, GLEE OR NOT, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A HO-HUM RANDOM GUY. THAT’S JT MY OWN PERCEPTN OF MYSELF. I HAVE A SMALL PRODUCTN PANY THAT I STARTED WH MY BT IENDS OM UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE MA THIS SILLY MIL LLED A VERY POTTER MIL THAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE SEEN BY ANYONE BUT OURSELV AND OUR IENDS, AND WE JT SO HAPPENED TO HAVE FILMED , AND THAT WAS THAT. THAT SHOW WAS JT LIKE ANY OTHER SHOW OM LLEGE, WHERE EVERYBODY GO TO SEE AND GETS DNK AND HAS A GOOD TIME. WHEN WE GRADUATED AND MOVED TO LOS ANGEL, WE CID TO PUT UP ON YOUTUBE FOR IENDS OR FAY WHO MISSED , AND THE NEXT THG WE KNEW WE HAD AN ACCINTAL VIRAL YOUTUBE PHENOMENON ON OUR HANDS. IT WAS SHOCKG, BEE, WELL, I WAS THE SHOW SO I KNEW WHAT WAS GOG ON. BUT WAS THE SAME AS YOUR UNCLE JOHN TAPG YOUR CHRISTMAS PAGEANT ON A SHAKY HAND-HELD AND PUTTG UP. IT BLEW UP, AND REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE TERMS OF WHAT I WAS GOG TO PURSUE. WE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTN AND SUPPORT OM THAT, AND THAT HAS BEEN A PLATFORM FOR ALL THE OTHER THGS WE DO. WE’VE SCE WORKED ON, PRODUCED, AND VELOPED A NUMBER OF MIL SHOWS WH THE SAME CREATIVE TEAM WHO WORKED ON THE FIRST ONE. ALL THE GUYS RECENTLY MOVED TO CHIGO TO SOLIDIFY THEMSELV AS A THEATER PANY THE CHIGO AREA. AND I’M CURRENTLY VELOPG THE SRE AND MIC FOR OUR NEXT SHOW, FOR A SHORT PREVIEW N FEBARY OF 2011, WHICH WILL BE OUR FIRST FORAY TO THE WORLD OUTSI OF THE UNIVERSY OF MICHIGAN. THE NAME OF THE PRODUCTN PANY IS LLED LLED STAR KID PRODUCTNS. IT’S BEEN A HUGE FORCE MY LIFE AND A VERY WILD JOURNEY. I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED OM SOME SHS-AND-GIGGL ENAVOR I DID LLEGE. AND MY REER—I NEVER THOUGHT I’D BE WRG SR AND SONGS.MOST POPULARNEW ON NETFLIX: SEPTEMBER 2023'S BT NEW MOVI & SHOWSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLTHAT SOUNDS LIKE GREAT FUN. NOW, THIS BEG FOR MY GAY GUI TO GLEE LUMN, EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE GAY STUFF. WE ALL KNOW YOUR CHARACTER WILL BE A QUEER KID OM A RIVAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT HE’LL BEIEND AND BEE A MENTOR TO KURT. WHAT WE DON’T KNOW IS, WHAT KD OF GAY IS HE? PRISSY? BUTCH? BCHY? EVIL? DISHY? LYG? WARM? SPORTY? TOUGH? SLUTTY? WTERN? CHASTE? FASHN FORWARD? RETRO? …”NORMAL?”THOSE ARE ALL LIGHTFUL ADJECTIV FOR ANYONE GAY OR STRAIGHT. I WILL SAY, UM, THE REFERENCE IS THAT HE’S VERY TOM FORD-ISH. HE’S VERY CHARISMATIC, PUT-TOGETHER, POSED GUY. GAY. BUT I WOULDN’T SAY HE’S OVERLY QUEENY, AND NOT TOO BUTCH EHER. HE’S JT VERY…POSED. THE FACT THAT HE’S GAY ISN’T AT THE FOREONT OF WHO HE IS. IT IS TERMS OF WHO HE IS PERSONALLY, Y, BUT TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE HIM, SEEMS VERY MATTER OF FACT. AND ’S TRODUCED ALMOST AS A SUPERFLUO PART OF WHO HE IS. OBVLY ’S NOT. IT’S A HUGE PART OF WHO HE IS. BUT TERMS OF HOW HE WISH TO BE PERCEIVED, ’S NOT A HUGE PART.BLAE IS A VERY, VERY OL OL GUY. HE’S EXPERIENCED MANY OF THE SAME TRIALS AND TRIBULATNS THAT KURT HAS. WHEN WE MEET HIM, BLAE SE A LOT OF HIMSELF KURT, TERMS OF EXPERIENC AND THE WAY THEY FEEL ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM. HE FEELS THE NEED TO IMPART HIS KNOWLEDGE, BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR HIM, AND REALLY HELP HIM THROUGH WHAT HE’S GOG THROUGH. HE HAS SUCH A WONRFUL ENERGY. I ULDN’T FEEL MORE POSIVE ABOUT THIS.WILL HE AND KURT GET VOLVED? INTIMATELY?I DON’T KNOW. AT THIS POT, THAT ISN’T SOMETHG THAT HAS BEEN ADDRSED. RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO BELIEVE. AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT KURT WILL HAVE SOME KD OF ROMANTIC TERT. HOWEVER, I N’T NFIRM THAT AT ALL. WE WANT TO SEE THE GOOD GUY GET WHAT HE SERV, NOT NECSARILY BEE WE WANT TO SEE THE BOYIEND THG, BUT WE JT WANT TO SEE KURT HAPPY. IF THAT’S A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, SO BE . BUT THE GREAT THG ABOUT BLAE IS THAT KURT FALLY HAS SOMEONE HE N RELATE TO. EVERYONE ON THE SHOW IS AN OUTST, WHETHER BE IOLOGILLY, PHYSILLY, MENTALLY. KURT IS THE ONLY GAY-TEEN MALE. SO TO HAVE ANOTHER YOUNG GAY TEEN THAT HE N TALK TO AND RELATE TO, THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THG. HE HAS A SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND WHETHER EVOLV TO SOMETHG MORE, WELL, WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.CHRIS [COLFER] TOLD ME ONE OF THE TIM WE TALKED THAT SOME OF THE POWER HIS PERFORMANC IS OM HAVG PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED MANY OF THE THGS HIS CHARACTER GO THROUGH AS A GAY TEEN. NOT THAT THIS IS ANY WAY NECSARY FOR AN ACTOR PLAYG ANY KD OF ROLE, BUT I’M WONRG ABOUT YOUR OWN PERSONAL NNECTN TO THE CHARACTER OF BLAE AND THE SUBJECT MATTER YOU’RE ADDRSG.MOST POPULARNEW ON NETFLIX: SEPTEMBER 2023'S BT NEW MOVI & SHOWSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… HERE’S WHAT WE NEED SEASON 3BY HILLARY BISOUR FLAG MEANS DEATH SEASON 2: EXCLIVE FIRST LOOKBY SARAH CATHERALLIT’S A SUBJECT THAT’S VERY NEAR AND AR TO MY HEART, SIMPLY BEE I GREW UP SUCH AN OPEN MUNY—DOG THEATER SAN FRANCIS. I MEAN, DON’T GET MUCH, STEREOTYPILLY, “GAYER.” I WAS ADVERTENTLY RAISED THE “GAY MUNY.” I HAD STRAIGHT PARENTS, BUT I SPENT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME AT A VERY EARLY AGE WH GAY, THEATER-HOPEFUL THIRTY-SOMETHGS. AND THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE I SPENT TIME WH EARLY ON, SO MY WHOLE PERCEPTN OF “SEXUALY” JT WASN’T THERE. IT IT EVEN GOT TO THE POT WHERE, LATER LIFE... I HAD ALL THE PONENTS PLACE. I WAS, WELL, NOT SUPER EFFEMATE, BUT I WAS TO GIRLY THGS—I LIKED MIL THEATER, ALL THE STEREOTYPIL THGS. I HAD TO E OUT AND SAY, WELL, I’M SORRY, BUT I THK I’M STRAIGHT. AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, SAY A’T SO! AND I WOULD SAY, “IT’S BEEN A SECRET TOO LONG, BUT I’M ACTUALLY A STRAIGHT MALE.”AND SO FOR THE LONGT TIME WHEN PEOPLE ASKED ME ABOUT BLAE, I WANTED TO SAY IT DON’T MATTER. AND DON’T. BUT I DON’T WANT TO VALUE , BEE ’S A VERY EARNT QUTN, AND I N SEE WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO KNOW. AND I REALIZED THAT IF I SAID, IT DON’T MATTER, THAT IMMEDIATELY MEANS THAT I’M GAY. SO I DO FE MYSELF AS A STRAIGHT MALE, BUT REALLY DON’T E TO PLAY WH ME THIS ROLE. AS AN ACTOR, YOUR OBJECTIVE IS ALWAYS TO PLAY THE SCENE. AND THIS SE, HE HAPPENS TO BE A GAY TEEN.WELL, WE NEED TO WRAP THIS UP, BEE I HAVE TO GET BACK TO A TOUR OF A BATTERY PLANT DETRO (?!?) SO I’LL JT ASK YOU ONE MORE QUTN. IT’S A TWO-PARTER: WHAT IS THE THG YOU ARE MOST LOOKG FORWARD TO ABOUT BEG ON GLEE?A GREAT CHARACTER. I THK BLAE HAS POTENTIAL—AND OBVLY I’M BIASED, BUT EVEN IF I HAD NOTHG TO DO WH AND WAS JT AN DIENCE MEMBER—AND I’M REALLY LOOKG FORWARD TO BLAE HAVG SOMETHG TO SAY. YOU THK, WHAT PLACE DO I HAVE ALL OF THIS? PUTTG ON A STUME, AND SAYG SOMEONE ELSE’S L, DO WHAT I’M DOG HAVE ANY MER? AND BLAE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOMETHG GREAT TO SAY, ON A PHENOMENAL PLATFORM WHICH IS GLEE, WHERE YOU HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHG AND LISTENG. AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HAS STORE FOR HIM, BUT I KNOW THAT HE HAS A LOT TO OFFER AND A LOT TO GIVE, AND TO BE A PART OF THAT IS SUCH PRIVILEGE AND SUCH A GIFT.AND WHAT IS THE THG YOU ARE LEAST LOOKG FORWARD TO? (AND DON’T SAY, NOT BEG ABLE TO E TO WORK EVERY DAY. BEE DOT-MARIE JON ALREADY SAID THAT.)I N’T EVEN THK OF SOMETHG…I’M SURE THERE’S STUFF. OH, I KNOW. I’M NOT LOOKG FORWARD TO THE FACT THAT I WON’T IMMEDIATELY BE ABLE TO NNECT WH EVERYBODY. IT’S GOG TO BUM ME OUT THAT I WON’T REALLY BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WH EVERYBODY. I’M NOT A MEAN PERSON. I WANT NOTHG MORE THAN TO BE NICE TO EVERYBODY. I’M A NAïVE IALIST. BUT I KNOW THAT ’S GOG TO BE HARD TO MATA THAT AS THE WHEELS TURN FOR THE GLEE MACHE THAT I’VE JUMPED ONTO. BUT, HEY, I’LL TAKE THE GOOD WH THE BAD. THERE’S NOTHG LIKE GLEE RIGHT NOW. NOTHG BIGGER THAN GLEE. I N’T BELIEVE I’M EVEN HAVG THIS TERVIEW WH YOU ABOUT A PART THAT I HAVE GLEE.COME BACK THIS WEDNDAY, AND EVERY WEDNDAY THIS SEASON, FOR ;S WEEKLY RE-PS OF THE PREV NIGHT'S EPISO OF GLEE.BRETT BERK WR GAILY ABOUT CULTURE, POLICS, AND RS FOR , AND IS THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE’S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT OR FOLLOW HIM ON TWTER.BRETT BERK

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