Leonardo DiCapr has 'a ton' of gay kiss scen J. Edgar

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• MIRIAM MARGOYL ONCE ASKED LEONARDO DICAPR IF HE WAS GAY: ‘SOMETIM HE WORE A DRS’
• LEONARDO DIPR HAS 'A TON' OF GAY KISS SCEN IN J. EDGAR
• LEONARDO DICAPR HAS 'A TON' OF GAY KISS SCEN J. EDGAR
• LEONARDO DIPR IS GAY OR BI?
• STAR CLAIMS ‘AT LEAST FOUR’ GAY ACTORS ARE AAID TO E OUT HOLLYWOOD
• FAL DTATN 5 STAR TALKS PSYCHO PAST, LEONARDO DICAPR'S GAY KISS
• LEONARDO DIPR HAS 'A TON' OF GAY KISS SCEN IN J. EDGAR
• MIRIAM MARGOYL ONCE ASKED LEONARDO DICAPR IF HE WAS GAY: ‘SOMETIM HE WORE A DRS’
• LEONARDO DICAPR, BRADLEY COOPER AND LAS HAAS A GAY LOVE TRIANGLE
• TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007/8:51 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007 / 8:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOT AROUND THE ANNALS OF MOVIE AND TELEVISN HISTORY, AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF FAMO ACTORS WHO HAVE GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL THEIR PASTS. BEFORE LEONARDO DICAPR ROMANCED CLAIRE DAN OR KATE WSLET, HE WAS DAVID THEWLIS' LOVER TOTAL ECLIPSE (1995). BEFORE HUGH GRANT BEME THE GO-TO GUY FOR STRAIGHT ROMANTIC EDI, HE PLAYED GAY MRICE (1987) AND THE TV MOVIE OUR SONS (1991). EVEN WILL SMH PLAYED A GAY ROLE THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, THOUGH HE REFED TO KISS A MAN ON MERA. IT JT GO TO SHOW THAT PLAYG GAY IS NOT THE REER-KILLER WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE. HERE ARE 10 OF TODAY'S TV AND FILM STARS WHO PLAYED GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL — MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN NEARLY FOTTEN — EARLIER THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. JACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLEMAN CURRENTLY PLAYS MR. BEN, FATHER OF PERKY BLOND CHEERLEAR CLAIRE, ON THE H NBC SCI-FI DRAMA HERO. BUT NOT ALL VIEWERS OF THE SHOW MAY REMEMBER THAT COLEMAN HAD HIS OWN DAYS OF PERKY BLONDNS. FROM 1982–88, HE STARRED ON DYNASTY AS THE SEND ACTOR TO PLAY STEVEN CARRGTON, GAY SON OF THE SHOW'S MA FAY AND ONE OF THE EARLIT QUEER CHARACTERS ON AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW STGGLED TO KEEP STEVEN'S ORIENTATN STRAIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE TO WOMEN, FATHERG A CHILD WH ONE OF THEM. BUT HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MALE LOVERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS PLAYED BY GRANT GOOVE OF EIGHT IS ENOUGH FAME. RELLG THE CHARACTER OF STEVEN CARRGTON, COLEMAN RECENTLY TOLD TV GUI: "[STEVEN] WAS SO TIMID BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, PECIALLY LOOKG AT WHAT'S ON BLE, WH THE L WORD, QUEER AS FOLK AND SHOWS LIKE THAT. … IT WAS VERY MUCH THE DONNA REED SHOW TERMS OF FOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR, NOBODY ACTUALLY EVER TOUCHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9 AND 8. JAM PUREFOY AND KEV MCKIDD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE RECENTLY-NCLUD HBO HISTORIL DRAMA ROME, JAM PUREFOY PLAYS MARK ANTONY, THE LEGENDARY GENERAL, AND KEV MCKIDD PLAYS LUCI VOREN, A MONER. THOUGH ROME WON EMMY AWARDS FOR VISUAL EFFECTS, HAIRSTYLG, ART DIRECTN AND STUM, THE SHOW HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR MOSTLY STEERG CLEAR OF ANOTHER ASPECT OF ANCIENT ROMAN SOCIETY: MALE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THIS WASN'T THE SE THE LAST TIME MCKIDD AND PUREFOY SHARED A SCREEN. IN 1998, THEY STARRED TOGETHER THE BRISH ROMANTIC EDY BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS. MCKIDD PLAYED LEO, A GAY-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED A WOMAN. PUREFOY PLAYED BRENDAN, A STRAIGHT-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED LEO. IN THE PROCS OF EXPLORG THEIR SEXUAL INTI, THE TWO MEN HAVE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NAVEEN ANDREWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE HE WAS ST AS FORMER IRAQI SOLDIER SAYID JARRAH ABC'S LOST, THIS BRISH ACTOR WAS PROBABLY BT KNOWN TO AMERIN VIEWERS FOR HIS ROLE AS KIP THE 1996 FILM THE ENGLISH PATIENT. BUT BEFORE EHER OF THOSE ROL, ANDREWS CREATED A SPLASH THE U.K. BY STARRG THE 1993 BBC MISERI THE BUDDHA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN BY HANIF KUREISHI (WHO ALSO WROTE THE CLASSIC GAY MOVIE MY BETIFUL LNDRETTE), BUDDHA IS THE STORY OF KARIM AMIR, A YOUNG, BISEXUAL BRISH INDIAN GROWG UP LONDON THE '70S. IMPATIENT WH FIXED TEGORI, WHETHER NATNAL OR SEXUAL, KARIM HAS LOVERS CLUDG ELEANOR (PLAYED BY JEMMA REDGRAVE), A PRIVILEGED YOUNG ACTRS, BUT ALSO CHARLIE KAY (PLAYED BY STEVEN MACKTOSH), A DAVID BOWIE-LIKE FIGURE WHO GO ON TO BEE AN TERNATNAL PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. RSELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2001, ATRALIAN ACTOR-TURNED-HOLLYWOOD STAR CROWE STARRED THE OSR-WNG FILM A BETIFUL MD. A LOOSE BPIC OF AMERIN MATHEMATICIAN JOHN FORB NASH, THE FILM ED A FUROR THE GAY MUNY OVER CLAIMS THAT THE FILMMAKERS HAD WHEWASHED NASH'S ALLEGED BISEXUALY (EVEN THOUGH NASH HIMSELF NI BEG BISEXUAL). CROWE WAS RID FOR HIS FENSE OF THE FILM, SAYG THAT THE FILMMAKERS DIDN'T WANT TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALY WH NASH'S SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS A TY, TWO-SEND SCENE WHICH ULD DITE NASH'S POSSIBLE TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SOME MAY HAVE FOTTEN THE FLYG ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND CENSORSHIP WAS THAT CROWE HAD ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF WILLG TO PLAY A GAY ROLE. IN 1994, HE STARRED THE ATRALIAN FILM THE SUM OF US AS JEFF MCHELL, AN OUT GAY MAN LIVG WH HIS WIDOWER FATHER, HARRY. HAVG A FORTABLE RELATNSHIP, JEFF AND HARRY SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ROMANTIC UPS AND DOWNS, AS HARRY DAT A WOMAN HE MET THROUGH A PUTER DATG SERVICE, AND JEFF EXPLOR A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED GREG (PLAYED BY JOHN POLSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. AL PACO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGUABLY AMERI'S MOST RENOWNED LIVG MOVIE ACTOR, PACO HAS PLAYED QUEER OR QUASI-QUEER NO FEWER THAN THREE TIM. IN 1976, HE RECEIVED AN OSR NOMATN FOR HIS LEAD ROLE AS THE BISEXUAL BANK ROBBER SONNY WORTZIK THE FACT-BASED DRAMA DOG DAY AFTERNOON. MARRIED WH CHILDREN, SONNY ALSO HAS A MALE LOVER, LEON (PLAYED BY CHRIS SARANDON), WHOM HE HAS "MARRIED" A BIGAMO CEREMONY. LEON WANTS A SEX-CHANGE OPERATN, AND SONNY CIS THAT HE WILL HOLD UP A BANK ORR TO PAY FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL SCRIPT REPORTEDLY NTAED A SCENE WHERE SONNY AND LEON KISS EACH OTHER GOODBYE ON THE STREET — A SCENE THAT PACO REFED TO PLAY. BUT THIS RULTED WHAT MANY FEEL IS THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT THE MOVIE: SONNY AND LEON SAY GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TELEPHONE, UNAWARE THAT THE PS ARE LISTENG ON THEIR LL. EVEN IF THE MOVIE SHIRKED SHOWG PHYSIL AFFECTN, DIDN'T DOWNPLAY THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENT BETWEEN THE TWO MEN. WHILE DRAFTG HIS WILL, SONNY REFERENC "MY DARLG WIFE LEON WHOM I LOVE AS NO OTHER MAN HAS LOVED ANOTHER MAN ALL ETERNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1980, PACO SIGNED ON TO PLAY NEW YORK P STEVE BURNS WILLIAM FRIEDK'S THRILLER CISG. HUGELY NTROVERSIAL THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME, THE FILM SHOWS HOW BURNS — AN APPARENT HETEROSEXUAL WH A GIRLIEND — IS SENT UNRVER THE GAY LEATHER SCENE ORR TO TRACK DOWN A SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS BEEN TARGETG GAY MEN. THE ASSIGNMENT LEADS HIM TO QUTN HIS OWN SEXUALY AS HE VISS THE LEATHER BARS AND VELOPS A IENDSHIP WH A GAY MAN, TED (PLAYED BY DON SRDO), WHO IS NOT PART OF THE SCENE. VIEWED BY SOME AS GROUNDBREAKG AND LIBERATELY AMBIGUO, AND BY OTHERS AS AN HERENT AND HOMOPHOBIC MS, THE FILM IS DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALLY, THE EMMY-WNG, STAR-LAN, 2003 HBO TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF TONY KHNER'S PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, PACO PLAYED ROY COHN, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED ON A REAL-LIFE FIGURE OF THE MCCARTHY REGIME, A HOMOPHOBIC, HOMOSEXUAL LAWYER WHO DIED OF AIDS 1986. FOUL-MOUTHED, CHARISMATIC, BLUNTLY ANK ABOUT HIS HOMOSEXUALY TO HIS DOCTOR (PLAYED BY JAM CROMWELL) WHILE NYG TO THE RT OF THE WORLD, PACO'S COHN IS, PERHAPS UNSURPRISGLY, THE MOST MEMORABLE THG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. ROBERT REDFORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY GAY MOVIE VIEWER WORTH HIS SALT WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT REDFORD AND NEWMAN WERE PLAYG GAY (IF VERTLY) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969). AND IF THE BROKEBACK MOUNTA-STYLE VER OF THE FILM'S 2006 DVD RE-RELEASE IS ANYTHG TO GO BY, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE REDFORD AN ACKNOWLEDGED QUEER ROLE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO WH THE FILM INSI DAISY CLOVER (1965). REDFORD PLAYS WA LEWIS, A HANDSOME, YOUNG MOVIE STAR WHOM OUT SCREENWRER GAV LAMBERT IALLY NCEIVED AS A CLOSETED HOMOSEXUAL. REDFORD ASKED THAT THE CHARACTER BE REWRTEN AS BISEXUAL; THE STUD GOT LD FEET OVER THE NTROVERSIAL NTENT; AND BY THE END, LEWIS' SEXUALY WAS BASILLY BOILED DOWN TO A UPLE OF L. (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER TELLS NATALIE WOOD AFTER REDFORD HAS LEFT HER THAT "YOUR HBAND NEVER ULD RIST A CHARMG BOY."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVERTHELS, WA LEWIS WAS NOTABLE BOTH FOR BEG SUCH AN EARLY QUEER CHARACTER, AND FOR THE FACT THAT — UNLIKE QUEER HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CHARACTERS BEFORE AND SCE — HE APPARENTLY GO OFF TO HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. BCE WILLIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1997 SPENSE THRILLER THE JACKAL (A REMAKE OF THE 1973 FILM THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), WILLIS PLAYS WHAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A FAIRLY STANDARD ROLE FOR HIM. HE IS A HARNED, MACHO KILLER, A MAN OF ACTN AND A MASTER OF DISGUISE WHO N ASSUME MULTIPLE INTI. BUT THIS TIME, THIS KILLER'S INTI CLU A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN WASHGTON, D.C., HE GO TO A GAY BAR, PICKS UP A GAY MAN (PLAYED BY OUT ACTOR STEPHEN SPELLA), AND KISS HIM. STRAIGHT MALE WILLIS FANS MIGHT HOWL AT THE IA THAT "THE JACKAL" WAS GENUELY MEANT TO BE QUEER — AND NO DOUBT 'S NOT WHAT THE STUD TEND. BUT ALTHOUGH THE SPELLA CHARACTER DO LATER PROVE OF MOR E TO WILLIS, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REAL REASON WHY HE ULDN'T HAVE ED A WOMAN THE SAME WAY — OR WHY HE HAD TO KISS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THAT SAID, THE MOVIE DIDN'T EXACTLY W ANY PRIZ FOR GAY VISIBILY. AFTER A TT DIENCE RPOND WH APPLSE TO THE SCENE WHERE WILLIS FALLY SHOOTS SPELLA AD, GLAAD PERSUAD THE FILMMAKERS TO RHOOT THE SCENE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT SPELLA IS KILLED BEE HE HAS REALIZED THAT WILLIS IS THE JACKAL, AND NOT BEE HE IS GAY. SO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNTG, THAT'S ONE MORE GAY MOVIE CHARACTER WHO MEETS AN EARLY, VLENT ATH — BUT HEY, AT LEAST 'S NOT BEE OF HOMOPHOBIA, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. MARLON BRANDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1967 FILM REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE, BASED ON A NOVEL BY BISEXUAL WRER CARSON MCCULLERS, BRANDO PLAYS MAJ. WELDON PENRTON, THE REPRSED HOMOSEXUAL HBAND OF LEONORA (PLAYED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR). PENRTON IS OBSSED WH PVT. WILLIAMS (PLAYED BY ROBERT FORSTER), AND OM THERE ON THGS UNFOLD THE TRAGIC, OVERWROUGHT FASHN YOU MIGHT EXPECT OM A GAY-THEMED MOVIE MA THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGTNS THAT BRANDO MAY HAVE BEEN LS UPTIGHT HIS OWN LIFE. IN A WILY QUOTED (THOUGH UNTHENTITED) TERVIEW, HE SUPPOSEDLY TOLD A JOURNALIST THAT "LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN, I TOO HAVE HAD HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENC, AND I AM NOT ASHAMED. … DEEP DOWN, I FEEL AMBIGUO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARIA SCHNEIR, HIS -STAR LAST TANGO PARIS, HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYG THAT SHE AND BRANDO GOT ALONG BEE "WE'RE BOTH BISEXUAL." ASSUMG THE QUOTATNS ARE ACCURATE, 'S A WHOLE OTHER QUTN WHETHER BRANDO HAD GOOD TASTE MEN. IN A 1994 TELEVISN TERVIEW ON LARRY KG LIVE, PROMOTG HIS TOBGRAPHY, BRANDO FAMOLY FISHED BY KISSG KG ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. FORT WHAKER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAKER WAS THIS YEAR'S WNER OF THE AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS IDI AM, THE MAD, BAD, UGANDAN DICTATOR, THE BRISH DRAMA THE LAST KG OF STLAND. BUT HIS BACK TALOGUE CLUS NOT ONE BUT TWO QUEER ROL. IN 1992, HE STARRED AS THE GENTLE, CRICKET-LOVG BRISH SOLDIER JODY NEIL JORDAN'S HIGHLY UNNVENTNAL SLEEPER H THE CRYG GAME. JODY IS LOVE WH THE BETIFUL, EXOTIC, TRANSGENR DIL (PLAYED BY JAYE DAVIDSON), BUT HE ALSO FLIRTS WH IRA FOOT SOLDIER FERG (PLAYED BY STEPHEN REA), TELLG HIM, "YOU'RE THE ONE … WH THE KILLER SE AND THE BABY FACE. … YOU'RE THE HANDSOME ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1994, WHAKER FOLLOWED THIS UP WH AN APPEARANCE AS THE GAY FASHN SIGNER CY BIAN, PARTNERED WH A FLAMBOYANT RICHARD E. GRANT, ROBERT ALTMAN'S FLOP SATIRE OF THE FASHN DTRY, READY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

MIRIAM MARGOYL ONCE ASKED LEONARDO DICAPR IF HE WAS GAY: ‘SOMETIM HE WORE A DRS’

‘Leonardo, I thk you’re gay, ’ I said.

LEONARDO DIPR HAS 'A TON' OF GAY KISS SCEN IN J. EDGAR

I’m really not gay.

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” Leonardo also explored Hoover’s close relatnship wh Tolson, who was said to be his gay lover. Edgar' actor will play Cly Tolson - an associate and moured gay lover of Leonardo's character, FBI director John Edgar Hoover - the Clt Eastwood-directed bpic but says he isn't worried about the scen bee he knows they're important to the told E!

LEONARDO DICAPR HAS 'A TON' OF GAY KISS SCEN J. EDGAR

” While Kunis do not return the fabor, the two share an credibly hot teractn the library stacks, before Saldana eventually adms that she is gay. Amerins are well-versed this show’s Logo spoff, but the origal “Queer As Folk” is a much more phy and precise take on a group of gay iends livg Manchter the late ’90s/early ghts. Although the story go that Redford sisted the character have tert women, his performance as closeted actor Wa Lewis is one of the earlit pictns of a gay or bisexual character Amerin film who is not ashamed and do not m suici.

After playg gay Sulu “Star Trek: Beyond, ” the “Harold and Kumar” star embodied a bona fi out gay man as Billy Eichner’s first-ever boyiend on this tragilly short-lived Hulu edy. It still managed to gross upwards of $20 ln worldwi even after the explic gay ntent led to a botched limed release. Frh off a hot streak wh “Cluels” and Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet, ” Pl Rudd played Jennifer Aniston’s gay bt iend whom she secretly lov this ’90s rom-.

The actor will play Cly Tolson - an associate and moured gay lover of Leonardo's character, FBI director John Edgar Hoover - the Clt Eastwood-directed bpic but says he isn't worried about the scen bee he knows they're important to the film. Star claims ‘at least four’ gay actors are aaid to e out HollywoodKate Wslet has claimed she knows “at least four” gay actors who are aaid of g out for fear of what will mean for their Wslet says she knows “at least four” gay actors – both startg out and well-known – who have avoid g out for fear of beg Tanic star claimed there is a “wispread” issue of actors too aaid of revealg their sexualy Hollywood for the impact may have on their star, who played Brish palaeontologist Mary Anng alongsi Saoirse Ronan Ammone, add the problem go further than straight actors takg LGBTQ+ rol. ’”RELATED: Wslet shared ‘graphic sex tips’ wh Leo DiCaprShe went on to say should be “almost illegal”, mentg on her own experience playg a gay character.

LEONARDO DIPR IS GAY OR BI?

“Hollywood has to drop that dated cr*p of, ‘Can he play straight bee, apparently, he’s gay?

And n’t jt be distilled to the qutn about gay actors playg gay parts.

STAR CLAIMS ‘AT LEAST FOUR’ GAY ACTORS ARE AAID TO E OUT HOLLYWOOD

Barbara Anng was quoted as sayg: “I do not believe there is any evince to back up portrayg her as a gay woman. Newsmax gut says fellow nservativ ‘need to be more homophobic’.

And the uple were even kkier than that: …Read More »Newsmax gut says fellow nservativ ‘need to be more homophobic’Published by New York Daily News A right-wg mentator is urgg fellow nservativ to be “more homophobic” and take their anti-LGBTQ rhetoric “up a notch.

The actor, 37, plays Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vci the new seri, which is set to explore the life of the has long been bate whether the pater was homosexual, a theme that is set to be explored the eight-part seri.

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One to watch: Aidan plays Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vci the new seri, which is set to explore the life of the pater Mystery man: It has long been claimed Da Vci was a gay relatnship wh his apprentice, Salai. One to watch: Acrdg to The Hollywood Reporter, Leonardo will 'unlock the mystery' behd Da Vci's geni as well as explore a tantalisg secret his life Delightful duo: In the seri, Aidan stars alongsi The Undog's Matilda De Angelis playg Da Vci's famo me Catera da CremonaArt tective Silvano Vceti has said the portra, which hangs the Louvre Paris, is an amalgamatn of a Florente merchant's wife and Da Vci's possible gay lover.

We’ve vered this megawatt celebry the past when we explored why so Leonardo DiCapr gay mors seem to float around about him. DiCapr is one of those rare celebri who took on a gay themed role at a time when dog so uld have been damagg to their reer.

LEONARDO DIPR HAS 'A TON' OF GAY KISS SCEN IN J. EDGAR

In 1995 for example, he starred the flick Total Eclipse – a movie about two poets and ntaed a full on gay kiss. You n read more about this fact and other actors who appeared gay themed movi here. He left sophomore year, but who I knew very well were the Wklevoss tws.

Origally, the movie had a gay kiss between Al Paco and Chris Sarandon, who played lovers. But acrdg to the DVD mentary, Paco refed to do the kissg scene, feelg that the script was "phg the gay issue".

Acrdg to Bld Gossip, every actor Hollywood is gay and fuckg each other. From Brad Pt and Gee Clooney, to Chase Crawford and Colton Hayn, there are a lot of moured gay relatnships Hollywood, but one particular threome has ught my imagatn:. Now, we’re not sayg that anyone here is gay… but Multiple has had a revolvg door of girliends, One-Time has been few spicly beardy relatnships, and Male Friend spends an awful lot of time gay bars WeHo!

MIRIAM MARGOYL ONCE ASKED LEONARDO DICAPR IF HE WAS GAY: ‘SOMETIM HE WORE A DRS’

He sent One-Time a flurry of threateng texts and voice mails tellg him that Multiple “is my man” and that he had better stay away om or that he would tell the prs that One-Time is gay! Root around the annals of movie and televisn history, and you may be surprised at the number of famo actors who have gay or bisexual rol their pasts.

Before Hugh Grant beme the go-to guy for straight romantic edi, he played gay Mrice (1987) and the TV movie Our Sons (1991).

Even Will Smh played a gay role the 1993 film Six Degre of Separatn, though he refed to kiss a man on mera.

LEONARDO DICAPR, BRADLEY COOPER AND LAS HAAS A GAY LOVE TRIANGLE

It jt go to show that playg gay is not the reer-killer was once thought to be. Here are 10 of today's TV and film stars who played gay or bisexual rol — many of which have been nearly fotten — earlier their reers. From 1982–88, he starred on Dynasty as the send actor to play Steven Carrgton, gay son of the show's ma fay and one of the earlit queer characters on Amerin show stggled to keep Steven's orientatn straight, so to speak.

Though Rome won Emmy Awards for visual effects, hairstylg, art directn and stum, the show has been notable for mostly steerg clear of another aspect of ancient Roman society: male homosexual this wasn't the se the last time McKidd and Purefoy shared a screen. McKidd played Leo, a gay-intified man startg to be terted a woman. Wrten by Hanif Kureishi (who also wrote the classic gay movie My Betiful Lndrette), Buddha is the story of Karim Amir, a young, bisexual Brish Indian growg up London the '70s.

TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007/8:51 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007 / 8:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOT AROUND THE ANNALS OF MOVIE AND TELEVISN HISTORY, AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF FAMO ACTORS WHO HAVE GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL THEIR PASTS. BEFORE LEONARDO DICAPR ROMANCED CLAIRE DAN OR KATE WSLET, HE WAS DAVID THEWLIS' LOVER TOTAL ECLIPSE (1995). BEFORE HUGH GRANT BEME THE GO-TO GUY FOR STRAIGHT ROMANTIC EDI, HE PLAYED GAY MRICE (1987) AND THE TV MOVIE OUR SONS (1991). EVEN WILL SMH PLAYED A GAY ROLE THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, THOUGH HE REFED TO KISS A MAN ON MERA. IT JT GO TO SHOW THAT PLAYG GAY IS NOT THE REER-KILLER WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE. HERE ARE 10 OF TODAY'S TV AND FILM STARS WHO PLAYED GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL — MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN NEARLY FOTTEN — EARLIER THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. JACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLEMAN CURRENTLY PLAYS MR. BEN, FATHER OF PERKY BLOND CHEERLEAR CLAIRE, ON THE H NBC SCI-FI DRAMA HERO. BUT NOT ALL VIEWERS OF THE SHOW MAY REMEMBER THAT COLEMAN HAD HIS OWN DAYS OF PERKY BLONDNS. FROM 1982–88, HE STARRED ON DYNASTY AS THE SEND ACTOR TO PLAY STEVEN CARRGTON, GAY SON OF THE SHOW'S MA FAY AND ONE OF THE EARLIT QUEER CHARACTERS ON AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW STGGLED TO KEEP STEVEN'S ORIENTATN STRAIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE TO WOMEN, FATHERG A CHILD WH ONE OF THEM. BUT HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MALE LOVERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS PLAYED BY GRANT GOOVE OF EIGHT IS ENOUGH FAME. RELLG THE CHARACTER OF STEVEN CARRGTON, COLEMAN RECENTLY TOLD TV GUI: "[STEVEN] WAS SO TIMID BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, PECIALLY LOOKG AT WHAT'S ON BLE, WH THE L WORD, QUEER AS FOLK AND SHOWS LIKE THAT. … IT WAS VERY MUCH THE DONNA REED SHOW TERMS OF FOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR, NOBODY ACTUALLY EVER TOUCHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9 AND 8. JAM PUREFOY AND KEV MCKIDD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE RECENTLY-NCLUD HBO HISTORIL DRAMA ROME, JAM PUREFOY PLAYS MARK ANTONY, THE LEGENDARY GENERAL, AND KEV MCKIDD PLAYS LUCI VOREN, A MONER. THOUGH ROME WON EMMY AWARDS FOR VISUAL EFFECTS, HAIRSTYLG, ART DIRECTN AND STUM, THE SHOW HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR MOSTLY STEERG CLEAR OF ANOTHER ASPECT OF ANCIENT ROMAN SOCIETY: MALE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THIS WASN'T THE SE THE LAST TIME MCKIDD AND PUREFOY SHARED A SCREEN. IN 1998, THEY STARRED TOGETHER THE BRISH ROMANTIC EDY BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS. MCKIDD PLAYED LEO, A GAY-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED A WOMAN. PUREFOY PLAYED BRENDAN, A STRAIGHT-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED LEO. IN THE PROCS OF EXPLORG THEIR SEXUAL INTI, THE TWO MEN HAVE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NAVEEN ANDREWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE HE WAS ST AS FORMER IRAQI SOLDIER SAYID JARRAH ABC'S LOST, THIS BRISH ACTOR WAS PROBABLY BT KNOWN TO AMERIN VIEWERS FOR HIS ROLE AS KIP THE 1996 FILM THE ENGLISH PATIENT. BUT BEFORE EHER OF THOSE ROL, ANDREWS CREATED A SPLASH THE U.K. BY STARRG THE 1993 BBC MISERI THE BUDDHA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN BY HANIF KUREISHI (WHO ALSO WROTE THE CLASSIC GAY MOVIE MY BETIFUL LNDRETTE), BUDDHA IS THE STORY OF KARIM AMIR, A YOUNG, BISEXUAL BRISH INDIAN GROWG UP LONDON THE '70S. IMPATIENT WH FIXED TEGORI, WHETHER NATNAL OR SEXUAL, KARIM HAS LOVERS CLUDG ELEANOR (PLAYED BY JEMMA REDGRAVE), A PRIVILEGED YOUNG ACTRS, BUT ALSO CHARLIE KAY (PLAYED BY STEVEN MACKTOSH), A DAVID BOWIE-LIKE FIGURE WHO GO ON TO BEE AN TERNATNAL PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. RSELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2001, ATRALIAN ACTOR-TURNED-HOLLYWOOD STAR CROWE STARRED THE OSR-WNG FILM A BETIFUL MD. A LOOSE BPIC OF AMERIN MATHEMATICIAN JOHN FORB NASH, THE FILM ED A FUROR THE GAY MUNY OVER CLAIMS THAT THE FILMMAKERS HAD WHEWASHED NASH'S ALLEGED BISEXUALY (EVEN THOUGH NASH HIMSELF NI BEG BISEXUAL). CROWE WAS RID FOR HIS FENSE OF THE FILM, SAYG THAT THE FILMMAKERS DIDN'T WANT TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALY WH NASH'S SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS A TY, TWO-SEND SCENE WHICH ULD DITE NASH'S POSSIBLE TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SOME MAY HAVE FOTTEN THE FLYG ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND CENSORSHIP WAS THAT CROWE HAD ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF WILLG TO PLAY A GAY ROLE. IN 1994, HE STARRED THE ATRALIAN FILM THE SUM OF US AS JEFF MCHELL, AN OUT GAY MAN LIVG WH HIS WIDOWER FATHER, HARRY. HAVG A FORTABLE RELATNSHIP, JEFF AND HARRY SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ROMANTIC UPS AND DOWNS, AS HARRY DAT A WOMAN HE MET THROUGH A PUTER DATG SERVICE, AND JEFF EXPLOR A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED GREG (PLAYED BY JOHN POLSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. AL PACO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGUABLY AMERI'S MOST RENOWNED LIVG MOVIE ACTOR, PACO HAS PLAYED QUEER OR QUASI-QUEER NO FEWER THAN THREE TIM. IN 1976, HE RECEIVED AN OSR NOMATN FOR HIS LEAD ROLE AS THE BISEXUAL BANK ROBBER SONNY WORTZIK THE FACT-BASED DRAMA DOG DAY AFTERNOON. MARRIED WH CHILDREN, SONNY ALSO HAS A MALE LOVER, LEON (PLAYED BY CHRIS SARANDON), WHOM HE HAS "MARRIED" A BIGAMO CEREMONY. LEON WANTS A SEX-CHANGE OPERATN, AND SONNY CIS THAT HE WILL HOLD UP A BANK ORR TO PAY FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL SCRIPT REPORTEDLY NTAED A SCENE WHERE SONNY AND LEON KISS EACH OTHER GOODBYE ON THE STREET — A SCENE THAT PACO REFED TO PLAY. BUT THIS RULTED WHAT MANY FEEL IS THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT THE MOVIE: SONNY AND LEON SAY GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TELEPHONE, UNAWARE THAT THE PS ARE LISTENG ON THEIR LL. EVEN IF THE MOVIE SHIRKED SHOWG PHYSIL AFFECTN, DIDN'T DOWNPLAY THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENT BETWEEN THE TWO MEN. WHILE DRAFTG HIS WILL, SONNY REFERENC "MY DARLG WIFE LEON WHOM I LOVE AS NO OTHER MAN HAS LOVED ANOTHER MAN ALL ETERNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1980, PACO SIGNED ON TO PLAY NEW YORK P STEVE BURNS WILLIAM FRIEDK'S THRILLER CISG. HUGELY NTROVERSIAL THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME, THE FILM SHOWS HOW BURNS — AN APPARENT HETEROSEXUAL WH A GIRLIEND — IS SENT UNRVER THE GAY LEATHER SCENE ORR TO TRACK DOWN A SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS BEEN TARGETG GAY MEN. THE ASSIGNMENT LEADS HIM TO QUTN HIS OWN SEXUALY AS HE VISS THE LEATHER BARS AND VELOPS A IENDSHIP WH A GAY MAN, TED (PLAYED BY DON SRDO), WHO IS NOT PART OF THE SCENE. VIEWED BY SOME AS GROUNDBREAKG AND LIBERATELY AMBIGUO, AND BY OTHERS AS AN HERENT AND HOMOPHOBIC MS, THE FILM IS DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALLY, THE EMMY-WNG, STAR-LAN, 2003 HBO TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF TONY KHNER'S PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, PACO PLAYED ROY COHN, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED ON A REAL-LIFE FIGURE OF THE MCCARTHY REGIME, A HOMOPHOBIC, HOMOSEXUAL LAWYER WHO DIED OF AIDS 1986. FOUL-MOUTHED, CHARISMATIC, BLUNTLY ANK ABOUT HIS HOMOSEXUALY TO HIS DOCTOR (PLAYED BY JAM CROMWELL) WHILE NYG TO THE RT OF THE WORLD, PACO'S COHN IS, PERHAPS UNSURPRISGLY, THE MOST MEMORABLE THG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. ROBERT REDFORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY GAY MOVIE VIEWER WORTH HIS SALT WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT REDFORD AND NEWMAN WERE PLAYG GAY (IF VERTLY) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969). AND IF THE BROKEBACK MOUNTA-STYLE VER OF THE FILM'S 2006 DVD RE-RELEASE IS ANYTHG TO GO BY, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE REDFORD AN ACKNOWLEDGED QUEER ROLE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO WH THE FILM INSI DAISY CLOVER (1965). REDFORD PLAYS WA LEWIS, A HANDSOME, YOUNG MOVIE STAR WHOM OUT SCREENWRER GAV LAMBERT IALLY NCEIVED AS A CLOSETED HOMOSEXUAL. REDFORD ASKED THAT THE CHARACTER BE REWRTEN AS BISEXUAL; THE STUD GOT LD FEET OVER THE NTROVERSIAL NTENT; AND BY THE END, LEWIS' SEXUALY WAS BASILLY BOILED DOWN TO A UPLE OF L. (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER TELLS NATALIE WOOD AFTER REDFORD HAS LEFT HER THAT "YOUR HBAND NEVER ULD RIST A CHARMG BOY."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVERTHELS, WA LEWIS WAS NOTABLE BOTH FOR BEG SUCH AN EARLY QUEER CHARACTER, AND FOR THE FACT THAT — UNLIKE QUEER HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CHARACTERS BEFORE AND SCE — HE APPARENTLY GO OFF TO HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. BCE WILLIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1997 SPENSE THRILLER THE JACKAL (A REMAKE OF THE 1973 FILM THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), WILLIS PLAYS WHAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A FAIRLY STANDARD ROLE FOR HIM. HE IS A HARNED, MACHO KILLER, A MAN OF ACTN AND A MASTER OF DISGUISE WHO N ASSUME MULTIPLE INTI. BUT THIS TIME, THIS KILLER'S INTI CLU A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN WASHGTON, D.C., HE GO TO A GAY BAR, PICKS UP A GAY MAN (PLAYED BY OUT ACTOR STEPHEN SPELLA), AND KISS HIM. STRAIGHT MALE WILLIS FANS MIGHT HOWL AT THE IA THAT "THE JACKAL" WAS GENUELY MEANT TO BE QUEER — AND NO DOUBT 'S NOT WHAT THE STUD TEND. 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MARLON BRANDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1967 FILM REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE, BASED ON A NOVEL BY BISEXUAL WRER CARSON MCCULLERS, BRANDO PLAYS MAJ. WELDON PENRTON, THE REPRSED HOMOSEXUAL HBAND OF LEONORA (PLAYED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR). PENRTON IS OBSSED WH PVT. WILLIAMS (PLAYED BY ROBERT FORSTER), AND OM THERE ON THGS UNFOLD THE TRAGIC, OVERWROUGHT FASHN YOU MIGHT EXPECT OM A GAY-THEMED MOVIE MA THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGTNS THAT BRANDO MAY HAVE BEEN LS UPTIGHT HIS OWN LIFE. IN A WILY QUOTED (THOUGH UNTHENTITED) TERVIEW, HE SUPPOSEDLY TOLD A JOURNALIST THAT "LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN, I TOO HAVE HAD HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENC, AND I AM NOT ASHAMED. … DEEP DOWN, I FEEL AMBIGUO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARIA SCHNEIR, HIS -STAR LAST TANGO PARIS, HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYG THAT SHE AND BRANDO GOT ALONG BEE "WE'RE BOTH BISEXUAL." ASSUMG THE QUOTATNS ARE ACCURATE, 'S A WHOLE OTHER QUTN WHETHER BRANDO HAD GOOD TASTE MEN. IN A 1994 TELEVISN TERVIEW ON LARRY KG LIVE, PROMOTG HIS TOBGRAPHY, BRANDO FAMOLY FISHED BY KISSG KG ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. FORT WHAKER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAKER WAS THIS YEAR'S WNER OF THE AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS IDI AM, THE MAD, BAD, UGANDAN DICTATOR, THE BRISH DRAMA THE LAST KG OF STLAND. BUT HIS BACK TALOGUE CLUS NOT ONE BUT TWO QUEER ROL. IN 1992, HE STARRED AS THE GENTLE, CRICKET-LOVG BRISH SOLDIER JODY NEIL JORDAN'S HIGHLY UNNVENTNAL SLEEPER H THE CRYG GAME. JODY IS LOVE WH THE BETIFUL, EXOTIC, TRANSGENR DIL (PLAYED BY JAYE DAVIDSON), BUT HE ALSO FLIRTS WH IRA FOOT SOLDIER FERG (PLAYED BY STEPHEN REA), TELLG HIM, "YOU'RE THE ONE … WH THE KILLER SE AND THE BABY FACE. … YOU'RE THE HANDSOME ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1994, WHAKER FOLLOWED THIS UP WH AN APPEARANCE AS THE GAY FASHN SIGNER CY BIAN, PARTNERED WH A FLAMBOYANT RICHARD E. GRANT, ROBERT ALTMAN'S FLOP SATIRE OF THE FASHN DTRY, READY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

A loose bpic of Amerin mathematician John Forb Nash, the film ed a furor the gay muny over claims that the filmmakers had whewashed Nash's alleged bisexualy (even though Nash himself ni beg bisexual). Crowe was rid for his fense of the film, sayg that the filmmakers didn't want to equate homosexualy wh Nash's schizophrenia, and also that there was a ty, two-send scene which uld dite Nash's possible tert some may have fotten the flyg accatns of homophobia and censorship was that Crowe had already proven himself willg to play a gay role.

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