Atralian actor Ryan Corr has revealed he faced homophobia while preparg for his latt role playg a gay man for film Holdg The Man.
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- HOLDG THE MAN STAR RYAN CORR REVEALS WHY SEX SCEN — GAY OR STRAIGHT — ARE ANYTHG BUT SEXY
- RYAN CORR ON BANISHED, HOLDG THE MAN AND GAY MARRIAGE
- RYAN CORR AND ANTHONY LAPAGLIA EXCEL RADIL AND HEARTBREAKG GAY LOVE STORY
HOLDG THE MAN STAR RYAN CORR REVEALS WHY SEX SCEN — GAY OR STRAIGHT — ARE ANYTHG BUT SEXY
”Acrdg to Corr, the genr of one’s -star is far ls important than the fact that you are gettg up close and personal wh someone you barely 26-year-old star of feature films such as Wolf Creek 2 and The Water Diver and TV seri Love Child and Packed To the Rafters knew exactly how to play the love scen between wrer/actor/gay rights activist Tim Conigrave and his lifelong partner John Caleo Holdg the Man, the film versn of Conigrave’s fluential 1995 DENT: A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY WITH A WIDE APPEAL“Everyone has that first love — whether be the boy wh the betiful eyelash (as Conigrave’s se) or Beccy Gra 3. “I have a lot of gay iends, my sister is gay, so I knew about many of the prsur they experienced g up, but not first hand, ’’ says Corr. And that change dynamic — ’s ually subtle bee nobody wants to adm they are homophobic — ma me feel anx and unfortable.
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Ryan Corr reveals he experienced homophobia while preparg for his latt role as a gay man as he opens up about his same sex love scen Published: 06:02 BST, 27 Augt 2015 | Updated: 10:43 BST, 27 Augt 2015. Atralian actor Ryan Corr says he experienced homophobia while preparg for his latt role playg a gay man for new film, Holdg The flick, which has been adapted om an inic Atralian memoir of the same name by playwright Timothy Conigrave, tells the love story of Tim's relatnship wh partner John Caleo, until the latter's tragic ath om AIDS 15 years tak the lead role as Conigrave and to fully immerse himself the character he and Craig Stott, who plays Caleo, cid to embrace beg a gay uple outsi of the set, scenars such as gog out for down for trailer Ryan Corr reveals he experienced homophobia while preparg for his latt role as a gay man as he opens up about his same sex love scen Gettg to character: Corr tak the lead role as Conigrave and to fully immerse himself the character he and Craig Stott, who plays Caleo, role played beg a gay uple public suatns'The shift people's attus is very slight but 's there, ' Corr tells as he rells the reactn of wag staff when he held hands wh Stott.
RYAN CORR ON BANISHED, HOLDG THE MAN AND GAY MARRIAGE
'And that change dynamic — 's ually subtle bee nobody wants to adm they are homophobic — ma me feel anx and unfortable. 'The 26-year-old Melbourne actor, whose sister is gay, also spoke of his racy love scen the movie, directed by Neil Armfield of Candy fame.
A trailer for the movie, which is cemas now, reveals Corr and Stott's burgeong romance and se them enjoyg a tentative first kiss, as well as beg pictured bed has prevly spoken of how important was to him to do jtice to the role, which has an important place the gay non, pturg a piece of Atralian history. ”Corr is outspoken about gay marriage, one of the issu raised the film. For Ryan Corr, one of the most lible moments shootg the gay romantic drama Holdg the Man did not actually make the film.
RYAN CORR AND ANTHONY LAPAGLIA EXCEL RADIL AND HEARTBREAKG GAY LOVE STORY
Playg playwright and gay activist Tim Conigrave, he gave his emaciated lover John Caleo (played by Craig Stott) a last wash as he was dyg of AIDS a hospice.
"The gay muny has real ownership over this story, " says Corr. "A strong advote for marriage equaly reforms - he has ved the prime mister Tony Abbott to watch the film to "open his md" - Corr says was no different playg a gay romance than a straight one.
"Playg love, don't matter whether 's heterosexual or gay. HOLDING THE MAN ★★★½ (MA) Selected cemas (128 mut)In many rpects, Neil Armfield's Holdg the Man feels like a late ntributn to the Atralian tradn of "herage cema" tablished 40 years ago: the reful perd re-creatns, the sensive treatment of buddg sexualy, and the strategilly-placed punchl, as well as the jumps time and the touch of heavy-hand Corr and Craig Stott Holdg the difference, of urse, is that no Atralian director the 1970s uld have expected a broad arthoe dience to accept an explicly gay love story, let alone one wh Holdg the Man's blend of straightforward gravy and unembarrassed on the 1995 memoir of the same tle by the playwright Timothy Conigrave, the film tells the story of Conigrave's relatnship wh his partner John Caleo, a grand romance that survived one obstacle after another.