Wentworth Miller Gay: Prison Break Star Com Out - Variety

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• WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS, 'I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF' FOR BEG GAY
• WENTWORTH MILLER ON COMG OUT AS GAY: "I FEEL MORE FULLY EXPRSED"
• WENTWORTH MILLER EXPLAS WHY IT'S BETTER TO USE GAY ACTORS FOR GAY ROL
• WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY
• WENTWORTH MILLER ADDRS FANS WANTG HIS PRISON BREAK CHARACTER TO BE GAY AFTER HE STEPS DOWN
• WENTWORTH MILLER – Y, HE’S GAY; WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM?
• WENTWORTH MILLER: “I’M NOT GAY”
• WENTWORTH MILLER: I'M GAY
• WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY RPONSE TO RSIAN FILM FT INVATN

WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS, 'I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF' FOR BEG GAY

ByLESLEY MESSERSeptember 9, 2013, 10:58 AMWentworth Miller speaks onstage at the "Rint Evil: Afterlife" panel discsn durg Comic-Con 2010 at San Diego Conventn Center, July 24, 2010, San Wter/Getty Imag— -- Wentworth Miller publicly me out as gay last month, and now he's discsg his stggle g to terms wh his inty. "Miller, 41, announced that he was gay a letter to the St.

"I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, " he wrote. "Now, Wentworth is beg more forthg about his stggle to accept himself as a gay man, and the strs his inty ed him. Matt Sayl/AP PhotoWentworth Miller is openg up about his cisn to e out as gay.

I thk 's possible to have a man-csh if you're not gay or to have a csh on a guy you know to be gay if you're a woman.

WENTWORTH MILLER ON COMG OUT AS GAY: "I FEEL MORE FULLY EXPRSED"

They are two of the openly gay characters Miller has played on TV sce his fal appearance as Sfield 2017. The first time I met Warren, we agreed any character I'd play would be gay and a POC. I'd like to tell -- to watch -- more stori where gay characters are rmed by their stggl, but not fed.

WENTWORTH MILLER EXPLAS WHY IT'S BETTER TO USE GAY ACTORS FOR GAY ROL

"I'd like to tell -- to watch -- more stori where gay characters are rmed by their stggl, but not fed, " he said, addg, "Not gettg sacrificed so straight characters n enjoy some kd of epiphany. Actor Wentworth Miller has spoken further about the importance of gay reprentatn on screen. Two weeks ago, Miller – who me out as gay 2013 – announced that he had no plans to return for a mooted sixth season of Prison Break, sayg he only wished to play gay characters om now on.

In the acpanyg ptn, Miller spoke about the power of havg two openly gay actors to play gay superhero and kiss on screen. He also went on to highlight one of the benefs of stg a gay actor.

He didn’t have to be gay but the wrers wrote that sh. So we got 2 gay actors playg 2 gay superhero kissg onscreen… Felt like a need tweakg. In the sc where Leo tells Mick and Sara he’s marryg Ray, his origal le was like, “I jt want somethg normal…” Gays.

WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY

It’s homonormative. ”He acknowledged the news might be "disappotg" for fans and said he was "sorry", but ntued: “If you’re hot and bothered [bee] you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one, that’s on you.

He rejected the vatn to the ftival on the grounds of Rsia's troublg attu towards gay men and women, wrg:. "As a gay man, I mt cle.

"I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment.

WENTWORTH MILLER ADDRS FANS WANTG HIS PRISON BREAK CHARACTER TO BE GAY AFTER HE STEPS DOWN

If you're hot and bothered bec you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay 's your work. The actor cl an vatn to Rsia fense of gay rights. Petersburg Internatnal Film Ftival, which he cled an vatn to be a "gut of honor" at the Rsian said the reason was bee he is "a gay man.

""I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, " he wrote. "Miller was referencg Rsia's new anti-gay law, which "crimaliz public exprsn of support for nontradnal relatnships, " the Associated Prs reported.

Origally tled the law on "homosexual propaganda, " the act was signed to law by Print Vladimir Put last month.

WENTWORTH MILLER – Y, HE’S GAY; WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM?

I’d like to tell — to watch — more stori where gay characters are rmed by their stggl, but not fed. Wentworth recently reacted to fans wantg his Prison Break character to be gay.

Wentworth Miller is speakg out about why he is not support of havg his Prison Break character e out as gay.

On Saturday, Miller, 48, rpond to fans wantg his character Michael to be gay followg his announcement. In and around the 'reveal' I'm gay IRL, don't wish to play straight parts etc., I saw dozens of ments suggtg Michael leave Sara for T-bag. "Is possible, to some folks, T-Bag = 'gay' rep on PB?

WENTWORTH MILLER: “I’M NOT GAY”

Fet the homophob + zealots (bec f--- them) - for the queer kids, the queer adults who will never e out bec g out = ath their part of the world... Acpanied simply by a blank whe square, the 48-year-old actor — who is an out gay man — wrote a lengthy ptn on Sunday acknowledgg both his fans and his haters, statg that he “n’t be bullied out of this space” while exprsg ncern that younger queer people might see homophobic ments on his page and be “exposed to bullsh.

If you're hot and bothered bec you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one… That's your work.

“Am I sayg gay actors (gay men, specifilly) should only play gay parts? ” He also said that he wanted to see more gay parts played by gay actors, claimg that dog so mak a difference terms of performance and bee “straight actors playg ‘gay’ centers straightns. ”Addnally, Miller touched on his own experienc wh self-censorship as an actor workg Hollywood, sayg that while no one ever explicly told him to “bury his gayns, ” he had received a “don’t ask, don’t tell” msage om the culture at large, cludg the “homophobic subgroup” of the fandom he has cultivated.

WENTWORTH MILLER: I'M GAY

”While Miller didn’t specify what new work his “break” om the closet will entail, he exprsed a sire to make up for lost time as an openly gay actor.

“My gayns was largely erased (by me, for starters) the first s of my reer, ” he said. A 2013 survey of the labor unn SAG-AFTRA found that over half of LGBTQ+ rponnts believed that directors and producers were biased agast hirg LGBTQ+ performers, and that half of LGB rponnts reported wnsg directors and producers makg anti-gay ments about actors. • Wentworth Miller is an actor and screenwrer bt known for his role "Prison Break" and "Legends of Tomorrow" • His worth is timated to be over $4 ln • He has a gree English Lerature om Prceton Universy • He me out as gay 2013 and has sce bee an ambassador for mental health and prsn-foced anizatns • His recent projects clu screenwrg for the film "Stoker" and appearg the televisn seri "The Flash" and "Batwoman"Known for moviPrison Break (2005-2009)as Michael SfieldUnrworld (2003)as Dr.

WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY RPONSE TO RSIAN FILM FT INVATN

He me out as gay 2013 through a letter to GLAAD, which he cled their vatn to an event Rsia after beg troubled by the Rsian ernment’s treatment of gay cizens. Before this nfsn, he had nied once an terview that he was gay, but later opened up about his stggle wh his sexualy, beg prsed and suicidal durg his teens before eventually g out.

[September 2009]6In 2007, Miller gave an terview to the German edn of InStyle Magaze which the terviewer asked him if the mors that he is gay were te.

Miller rpond, "I'm not gay, but that mor n't be killed. " However, 2013, Miller released an open letter to the anizers of a Rsian film ftival to which he had been ved, clg bee of an anti-gay law that had recently been passed Rsia and a rise homophobic vlence there.