‘Lookg’ Seri Gay Backlash Broke Me, Says Rsell Tovey – IndieWire

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Rsell Tovey, star of HBO's short-lived gay seri "Lookg," rells the negative reactns he faced om his own muny.

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Queer ics fans have been lookg forward to the big Arrowverse crossover this week on the CW, and didn't disappot: Not only did we get troduced to a new gay hero, the Ray (out actor Rsell Tovey), we got to see him share a smooch wh Wentworth Miller, who plays Capta the four-part "Crisis on Earth-X, " which aired on The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the super iends gather for Barry Allen's weddg to Iris Wt. He's openly gay and, one scene, we even see him wearg a ncentratn mp uniform wh a pk last night's episo of The Flash, Terrell shared a cute kiss wh his partner, Cizen Cold, an alternate-universe versn of Wentworth Miller’s Capta Cold who is both gay and a hero.

The impact of a kiss between two gay hero—played by two gay actors—was not missed by Twter. Rsell Tovey has spoken ndidly about acceptg his sexualy and fdg pri beg a gay man an terview the May issue of Attu magaze.

Speakg to the publitn on Wednday, the actor, 39, explaed that he was on set of a TV show where he was 'sperately love' wh an olr actor, but tried to hi om his explaed that a female -star took him to one si as she had realised his feelgs for the actor, and asked if he was gay and reassured him would be 'great' if he was.

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Candid: Rsell Tovey said on Wednday he accepted his sexualy when a -star reassured him was okay if he was gay after she realised he was 'sperately love' wh an olr actorRsell explaed: 'I was dog a TV show and I was sperately love wh this much olr actor and had such a csh on him, and I didn’t thk anyone knew. This olr actrs took me for a walk along the beach where was filmg and explaed to me that I might be gay. This olr actrs took me for a walk along the beach where was filmg and explaed to me that I might be gay'The Pass star went on: 'It’s nfg bee you’re livg a world where you’re beg told there’s nowhere you n look to unrstand, what are my feelgs?

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'Rsell has prevly said he me out to himself when he was 15, but only told his fay he was gay when he was actor also tailed one time he was subjected to homophobia, which he scribed as 'odd' bee took place at Members' Club Soho Hoe. Acceptance: Rsell add the actrs told him would be 'great' if he was gay and 'fe' if not, and he said her words helped him realise 'that’s an optn. That is somethg I n possibly be'He tailed: 'The only place I’ve experienced some sort of homophobia was once at a Soho Hoe ftival.

'Me and my iend Matt Kennard, who is actually straight, were at the bar gettg drks and somebody says, "Come on, gay boys, hurry up, gay boys. Homophobia is so odd.

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While they try to keep their relatnship private, Rsell has exprsed an tert havg a fay of his own as, shortly after they spl, he told Gay Tim: 'I wanted to be an actor, a history teacher and a dad. What are the most inic on-screen gay kiss of all time?

We've e a long way recent years when to real, thentic pictns of gay love on-screen, and while same-sex kiss are still fairly new when you nsir the overall history of Hollywood and media, there's still a whole lot of gay love, specifilly gay kiss, to watch and choose om.

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"We judged the gay smooch on their historic impact as well as their overall hotns, " Mr. "Gay reprentatn Hollywood has e a long way sce even a ago, and we n't wa to see where go the future.

The gay actor opened up about g to terms wh his sexualy and his first major csh an terview wh Attu magaze.

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The only place I’ve experienced some sort of homophobia was once at a Soho Hoe ftival. Elsewhere the terview, Tovey opened up about a bizarre homophobic experience he had at a Soho Hoe ftival.

The Years and Years star said: “The only place I’ve experienced some sort of homophobia was once at a Soho Hoe ftival. “Me and my iend Matt Kennard, who is actually straight, were at the bar gettg drks and somebody says, ‘Come on, gay boys, hurry up, gay boys.

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