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• “TRICK” ACTORS REVEAL THEY WERE OFFERED ONLY GAY ROL AFTER FILM’S RELEASE
• "TRICK" TURNS 15: CAST/DIRECTOR REFLECT ON GAY FILM CLASSIC... AND TALK SEQUELWE STILL LOVE THE GAY ROMANCE THAT FEATURED MISS CO PE AND TORI SPELLG!{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 JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 20, 2014/3:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FE LE FEATUR/GETTY IMAGCHRISTIAN CAMPBELL SHIRTLS A SCENE OM THE FILM 'TRICK', 1999. (PHOTO BY FE LE FEATUR/GETTY IMAG)BY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 20, 2014 / 3:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"TRICK\" TURNS 15: CAST/DIRECTOR REFLECT ON GAY FILM CLASSIC... 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POC) SHAKG AT A LOL GAY BAR, BUT A CHANCE MEETG ON THE SUBWAY LATER TAK THEM ON AN ALL-NIGHT ADVENTURE THAT GO OM A PIANO BAR, TORI SPELLG (WHO PLAYED GABRIEL’S BFF, KATHERE), A DANCE CLUB AND GABRIEL’S MEMORABLE BATHROOM TERACTN WH NONE OTHER THAN MISS CO {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;}TO MEMORATE THE FILM, UCLA IS HOSTG AN OUTFT LEGACY SCREENG THIS SATURDAY LOS ANGEL ALONG WH A Q&A WH FALL, CAMPBELL, AND POC {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;}THEBACKLOT HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH THE THREE MEN—AND SPELLG—ABOUT THEIR MEMORI OF MAKG THE FILM AND WHY THEY THK ’S STILL HIGHLY REGARD {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;}IT WAS THE SUMMER OF ’98… WHEN TRICK FILMED ON LOTN NEW YORK CY. “I WAS ALREADY A LTLE WEARY OF G OUT MOVI AND MOVI ALG WH GAYS, AND ALSO MOVI ALG WH GAY GUYS FALLG FOR STRAIGHT GUYS,” FALL SAID OF THE LGBT FILM CLIMATE AT THE TIME. “I ALWAYS FOUND THAT ANNOYG AND KD OF HOMOPHOBIC, TO BE HONT… I WANTED TO TELL A MOVIE THAT WAS JT ABOUT HOW GAY PEOPLE LIVE. AND AT THE TIME, THERE HADN’T BEEN ANY GAY MOVI THAT WERE JT ABOUT BEG GAY [AND] JT FALLG LOVE OR TRYG TO FALL LOVE.”{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;}CASTG MARK, THE GO-GO BOY: “THEY FOUND ME FIRST,” REMEMBERED POC. “THEY HAD CHRISTIAN MD, BUT THIS IS THE HARR ROLE TO ST.” FALL AGREED THAT THE MARK ROLE WAS FELY THE BIGGER CHALLENGE. “MARK WAS HARR BEE MY STG DIRECTOR [SENT] THE GUYS WHO WERE GOOD ACTORS BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE LIKE GO-GO BOY BODI, YOU KNOW? YOU GO TO THE CLUBS AND THE GUYS THAT HAVE ROCKG BODI AND I HAD TO FD SOMEBODY WHO ULD ACT AND ALSO HAD THAT BODY, AND THAT’S REALLY HARD.”{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 FALL SAW POC AN NYC PLAY WHERE A GROUP OF MEN, A MCLED POC AMONG THEM, WERE DRSED ONLY THEIR UNRWEAR WHILE READG MONOLOGU. “I ALREADY GOT TO SEE EVERYTHG,” FALL LGHED, “AND [JP] GOT UP AND DID THIS MONOLOGUE AND I WAS WH ERIC [D’ARBELOFF], MY PRODUCER, AND I THOUGHT, ‘OH MY GOD, THAT’S OUR GUY.’"{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;}…AND SWEET, VULNERABLE GABRIEL: EVEN THOUGH HE HAD THOSE NICE-GUY GOOD LOOKS CLUDG ADORABLE DIMPL, CAMPBELL WAS NOT A SHOE- FOR THE ROLE. FALL ADMS TO NOT IALLY GETTG THE SENSE THAT THE ACTOR WAS VULNERABLE ENOUGH OM HIS FIRST DN BUT FATE THANKFULLY TERVENED. “MY STG DIRECTOR KNEW HE WAS RIGHT AND I GUS GAVE HIM THE NOT THAT I HAD TRIED TO GET HIM TO DO THE ROOM,” FALL RELLED, “AND [CHRISTIAN] WORKED ON AND ME BACK AND GAVE A PLETELY DIFFERENT DN. HE WAS REALLY WONRFUL AND SWEET AND VULNERABLE AND EVERYTHG GABRIEL NEED TO BE, AND THEN HE ME, WAS PERFECT.”{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;}TORI SPELLG AS KATHERE: SPELLG WAS A BIG TV STAR AT THE TIME OM STARRG ON THE ORIGAL BEVERLY HILLS 90210 BUT SHE DNED WH EVERYONE ELSE FOR THE ROLE OF WANNABE ACTRS KATHERE. “SHE WON THE ROLE FAIR AND SQUARE,” FALL REMEMBERED. “I ME UP TO LA, SHE DNED, SHE WAS GREAT. SHE DID THE DER SCENE AND JT WAS SO HYSTERIL AND GREAT.” DID HER NAME HELP GET THE MOVIE MA? NOPE. “WE ALREADY HAD THE MONEY AND SHE JT WAS ST BEE SHE WAS GOOD,” NFIRMED {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;}FOR SPELLG, HER 90210 SCHLE KEPT HER BY BUT, SHE EXPLAED, “DURG SUMMER HIAT I WAS ALWAYS LOOKG FOR A GREAT PROJECT WH A QUIRKY CHARACTER TO FILM. ONCE I READ TRICK I KNEW I HAD TO BE A PART OF ! IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL SCRIPT AND THE CHARACTER OF KATHERE WAS AMAZG!”{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;}GAY OR GAY FOR PAY? FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, YOU DIDN’T HAVE MEGA-STARS LIKE MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND MATT DAMON PLAYG LOVERS FILMS SO WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PERCEPTN FOR STRAIGHT ACTORS LIKE CAMPBELL AND POC TAKG ON GAY ROL. “HAVG BEEN THAT MOVIE,” CAMPBELL EXPLAED, “ OPENED UP A MUNY. THE GAY MUNY WAS CREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF ME, OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS NOW… ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WAS AN OPPOSG FEELG TO AS WELL, BEE WAS STILL A TIME WHEN IF YOU DO A GAY ROLE, THEN EVERYONE THKS YOU’RE GAY… BUT NOW ’S DIFFERENT. YOU N GO OFF AND DO GAY ROL AND DON’T PIGEONHOLE YOU… BUT WAS A SWEET GIFT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I FACED A WALL AFTERWARDS AS WELL.”{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;}YEARS AFTER TRICK, POC HAD THE CHANCE TO THANK ACTOR HARRY HAML, WH WHOM HE APPEARED THE FILM SHOOT OR BE SHOT, FOR STARRG AS A GAY MAN MAKG LOVE 1982 WHEN A FILM WH GAY CHARACTERS WAS A RARE BREED. “I SAID, ‘YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR DOG THAT BEE IF YOU HADN’T DONE THAT, THERE WOULDN’T BE A PLACE FOR ME TO DO MY PART TRICK, AND I WOULDN’T BE HERE RIGHT NOW WORKG WH YOU… HE WAS GREAT, A VERY GRAC GUY.”{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 DER SCENE: SPELLG REMEMBERED THE SCENE WHERE KATHERE LAYS TO GABRIEL AND ALSO LOS HER MD BEE HER CHEE I ME WH NO CHEE. “THE NIGHT WE FILMED THE DER SCENE WAS A LONG NIGHT,” SHE RELLED. “I KEPT DRKG FFEE TRYG UP KEEP MY ENERGY UP BUT WE DIDN'T START FILMG THAT SCENE TILL 3AM. I WAS EXHSTED. SHEER WILLPOWER AND PASSN GOT ME THROUGH FILMG . STILL MY FAVE LE ANY MOVIE I'VE EVER DONE!”{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;}A DIFFERENT GAY FILM: WHILE MANY LGBT FILMS ALT WH DARKER, DRAMATIC THEM, CAMPBELL SAID HE WASN’T ORIGALLY AWARE HOW MUCH THE SIMPLE LOVE STORY ANGLE HAD IMPACTED DIENC. “I WASN’T AWARE THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TAKE UNTIL AFTER PREMIERED AT SUNDANCE,” HE SAID. “SO MUCH OF THE RPONSE I GOT OM PEOPLE WHO SAW WAS SUCH APPRECIATN FOR A MOVIE THAT WASN’T ABOUT G OUT OR WASN’T ABOUT DYG OF AIDS. IT WAS JT A SWEET LOVE STORY, AND JT SO HAPPENED, HIS SWEET LOVE STORY, THAT OUR PROTAGONISTS WERE BOTH MALE. THAT WAS THE THG. IT STOOD ON S OWN.”{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;}MISS CO PE AS… HERSELF! FALL AND CLTON LPP (AKA MISS CO) HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER WAY BEFORE TRICK SO WAS A NO-BRAER TO CLU THE FABULO DRAG QUEEN. BUT WAS THE FAMO BATHROOM SCENE WHERE MISS CO TALKS ABOUT HOW A CERTA BODILY FLUID BURNS WHEN GETTG YOUR EYE FULLY SCRIPTED OR IMPROVISED? “THE BATHROOM SCENE WASN'T THE ORIGAL SCRIPT. WE WROTE FOR CO,” SAID FALL. “THEN CLT RE-WROTE MOST OF THAT MONOLOGUE HIMSELF. IT WASN'T IMPROVISED. HE TOLD ME THAT EXACT STORY. CLT SAID HE'D BEEN WH A HOT LATO GUY WHO SAID ‘IT'S BIG, 'S BETIFUL, AND YOU'RE GONNA LOVE .’”{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;}AND MISS CO APPEARED ANOTHER SCENE BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK REFULLY, FALL REVEALED. “NO ONE KNOWS THIS BUT CLT IS THE FAL BATHROOM SCENE WHERE THE BOYS ALMOST KISS, BUT I CUT HIS PART OUT. IF YOU WATCH THE DER SCENE, THE ONLY PERSON YOU SEE CROSS OUTSI THE WDOW AND ENTER THE DER IS CO! BUT NO ONE SE , THANK GOD, BEE I CUT HIM OUT OF THE BATHROOM SCENE. I CUT BEE THE MOMENT IS SO SWEET THERE, AND PUTTG ANOTHER ‘JOKE’ WH CO SEEMED APPROPRIATE. NOW, I'M NOT SO SURE…”{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;}MEMORI… CAMPBELL SAID OF MAKG THE FILM THAT SUMMER, “WE WERE WORKG PENNT FILM HOURS BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME BEE WE WERE SHOOTG GRTY STUFF NEW YORK, WHICH HELPED IMMERSE OURSELV THE WORLD AS WELL, PECIALLY AS A PERSON WHO WASN’T A NEW YORKER AT THAT POT.” OVERALL, POC SUMMED UP HIS RELLECTNS BY SAYG HE HAD “SWEET MEMORI OF JT THE WONRFULLY CREATIVE PEOPLE HUMMG ALONG AND WORKG TOGETHER ON THIS PASSN PROJECT.” SPELLG IS VERY AWARE OF HOW THE FILM HAS HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE. “FANS TALK ABOUT TRICK ALL THE TIME,” SHE SAID. “SO MANY GAY MEN TELL ME THAT TRICK WAS A PIVOTAL MOVIE THEIR LIV. MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.”{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;}TRICK: THE SEQUEL: WHILE FALL SAID THE SEQUEL ISN’T READY TO LENS QUE YET, CAMPBELL, POC, AND SPELLG ARE ALL READY TO REVIS THEIR BELOVED CHARACTERS. CAMPBELL ENVISNED THAT THE FILMS ULD BE A GAY VERSN OF BEFORE SUNRISE. “WE ULD DO THAT, RIGHT? WHY NOT? I’M ALL FOR . I THK ’S GREAT. ONE OF THE FILMS EVERY 15 YEARS? PERFECT!”{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;}POC SHARED HIS TAKE ON WHERE GABRIEL AND MARK WOULD BE TODAY. “I ALWAYS LIKE THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER THG,” HE SAID. “AND I THK THAT THEY WOULD STAY TOGETHER AND THEY'D HAVE KIDS. THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE.” THE ACTOR SAID THAT FALL’S RPONSE TO THAT PCH WAS “IT'LL NEVER BE LIKE ANYTHG YOU JT SAID.”{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;}SPELLG HAD HER OWN TAKE ON WHERE THE CHARACTERS ARE TODAY AND SAID KATHERE WOULD STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF THE GUYS’ LIV. “I ALWAYS SAW HER STILL WEDGG HER WAY TO GABE’S RELATNSHIP. EVEN OFFERG TO BE A SURROGATE FOR THEM WHILE SHE DO A ONE WOMAN MIL ON MOMMIE DEART. THAT'S MY FANTASY! HAHA!”{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
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“TRICK” ACTORS REVEAL THEY WERE OFFERED ONLY GAY ROL AFTER FILM’S RELEASE

He is an actor, producer and director known for the Showtime Emmy Award wng movie Reefer Madns: The Movie Mil (2005) wh Kristen Bell, the gay romantic edy Trick (1999) wh Tori Spellg, as well as the HBO seri Te Detective (2014) and Big Love (2006). Campbell and Poc, both of whom are straight, were asked by an dience member if makg their film buts as gay characters had an impact on their reers. “After Trick me out a lot of the scripts I was gettg were for gay rol, ” Campbell revealed.

” He add that he eventually got over and that he’s ttg for a gay character on an ABC seri later this week.

"TRICK" TURNS 15: CAST/DIRECTOR REFLECT ON GAY FILM CLASSIC... AND TALK SEQUELWE STILL LOVE THE GAY ROMANCE THAT FEATURED MISS CO PE AND TORI SPELLG!{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 JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 20, 2014/3:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FE LE FEATUR/GETTY IMAGCHRISTIAN CAMPBELL SHIRTLS A SCENE OM THE FILM 'TRICK', 1999. (PHOTO BY FE LE FEATUR/GETTY IMAG)BY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 20, 2014 / 3:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"TRICK\" TURNS 15: CAST/DIRECTOR REFLECT ON GAY FILM CLASSIC... AND TALK SEQUEL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-02-20T20:20:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-02-20T20:20:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"JIM HALTERMAN","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;}BOY MEETS GO-GO BOY AND THEY TRY TO FD A PLACE TO HOOK-UP…{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;}THAT’S THE BASIC PREMISE OF TRICK, BUT IF YOU’VE SEEN THE BELOVED 1999 FILM, YOU KNOW ’S ACTUALLY A SWEET AND CHARMG ROMANTIC EDY THAT HAS ENDURED AND IS CELEBRATG S 15TH ANNIVERSARY THIS {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 NEW YORK-BASED FILM, DIRECTED BY JIM FALL AND WRTEN BY JASON SCHAFER, GABRIEL (CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL) FIRST SE GO-GO BOY MARK (J.P. POC) SHAKG AT A LOL GAY BAR, BUT A CHANCE MEETG ON THE SUBWAY LATER TAK THEM ON AN ALL-NIGHT ADVENTURE THAT GO OM A PIANO BAR, TORI SPELLG (WHO PLAYED GABRIEL’S BFF, KATHERE), A DANCE CLUB AND GABRIEL’S MEMORABLE BATHROOM TERACTN WH NONE OTHER THAN MISS CO {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;}TO MEMORATE THE FILM, UCLA IS HOSTG AN OUTFT LEGACY SCREENG THIS SATURDAY LOS ANGEL ALONG WH A Q&A WH FALL, CAMPBELL, AND POC {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;}THEBACKLOT HAD THE CHANCE TO CHAT WH THE THREE MEN—AND SPELLG—ABOUT THEIR MEMORI OF MAKG THE FILM AND WHY THEY THK ’S STILL HIGHLY REGARD {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;}IT WAS THE SUMMER OF ’98… WHEN TRICK FILMED ON LOTN NEW YORK CY. “I WAS ALREADY A LTLE WEARY OF G OUT MOVI AND MOVI ALG WH GAYS, AND ALSO MOVI ALG WH GAY GUYS FALLG FOR STRAIGHT GUYS,” FALL SAID OF THE LGBT FILM CLIMATE AT THE TIME. “I ALWAYS FOUND THAT ANNOYG AND KD OF HOMOPHOBIC, TO BE HONT… I WANTED TO TELL A MOVIE THAT WAS JT ABOUT HOW GAY PEOPLE LIVE. AND AT THE TIME, THERE HADN’T BEEN ANY GAY MOVI THAT WERE JT ABOUT BEG GAY [AND] JT FALLG LOVE OR TRYG TO FALL LOVE.”{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;}CASTG MARK, THE GO-GO BOY: “THEY FOUND ME FIRST,” REMEMBERED POC. “THEY HAD CHRISTIAN MD, BUT THIS IS THE HARR ROLE TO ST.” FALL AGREED THAT THE MARK ROLE WAS FELY THE BIGGER CHALLENGE. “MARK WAS HARR BEE MY STG DIRECTOR [SENT] THE GUYS WHO WERE GOOD ACTORS BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE LIKE GO-GO BOY BODI, YOU KNOW? YOU GO TO THE CLUBS AND THE GUYS THAT HAVE ROCKG BODI AND I HAD TO FD SOMEBODY WHO ULD ACT AND ALSO HAD THAT BODY, AND THAT’S REALLY HARD.”{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 FALL SAW POC AN NYC PLAY WHERE A GROUP OF MEN, A MCLED POC AMONG THEM, WERE DRSED ONLY THEIR UNRWEAR WHILE READG MONOLOGU. “I ALREADY GOT TO SEE EVERYTHG,” FALL LGHED, “AND [JP] GOT UP AND DID THIS MONOLOGUE AND I WAS WH ERIC [D’ARBELOFF], MY PRODUCER, AND I THOUGHT, ‘OH MY GOD, THAT’S OUR GUY.’"{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;}…AND SWEET, VULNERABLE GABRIEL: EVEN THOUGH HE HAD THOSE NICE-GUY GOOD LOOKS CLUDG ADORABLE DIMPL, CAMPBELL WAS NOT A SHOE- FOR THE ROLE. FALL ADMS TO NOT IALLY GETTG THE SENSE THAT THE ACTOR WAS VULNERABLE ENOUGH OM HIS FIRST DN BUT FATE THANKFULLY TERVENED. “MY STG DIRECTOR KNEW HE WAS RIGHT AND I GUS GAVE HIM THE NOT THAT I HAD TRIED TO GET HIM TO DO THE ROOM,” FALL RELLED, “AND [CHRISTIAN] WORKED ON AND ME BACK AND GAVE A PLETELY DIFFERENT DN. HE WAS REALLY WONRFUL AND SWEET AND VULNERABLE AND EVERYTHG GABRIEL NEED TO BE, AND THEN HE ME, WAS PERFECT.”{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;}TORI SPELLG AS KATHERE: SPELLG WAS A BIG TV STAR AT THE TIME OM STARRG ON THE ORIGAL BEVERLY HILLS 90210 BUT SHE DNED WH EVERYONE ELSE FOR THE ROLE OF WANNABE ACTRS KATHERE. “SHE WON THE ROLE FAIR AND SQUARE,” FALL REMEMBERED. “I ME UP TO LA, SHE DNED, SHE WAS GREAT. SHE DID THE DER SCENE AND JT WAS SO HYSTERIL AND GREAT.” DID HER NAME HELP GET THE MOVIE MA? NOPE. “WE ALREADY HAD THE MONEY AND SHE JT WAS ST BEE SHE WAS GOOD,” NFIRMED {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;}FOR SPELLG, HER 90210 SCHLE KEPT HER BY BUT, SHE EXPLAED, “DURG SUMMER HIAT I WAS ALWAYS LOOKG FOR A GREAT PROJECT WH A QUIRKY CHARACTER TO FILM. ONCE I READ TRICK I KNEW I HAD TO BE A PART OF ! IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL SCRIPT AND THE CHARACTER OF KATHERE WAS AMAZG!”{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;}GAY OR GAY FOR PAY? FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, YOU DIDN’T HAVE MEGA-STARS LIKE MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND MATT DAMON PLAYG LOVERS FILMS SO WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PERCEPTN FOR STRAIGHT ACTORS LIKE CAMPBELL AND POC TAKG ON GAY ROL. “HAVG BEEN THAT MOVIE,” CAMPBELL EXPLAED, “ OPENED UP A MUNY. THE GAY MUNY WAS CREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF ME, OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS NOW… ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WAS AN OPPOSG FEELG TO AS WELL, BEE WAS STILL A TIME WHEN IF YOU DO A GAY ROLE, THEN EVERYONE THKS YOU’RE GAY… BUT NOW ’S DIFFERENT. YOU N GO OFF AND DO GAY ROL AND DON’T PIGEONHOLE YOU… BUT WAS A SWEET GIFT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I FACED A WALL AFTERWARDS AS WELL.”{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;}YEARS AFTER TRICK, POC HAD THE CHANCE TO THANK ACTOR HARRY HAML, WH WHOM HE APPEARED THE FILM SHOOT OR BE SHOT, FOR STARRG AS A GAY MAN MAKG LOVE 1982 WHEN A FILM WH GAY CHARACTERS WAS A RARE BREED. “I SAID, ‘YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR DOG THAT BEE IF YOU HADN’T DONE THAT, THERE WOULDN’T BE A PLACE FOR ME TO DO MY PART TRICK, AND I WOULDN’T BE HERE RIGHT NOW WORKG WH YOU… HE WAS GREAT, A VERY GRAC GUY.”{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 DER SCENE: SPELLG REMEMBERED THE SCENE WHERE KATHERE LAYS TO GABRIEL AND ALSO LOS HER MD BEE HER CHEE I ME WH NO CHEE. “THE NIGHT WE FILMED THE DER SCENE WAS A LONG NIGHT,” SHE RELLED. “I KEPT DRKG FFEE TRYG UP KEEP MY ENERGY UP BUT WE DIDN'T START FILMG THAT SCENE TILL 3AM. I WAS EXHSTED. SHEER WILLPOWER AND PASSN GOT ME THROUGH FILMG . STILL MY FAVE LE ANY MOVIE I'VE EVER DONE!”{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;}A DIFFERENT GAY FILM: WHILE MANY LGBT FILMS ALT WH DARKER, DRAMATIC THEM, CAMPBELL SAID HE WASN’T ORIGALLY AWARE HOW MUCH THE SIMPLE LOVE STORY ANGLE HAD IMPACTED DIENC. “I WASN’T AWARE THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TAKE UNTIL AFTER PREMIERED AT SUNDANCE,” HE SAID. “SO MUCH OF THE RPONSE I GOT OM PEOPLE WHO SAW WAS SUCH APPRECIATN FOR A MOVIE THAT WASN’T ABOUT G OUT OR WASN’T ABOUT DYG OF AIDS. IT WAS JT A SWEET LOVE STORY, AND JT SO HAPPENED, HIS SWEET LOVE STORY, THAT OUR PROTAGONISTS WERE BOTH MALE. THAT WAS THE THG. IT STOOD ON S OWN.”{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;}MISS CO PE AS… HERSELF! FALL AND CLTON LPP (AKA MISS CO) HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER WAY BEFORE TRICK SO WAS A NO-BRAER TO CLU THE FABULO DRAG QUEEN. BUT WAS THE FAMO BATHROOM SCENE WHERE MISS CO TALKS ABOUT HOW A CERTA BODILY FLUID BURNS WHEN GETTG YOUR EYE FULLY SCRIPTED OR IMPROVISED? “THE BATHROOM SCENE WASN'T THE ORIGAL SCRIPT. WE WROTE FOR CO,” SAID FALL. “THEN CLT RE-WROTE MOST OF THAT MONOLOGUE HIMSELF. IT WASN'T IMPROVISED. HE TOLD ME THAT EXACT STORY. CLT SAID HE'D BEEN WH A HOT LATO GUY WHO SAID ‘IT'S BIG, 'S BETIFUL, AND YOU'RE GONNA LOVE .’”{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;}AND MISS CO APPEARED ANOTHER SCENE BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK REFULLY, FALL REVEALED. “NO ONE KNOWS THIS BUT CLT IS THE FAL BATHROOM SCENE WHERE THE BOYS ALMOST KISS, BUT I CUT HIS PART OUT. IF YOU WATCH THE DER SCENE, THE ONLY PERSON YOU SEE CROSS OUTSI THE WDOW AND ENTER THE DER IS CO! BUT NO ONE SE , THANK GOD, BEE I CUT HIM OUT OF THE BATHROOM SCENE. I CUT BEE THE MOMENT IS SO SWEET THERE, AND PUTTG ANOTHER ‘JOKE’ WH CO SEEMED APPROPRIATE. NOW, I'M NOT SO SURE…”{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;}MEMORI… CAMPBELL SAID OF MAKG THE FILM THAT SUMMER, “WE WERE WORKG PENNT FILM HOURS BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME BEE WE WERE SHOOTG GRTY STUFF NEW YORK, WHICH HELPED IMMERSE OURSELV THE WORLD AS WELL, PECIALLY AS A PERSON WHO WASN’T A NEW YORKER AT THAT POT.” OVERALL, POC SUMMED UP HIS RELLECTNS BY SAYG HE HAD “SWEET MEMORI OF JT THE WONRFULLY CREATIVE PEOPLE HUMMG ALONG AND WORKG TOGETHER ON THIS PASSN PROJECT.” SPELLG IS VERY AWARE OF HOW THE FILM HAS HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE. “FANS TALK ABOUT TRICK ALL THE TIME,” SHE SAID. “SO MANY GAY MEN TELL ME THAT TRICK WAS A PIVOTAL MOVIE THEIR LIV. MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.”{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;}TRICK: THE SEQUEL: WHILE FALL SAID THE SEQUEL ISN’T READY TO LENS QUE YET, CAMPBELL, POC, AND SPELLG ARE ALL READY TO REVIS THEIR BELOVED CHARACTERS. CAMPBELL ENVISNED THAT THE FILMS ULD BE A GAY VERSN OF BEFORE SUNRISE. “WE ULD DO THAT, RIGHT? WHY NOT? I’M ALL FOR . I THK ’S GREAT. ONE OF THE FILMS EVERY 15 YEARS? PERFECT!”{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;}POC SHARED HIS TAKE ON WHERE GABRIEL AND MARK WOULD BE TODAY. “I ALWAYS LIKE THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER THG,” HE SAID. “AND I THK THAT THEY WOULD STAY TOGETHER AND THEY'D HAVE KIDS. THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE.” THE ACTOR SAID THAT FALL’S RPONSE TO THAT PCH WAS “IT'LL NEVER BE LIKE ANYTHG YOU JT SAID.”{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;}SPELLG HAD HER OWN TAKE ON WHERE THE CHARACTERS ARE TODAY AND SAID KATHERE WOULD STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF THE GUYS’ LIV. “I ALWAYS SAW HER STILL WEDGG HER WAY TO GABE’S RELATNSHIP. EVEN OFFERG TO BE A SURROGATE FOR THEM WHILE SHE DO A ONE WOMAN MIL ON MOMMIE DEART. THAT'S MY FANTASY! HAHA!”{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

Poc noted he had a siar experience beg offered numero gay scripts after Trick was released. “The gay mafia is very powerful, ” Campbell joked. Both lead actors ma clear they are grateful for the experience and “immensely proud” of the film that’s bee a gay viewg re-of-passage.

<EM>SPEAK UP WH JIMMY</EM>: ACTOR CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL ON BEG A GAY IN (VIDEO)

“I don’t thk we should get any special cred for playg gay, ” he med. “We also played gay rol at a time when might have been nsired a killer for your reer, ” he offered. Fall add that when stg the film he didn’t re whether the actors were straight or gay.

THE GAY WE WERE: ‘TRICK’

“At that time the list of out gay actors was jt Harvey Fierste and he wasn’t right for anythg [ the film], ” he cracked to lghter om the dience. Some mentned how rehg was 1999, followg a spate of films about AIDS or gay guys fatuated wh heterosexual men, to see a romantic edy about two gay men that ntaed no agenda bis entertag an dience.

Poc) shakg at a lol gay bar, but a chance meetg on the subway later tak them on an all-night adventure that go om a piano bar, Tori Spellg (who played Gabriel’s BFF, Kathere), a dance club and Gabriel’s memorable bathroom teractn wh none other than Miss Co memorate the film, UCLA is hostg an Outft Legacy screeng this Saturday Los Angel along wh a Q&A wh Fall, Campbell, and Poc attendance. “I was already a ltle weary of g out movi and movi alg wh gays, and also movi alg wh gay guys fallg for straight guys, ” Fall said of the LGBT film climate at the time. “I always found that annoyg and kd of homophobic, to be hont… I wanted to tell a movie that was jt about how gay people live.

And at the time, there hadn’t been any gay movi that were jt about beg gay [and] jt fallg love or tryg to fall love.

IS CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL GAY?

”Gay or Gay for Pay? Fifteen years ago, you didn’t have mega-stars like Michael Douglas and Matt Damon playg lovers films so was a very different perceptn for straight actors like Campbell and Poc takg on gay rol.

The gay muny was credibly supportive of me, over the past 15 years now… on the other hand, there was an opposg feelg to as well, bee was still a time when if you do a gay role, then everyone thks you’re gay… but now ’s different.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH ANNOUNC PROPOSAL TO SPL OVER GAY MARRIAGE

You n go off and do gay rol and don’t pigeonhole you… but was a sweet gift, and at the same time, I faced a wall afterwards as well.

”Years after Trick, Poc had the chance to thank actor Harry Haml, wh whom he appeared the film Shoot or Be Shot, for starrg as a gay man Makg Love 1982 when a film wh gay characters was a rare breed.

”A Different Gay Film: While many LGBT films alt wh darker, dramatic them, Campbell said he wasn’t origally aware how much the simple love story angle had impacted dienc. “So many gay men tell me that Trick was a pivotal movie their liv.

<EM>SPEAK UP WH JIMMY</EM>: ACTOR CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL ON BEG A GAY IN (VIDEO)

Campbell envisned that the films uld be a gay versn of Before Sunrise. In 1999, actor Christian Campbell starred the gay romantic edy film "Trick.

" That role tapulted him to beg a gay in. In this terview, Christian shar wh me what 's like for him to be a straight actor who is a gay in and how that has impacted his reer.