'Will And Grace' Actor Eric McCormack Addrs Debate Over Straight Actors Playg Gay Characters (EXCLUSIVE) | HuffPost UK Entertament

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• ‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
• IS ERIC MCCORMACK GAY IN REAL LIFE OR HAS A WIFE? HIS FAY, HEIGHT
• WHO IS ERIC MCCORMACK? WIFE, WORTH, CHILDREN, GAY ON-SCREEN
• 'WILL AND GRACE' ACTOR ERIC MCCORMACK ADDRS DEBATE OVER STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS (EXCLUSIVE)

‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE

Is Eric McCormack gay?

Bee Eric do play a gay man on TV many people believe that means he is gay real life.

IS ERIC MCCORMACK GAY IN REAL LIFE OR HAS A WIFE? HIS FAY, HEIGHT

And Eric is faiar wh what means to play such a public and beloved gay character on the screen. ALSO READ: Is Anthony Rapp Gay, Who Is He, What Is His Relatnship Wh Kev Spacey? He’s st as the nrotic gay lawyer Will Tman, who liv wh his bt iend, may have triggered speculatn about his sexualy.

He pared his character the s, apart om his sexual orientatn, to his real personaly and add that the issue of homosexualy was no big al. Playg a woman-worshippg homosexual role the show, which end on May 18, 2006, wh 18 ln viewers but was revived for 2017-2018, did not change McCormack’s personal life terms of his 21-year marriage to his wife. Contents1 Eric McCormack B2 Early life and tn3 Rol movi4 Rol seri5 Love life and wife6 Age, height, and worthEric McCormack BThe late ‘90s brought many popular ss to the TV screen, and one of the most famo was the edy-drama “Will & Grace”, which followed the story of two bt iends, a straight terr signer, Grace, and a gay lawyer, Will.

WHO IS ERIC MCCORMACK? WIFE, WORTH, CHILDREN, GAY ON-SCREEN

Many people assumed that Eric is gay, and he once said about his role: ‘What h me immediately was that this was me. He’s a great host, he’s relatively funny and he has great iends and he’s a good iend to them … the gay issue jt wasn’t really a big thg. ‘Will And Grace’ actor Eric McCormack has shared his opn over the bate on whether straight actors should be able to play gay rol, llg a “dumb nversatn” a ntually creasg number of LGBT+ stori are beg told both film and televisn, many people have qutned whether ’s appropriate to have straight and cisgenr actors playg characters who are gay, bisexual or - a straight-intifyg actor who has played one of the tle characters ‘Will And Grace’ sce s but 1998 - has old HuffPost UK he se no problem when straight actors take on gay McCormackNBC via Getty Imag“If anybody had a problem wh me playg Will, I’d jt say, ’go back and watch 200 episos and tell me if you still have a problem, ” he said.

'WILL AND GRACE' ACTOR ERIC MCCORMACK ADDRS DEBATE OVER STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS (EXCLUSIVE)

But the meantime, if I n’t play a gay man… then why should I play a ntist? In 2001, Eric McCormack ma history by wng the lead edy actor Emmy for portrayg a gay man on “Will & Grace. ” Back then, the challenge was reflectg the gay experience as accurately as his -star Debra Msg’s plotl as a straight character the NBC s about two bt iends.

The list of characters reflectg different facets of the queer experience — and the fact that Platt, Bomer and Porter are all openly gay (McCormack is straight) — shows how far TV has e sce Will was standg more or ls alone. “It was very important for Derek [Simonds, the show’s creator] that not be about a gay relatnship, but about two men who had achieved this profound sense of timacy where they had a shared sexual history, ” Bomer says.