'Downton Abbey' actor says playg a gay character has left him "typest"

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• THE ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ MOVIE GAY BAR SCENE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY HISTORILLY ACCURATE
• DOWNTON ABBEY'STHOMAS AT A GAY BAR WH THE DOWAGER? IT COULD HAPPEN
• DOWNTON ABBEY'S THOMAS BARROW AND THE FUTURE OF THE GAY PAST
• ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ DIRECTOR DISCS THE REALI OF CRAFTG A 1920S CLOSETED GAY ROMANCE
• THE ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ MOVIE’S GAY STORYLE ALMOST HAD A DARKER ENDG
• #LGBTQ: DOWNTON ABBEY’S “NEW ERA” INCLUS GAY VALET, THOMAS’ QUEER CLOSE-UP. WATCH
• DOWNTON'S ROBERT JAM-COLLIER OPENS UP ABOUT 'HORRIFIC' GAY STORYLE
• WILL IT GET BETTER FOR THE GAY BUTLER AFTER THE "DOWNTON ABBEY" MOVIE?WRER AND CREATOR JULIAN FELLOW HAS PLANS FOR THOMAS {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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 20, 2019/6:02 {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:3000PX;WIDTH:4500PX;}JAAP BUENDIJK4127_D005_00102_R ROBERT JAM-COLLIER STARS AS THOMAS BARROW DOWNTON ABBEY, A FOC FEATUR RELEASE. CRED: JAAP BUENDIJK / © 2019 FOC FEATUR, LLCBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 20, 2019 / 6:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL IT GET BETTER FOR THE GAY BUTLER AFTER THE \"DOWNTON ABBEY\" MOVIE?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-09-20T22:02:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-09-20T22:02:46.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}THE CRAWLEYS REQUT YOUR ATTENDANCE AT DNER BEE THE DOWNTON ABBEY MOVIE IS HTG THEATERS 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 HONOR OF THE NEW FILM, JULIAN FELLOW, CREATOR AND WRER OF DOWNTON ABBEY, SAT DOWN WH NEWNOWNEXT TO DISCS GAY BUTLER THOMAS BARROW (ROB JAM-COLLIER), HIS ROMANTIC SUBPLOT THE MOVIE, AND WHAT FELLOW HAS PLANNED IF THERE IS A DOWNTON {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;}MAJOR SPOILERS AHEADJAAP BUENDIJK4127_D005_00023-00024_RCC(L-R.) PRODUCER GARETH NEAME, WRER AND PRODUCER JULIAN FELLOW AND ACTOR MICHELLE DOCKERY ON THE SET OF DOWNTON ABBEY, A FOC FEATUR JAAP BUENDIJK / FOC {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;}WHEN YOU STARTED WRG THE DOWNTON MOVIE, DID YOU KNOW THOMAS BARROW WOULD HAVE SUCH A SIGNIFINT STORYLE?{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;}OH, Y. I FELT THAT THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE SLIGHTLY UNROLVED AT THE END OF THE SERI WERE THE TWO THOMAS, TOM BRANSON AND THOMAS BARROW. AND BARROW HAD NOT REALLY BEEN ALLOWED ANY FULFILLMENT DURG THE SERI. I THK ’S IMPORTANT WE DON’T FET HOW FAR WE’VE E SUCH A SHORT PERD. IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO BE GAY BACK THEN. WHEN WE HAD A GAY STORYLE [ THE SERI], AND THE POLICE WERE G FOR BARROW, AT ONE POT I HAD LETTERS OM PEOPLE SAYG “ARE YOU SERLY TELLG ME THAT BEG GAY WAS A CRIME 1914?” WELL, 1914 WAS A CRIME, AND WAS A CRIME FOR ANOTHER HALF CENTURY AFTER THAT! SO EASILY WE N FET WHAT THE MEN WENT THROUGH. THE WHOLE GAY MUNY THE 1920S, MOST PEOPLE HAD TO LIVE A LIE. I THK ’S GOOD TO BE REMD OF THAT, AND GOOD TO BE REMD THERE WAS A GAY MUNY. I WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT THE {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;}WHERE DID THE IA FOR THE GAY BAR RAID SCENE E OM?{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;}I WAS JT READG ABOUT . AND THOSE DAYS YOU ULDN’T HAVE A GAY BAR, EVEN THE WAY YOU ULD THE ’50S. IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A MEETG PLACE, HAD TO BE A TEMPORARY ONE. IT HAD TO BE A STOREROOM, SOME KD OF SPACE WHERE YOU ULD GET GOG, BUT IF THE POLICE FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU ULD UP STICKS AND MOVE WHOUT ANY LAY. THEY WERE A PEOPLE UNR THREAT, THEY WERE A PEOPLE UNR DANGER. WHAT WE WERE HOPG TO NVEY WAS THAT THERE WAS A GAY MUNY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO BE PART OF A PERSECUTED MORY. AND I HOPE THAT THROUGH THE FILM.JAAP BUENDIJK4127_D041_00037_RC ROBERT JAM-COLLIER STARS AS THOMAS BARROW DOWNTON ABBEY, A FOC FEATUR RELEASE. CRED: JAAP BUENDIJK / © 2019 FOC FEATUR, {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;}BARROW WAS PRETTY SNEAKY DURG THE SERI. DID YOU NSCLY WRE HIM AS A MORE POSIVE, LIKABLE PERSON THE MOVIE?{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;}I THK HE BEME MORE POSIVE DURG THE URSE OF THE SERI, REALLY. AND HE ME TO TERMS WH WHO HE WAS. IN FACT, HIS SECRET AT THE BEGNG WAS NOT A SECRET BY THE SIXTH SERI, AND THEY HAD ALL LEARNED TO LIVE WH . AND TO ACCEPT . LED A WAY BY ROBERT, WHO DIDN’T REALLY RE, AND MRS. HUGH, WHO DIDN’T REALLY RE. THEY BOTH REALLY ALLOWED THE OTHERS TO ACCEPT THE TTH OF BARROW, SO I FELT HE WAS MELLOWED BY THE TIME HE TOOK OVER AS {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;}WHEN YOU STARTED WRG THE DOWNTON SERI, DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO CLU A GAY CHARACTER?{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;}Y, I DID. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GAY THE 1920S OR THE 1850S. THE PERCENTAGE HASN’T CHANGED, WHAT'S CHANGED IS THE PERCEPTN. IN THOSE DAYS MOST PEOPLE WHO WERE GAY HAD TO CREATE SOME KD OF ONT THEY ULD LIVE BEHD. BUT DIDN’T MEAN THEY WEREN’T GAY AND WEREN’T WRTLG WH THOSE FEELGS. THAT SEEMED TO ME TO BE IMPORTANT TO REMD {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;}I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THOMAS' ROMANTIC STORYLE THE {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;}THERE IS A DANGER WHEN YOU AL WH GAY CHARACTERS A PERD PIECE— IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE SUFFERG, AND THE UNFAIRNS—BUT I THK ’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE LOVE, AND WHAT ’S ALL ABOUT IS LOVE. "A LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK S NAME," AS THE PHRASE WENT, BUT NEVERTHELS THE LOVE. I JT WANTED TO HAVE A MOMENT WHERE WE WERE REMD THAT THE ARE TWO HUMAN BEGS, EMOTNALLY ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER, AND BEG A LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}IF THERE WAS A DOWNTON SEQUEL, ULD YOU SEE THOMAS AND HIS LOVE TERT RNG?{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 BE HONT, I HAVEN’T REALLY STARTED THKG ABOUT ALL THAT KD OF THG. [LGHS]. I CERTALY SEE THOMAS BARROW BEG BEE I THK HE'S ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERS OF THE SHOW, SO ON SOME LEVEL OR ANOTHER WE WOULD BE NTUG HIS {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;}IF BARROW WERE ALIVE TODAY, STEAD OF 1927, WHAT DO YOU THK HE WOULD BE DOG?{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;}I THK HIS WHOLE SUATN WOULD BE PLETELY DIFFERENT. I THK HE WOULD HAVE A RELATNSHIP. HE WOULD PROBABLY BE DISCREET ABOUT , BUT WOULDN’T REALLY WORRY ANYONE. WE’RE ALL PAST THAT NOW. I THK THE TENSN WOULD DRA OUT OF THE SUATN, REALLY. OF URSE LIFE IS DIFFICULT. IT REMAS DIFFICULT 2019 AS WAS 1819. BUT THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF , THAT YOU HAD TO SUPPRS YOUR EMOTNALLY INTY, I THK THAT IS NO LONGER NECSARY. EVEN AT TIM IF REQUIR A LTLE URAGE, NEVERTHELS IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A HOMOSEXUAL INTY AND LIVE FORTABLY AND WELL NORMAL SOCIETY, AND THAT’S JT AS SHOULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE DIRECTOR OF “DOWNTON ABBEY” OPENED UP ABOUT THE MOVIE’S TOUCHG GAY STORYLE
• ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ ACTOR SAYS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER HAS LEFT HIM “TYPEST”
• DOWNTOWN ABBEY: THE NEW ERA – EVERYONE’S FAVORE GAY CHARACTER RETURNS

THE ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ MOVIE GAY BAR SCENE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY HISTORILLY ACCURATE

In the new film, Thomas Barrow (Robert Jam-Collier) gets to vis a gay bar lled Turton's. But once they're si, Thomas se that 's a secret bar filled wh gay men drkg, dancg, and generally havg a good time.

A Vice article about the history of UK gay bars not that 18th century spac for gay men to meet that were known as "molly ho" are well-documented, but that siar meetg spac existed long before that. Historian Peter Ackroyd told the Guardian 2017, "As a percentage of the populatn, there were as many gay bars 18th-century London as there are today. " In 1912, a bar lled The Cave of the Goln Calf, Bra's "first 'gay bar', as we know today", opened London, but was around for only two years.

DOWNTON ABBEY'STHOMAS AT A GAY BAR WH THE DOWAGER? IT COULD HAPPEN

It wasn't until the Sexual Offens Act of 1967 that homosexual relatnships were crimalized, but that did not mean that there was full equaly Bra. Once dubbed the "evil gay footman, " a moniker that was at once a trope and also unapologetilly lic nsirg the character's machatns, Rob Jam-Collier's Thomas rose to the proment tle of head butler to the Crawley fay toward the end of the seri. "Homosexual acts" weren't crimalized England until 1967, but the Downton Abbey feature film, which revolv around the fay -- but maly the servants -- fastidly preppg for a last-mute vis om Kg Gee and Queen Mary, offers Thomas a glimmer of happs a world where he's ls alone.

DOWNTON ABBEY'S THOMAS BARROW AND THE FUTURE OF THE GAY PAST

"We've seen that stggle and what was like to be gay a time when was illegal and agast his relign. "He wasn't aware of this entire world, this entire culture behd closed doors where there were like-md gay men who were ee and dancg together, kissg each other, and lerally jt allowed to be themselv and create this unique world hidn, but direct view, " Jam-Collier says of a scene which a wi-eyed Thomas enters his first clanste club for queer men. "Creator and wrer Julian Fellow and Jam-Collier have hered Thomas through om the guilty pleasure of the nnivg "evil gay footman" of the early seasons to beg a beloved character who has, at turns, exprsed great passn for others.

‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ DIRECTOR DISCS THE REALI OF CRAFTG A 1920S CLOSETED GAY ROMANCE

Throughout, Thomas stggled ternally and externally wh g to terms wh beg gay at a time when any exposure uld have ed him to lose all.

THE ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ MOVIE’S GAY STORYLE ALMOST HAD A DARKER ENDG

"If he's found out as a practicg homosexual, he would fely be sacked. Consirg Thomas's sojourn to a gay tablishment the film, when asked who Jam-Collier thought would be the most likely of the servants or the fay to hang out a gay bar wh his character, he nsirs refully. And he's proud of the story of rilience through strife that he's helped to tell through Thomas's journey -- pecially wh the feature film pictg a more hopeful place for the Crawleys' gay butler.

Thomas Barrow (Rob Jam-Collier)—former footman, would-be blackmailer, and early morn homosexual everyman—is now head butler on staff, givg him ample opportuny to teract wh the visg stars, and particular, wh the bonair Guy Dexter (Domic Wt). Is Thomas an accurate unveilg of historil homosexualy, hidn but fully formed, jt wag for to notice his existence?

#LGBTQ: DOWNTON ABBEY’S “NEW ERA” INCLUS GAY VALET, THOMAS’ QUEER CLOSE-UP. WATCH

Hello to the future of the gay past. In the film, dienc will see Barrow the ntext of a wir gay world for the first time: visg a secret gay bar, dodgg police harassment, and possibly even fdg love. "I thk one of the thgs that Downton Abbey don’t get right is that actually a great al more of those young men who were service were homosexual.

Barrow is stantly regnizable as a morn gay man, even if he never que those words. Gooch//Getty ImagOn the one hand, this feels like an elaboratn of that famo gay liberatn slogan “we are everywhere, ” expandg to be “we were everywhere” also.

DOWNTON'S ROBERT JAM-COLLIER OPENS UP ABOUT 'HORRIFIC' GAY STORYLE

On the other hand, seems to remove sexualy om the doma of history entirely, suggtg that the experience of beg gay has always been the same, no matter the place or perd.

While everyone else the show be, Barrow already qutn for queer Downton Abbey fans, then, is this: Is Thomas an accurate unveilg of historil homosexualy, hidn but fully formed, jt wag for to notice his existence?

Or is he a backward projectn of our current ia of what means to be gay, an anachronism disguised as a revelatn? Like Thomas Barrow, Alec Scudr seems preternaturally gay, fully aware of his sexual sir, that they are exclively for men, and that they mark him, irrevobly, as a different sort of person.

WILL IT GET BETTER FOR THE GAY BUTLER AFTER THE "DOWNTON ABBEY" MOVIE?WRER AND CREATOR JULIAN FELLOW HAS PLANS FOR THOMAS {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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 20, 2019/6:02 {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:3000PX;WIDTH:4500PX;}JAAP BUENDIJK4127_D005_00102_R ROBERT JAM-COLLIER STARS AS THOMAS BARROW DOWNTON ABBEY, A FOC FEATUR RELEASE. CRED: JAAP BUENDIJK / © 2019 FOC FEATUR, LLCBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 20, 2019 / 6:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL IT GET BETTER FOR THE GAY BUTLER AFTER THE \"DOWNTON ABBEY\" MOVIE?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-09-20T22:02:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-09-20T22:02:46.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}THE CRAWLEYS REQUT YOUR ATTENDANCE AT DNER BEE THE DOWNTON ABBEY MOVIE IS HTG THEATERS 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 HONOR OF THE NEW FILM, JULIAN FELLOW, CREATOR AND WRER OF DOWNTON ABBEY, SAT DOWN WH NEWNOWNEXT TO DISCS GAY BUTLER THOMAS BARROW (ROB JAM-COLLIER), HIS ROMANTIC SUBPLOT THE MOVIE, AND WHAT FELLOW HAS PLANNED IF THERE IS A DOWNTON {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;}MAJOR SPOILERS AHEADJAAP BUENDIJK4127_D005_00023-00024_RCC(L-R.) PRODUCER GARETH NEAME, WRER AND PRODUCER JULIAN FELLOW AND ACTOR MICHELLE DOCKERY ON THE SET OF DOWNTON ABBEY, A FOC FEATUR JAAP BUENDIJK / FOC {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;}WHEN YOU STARTED WRG THE DOWNTON MOVIE, DID YOU KNOW THOMAS BARROW WOULD HAVE SUCH A SIGNIFINT STORYLE?{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;}OH, Y. I FELT THAT THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE SLIGHTLY UNROLVED AT THE END OF THE SERI WERE THE TWO THOMAS, TOM BRANSON AND THOMAS BARROW. AND BARROW HAD NOT REALLY BEEN ALLOWED ANY FULFILLMENT DURG THE SERI. I THK ’S IMPORTANT WE DON’T FET HOW FAR WE’VE E SUCH A SHORT PERD. IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO BE GAY BACK THEN. WHEN WE HAD A GAY STORYLE [ THE SERI], AND THE POLICE WERE G FOR BARROW, AT ONE POT I HAD LETTERS OM PEOPLE SAYG “ARE YOU SERLY TELLG ME THAT BEG GAY WAS A CRIME 1914?” WELL, 1914 WAS A CRIME, AND WAS A CRIME FOR ANOTHER HALF CENTURY AFTER THAT! SO EASILY WE N FET WHAT THE MEN WENT THROUGH. THE WHOLE GAY MUNY THE 1920S, MOST PEOPLE HAD TO LIVE A LIE. I THK ’S GOOD TO BE REMD OF THAT, AND GOOD TO BE REMD THERE WAS A GAY MUNY. I WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT THE {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;}WHERE DID THE IA FOR THE GAY BAR RAID SCENE E OM?{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;}I WAS JT READG ABOUT . AND THOSE DAYS YOU ULDN’T HAVE A GAY BAR, EVEN THE WAY YOU ULD THE ’50S. IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A MEETG PLACE, HAD TO BE A TEMPORARY ONE. IT HAD TO BE A STOREROOM, SOME KD OF SPACE WHERE YOU ULD GET GOG, BUT IF THE POLICE FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU ULD UP STICKS AND MOVE WHOUT ANY LAY. THEY WERE A PEOPLE UNR THREAT, THEY WERE A PEOPLE UNR DANGER. WHAT WE WERE HOPG TO NVEY WAS THAT THERE WAS A GAY MUNY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO BE PART OF A PERSECUTED MORY. AND I HOPE THAT THROUGH THE FILM.JAAP BUENDIJK4127_D041_00037_RC ROBERT JAM-COLLIER STARS AS THOMAS BARROW DOWNTON ABBEY, A FOC FEATUR RELEASE. CRED: JAAP BUENDIJK / © 2019 FOC FEATUR, {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;}BARROW WAS PRETTY SNEAKY DURG THE SERI. DID YOU NSCLY WRE HIM AS A MORE POSIVE, LIKABLE PERSON THE MOVIE?{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;}I THK HE BEME MORE POSIVE DURG THE URSE OF THE SERI, REALLY. AND HE ME TO TERMS WH WHO HE WAS. IN FACT, HIS SECRET AT THE BEGNG WAS NOT A SECRET BY THE SIXTH SERI, AND THEY HAD ALL LEARNED TO LIVE WH . AND TO ACCEPT . LED A WAY BY ROBERT, WHO DIDN’T REALLY RE, AND MRS. HUGH, WHO DIDN’T REALLY RE. THEY BOTH REALLY ALLOWED THE OTHERS TO ACCEPT THE TTH OF BARROW, SO I FELT HE WAS MELLOWED BY THE TIME HE TOOK OVER AS {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;}WHEN YOU STARTED WRG THE DOWNTON SERI, DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO CLU A GAY CHARACTER?{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;}Y, I DID. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GAY THE 1920S OR THE 1850S. THE PERCENTAGE HASN’T CHANGED, WHAT'S CHANGED IS THE PERCEPTN. IN THOSE DAYS MOST PEOPLE WHO WERE GAY HAD TO CREATE SOME KD OF ONT THEY ULD LIVE BEHD. BUT DIDN’T MEAN THEY WEREN’T GAY AND WEREN’T WRTLG WH THOSE FEELGS. THAT SEEMED TO ME TO BE IMPORTANT TO REMD {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;}I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THOMAS' ROMANTIC STORYLE THE {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;}THERE IS A DANGER WHEN YOU AL WH GAY CHARACTERS A PERD PIECE— IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE SUFFERG, AND THE UNFAIRNS—BUT I THK ’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE LOVE, AND WHAT ’S ALL ABOUT IS LOVE. "A LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK S NAME," AS THE PHRASE WENT, BUT NEVERTHELS THE LOVE. I JT WANTED TO HAVE A MOMENT WHERE WE WERE REMD THAT THE ARE TWO HUMAN BEGS, EMOTNALLY ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER, AND BEG A LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}IF THERE WAS A DOWNTON SEQUEL, ULD YOU SEE THOMAS AND HIS LOVE TERT RNG?{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 BE HONT, I HAVEN’T REALLY STARTED THKG ABOUT ALL THAT KD OF THG. [LGHS]. I CERTALY SEE THOMAS BARROW BEG BEE I THK HE'S ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERS OF THE SHOW, SO ON SOME LEVEL OR ANOTHER WE WOULD BE NTUG HIS {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;}IF BARROW WERE ALIVE TODAY, STEAD OF 1927, WHAT DO YOU THK HE WOULD BE DOG?{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;}I THK HIS WHOLE SUATN WOULD BE PLETELY DIFFERENT. I THK HE WOULD HAVE A RELATNSHIP. HE WOULD PROBABLY BE DISCREET ABOUT , BUT WOULDN’T REALLY WORRY ANYONE. WE’RE ALL PAST THAT NOW. I THK THE TENSN WOULD DRA OUT OF THE SUATN, REALLY. OF URSE LIFE IS DIFFICULT. IT REMAS DIFFICULT 2019 AS WAS 1819. BUT THAT PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF , THAT YOU HAD TO SUPPRS YOUR EMOTNALLY INTY, I THK THAT IS NO LONGER NECSARY. EVEN AT TIM IF REQUIR A LTLE URAGE, NEVERTHELS IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A HOMOSEXUAL INTY AND LIVE FORTABLY AND WELL NORMAL SOCIETY, AND THAT’S JT AS SHOULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In the post-Edwardian perd, upper class men were more likely to already unrstand the world terms of heterosexuals and homosexuals, wh a bright and absolute le dividg the two. But whereas Scudr and Barrow seemed to thk of themselv as gay, el-Adl experienced his sire for men differently. Increasgly, sexologists, policians, and wrers began to promulgate the ia that the behavrs were signifiers of homosexualy, to be surveilled and curtailed.

THE DIRECTOR OF “DOWNTON ABBEY” OPENED UP ABOUT THE MOVIE’S TOUCHG GAY STORYLE

Compton Mackenzie, pictured send om the left the ont row, wrote several works about gay men. BettmannA workg class man like Thomas Barrow, livg the untrysi, was unlikely to have accs to this kd of rmatn about gay inty. As s passed, the neat fictn of bary sexualy beme broadly acknowledged “tth, ” leavg ls and ls space for middle-dwellg, workg-class men like Buckgham and an earlier and earlier age, people would be tght— streets as much as schools—that homosexuals existed, that they were unlike other men, and that any apparent “middle ground” was actually a slippery slope head straight to hell.

‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ ACTOR SAYS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER HAS LEFT HIM “TYPEST”

Barrow might have been an implsible outlier at the begng of the show 1912, but by the 1950s, workg class men who intified as homosexual were throngg the streets of London.

DOWNTOWN ABBEY: THE NEW ERA – EVERYONE’S FAVORE GAY CHARACTER RETURNS

It seemed that was Thomas’ bt chance at happs as a closeted gay man 1920s England. After all, he hadn’t had much luck love the past, and homosexualy was emed a crime at the time. Left to his own vic, Thomas starts hangg out wh one of the royal servants and eventually stumbl upon an unrground gay nightclub full of men dancg, lghg, and drkg.

“In pictg that world, that gatherg that he go to, we had to fd a way to tell that didn’t feel anachronistic even though there’s almost no rearch that one uld actually do about a place like that bee there was no gay bars York 1927, ” said Engler. Although there were rerds of tablishments London where gay men uld gather, those were primarily for procurg sex partners. There’s people of lor gay bars, and there’s guys who go to the gym and are mcle-y gay bars.

Later, when the royal retue is about to take their leave of Downton, Richard reveals that he’s also gay and hop Thomas will stay touch.