Entertament dtry sirs discs the broar impact of Hollywood's closet, and whether gay and bisexual actors have an obligatn to be out.
Contents:
- HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
- 29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
- WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
- HOMOPHOBIA HOLLYWOOD: WHY GAY MOVIE STARS STILL N'T E OUT OF THE CLOSET
HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
In an age of "Call Me by Your Name" and "I'm like, so gay" Kristen Stewart, young leadg men still fear g out of the closet. * gay actors not out of the closet *
This week livered a stark remr of the real state of affairs, when Jam Ivory gave a no-holds-barred terview The Guardian lamentg the lack of full-ontal male nudy “Call Me By Your Name, ” the gay awards film of last year, which earned the Hollywood legend his first Osr for Bt Adapted Screenplay. “Star Trek” actor John Cho is straight, but played Billy Eichner’s boyiend “Difficult People, ” as well as the latt eratn of Sulu “Star Trek, ” who is revealed as gay the third stallment.
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
* gay actors not out of the closet *
The same logic do not apply to straight actors, like “Call Me by Your Name” stars Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, for whom playg gay (albe a prtig film) actually bolstered their reers. “As a producer, as someone who’s creatg a role for TV, they’re gog to want to have their lead actor, or actrs believably play the role, ” said the talent manager, who is openly gay.
In that se, the solutn may be to wre fewer heterosexual romanc altogether — which might not be a bad thg for actrs, straight or gay, as Hollywood attempts to reckon wh s history of sexualizg women. Zachary Quto, Alan Cummg, and Neil Patrick Harris have ma no secret of beg gay, but they eher waed until later life to e out, or did not reach the height of their fame until later life.
WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the untry. Over the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as gay. * gay actors not out of the closet *
Greg Berlanti, who directed “Love, Simon” and is pretty much sgle-handly rponsible for the proliferatn of gay supportg characters on televisn, has been around long enough to be more optimistic. In 2002, a parody fan se was created lled "Elijah Wood is Very, Very Gay" bee was believed that the Lord of the Rgs actors Elijah Wood and Domic Monaghan were a secret relatnship real life.
HOMOPHOBIA HOLLYWOOD: WHY GAY MOVIE STARS STILL N'T E OUT OF THE CLOSET
He told the world Entertament News Network, "'s kd of a joke webse that mata that they have proof that I am very, very gay var photographs - photographic evince (of me) holdg hands wh a male.
Recently, there was a hilar clip of Brney Spears and her reactn when she fds out for the first time that Ryan Seacrt is not gay and he is fact a "straight man. "In my silence, I've helped ci for you too that to be gay is to be, as a young man (or young woman, young anyone), appropriate for a profsnal reer the Arts.
"In a post-marriage equaly world, where ls than half of teens intify as straight, may be surprisg to some that so many gay and bisexual actors are still silent about their sexual orientatn.