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MEET OUR NEW GAY SHIP ON THE CWS ‘LEGACI’
The fal piece of the puzzle me together when Matthews and Price Peterson, a wrer on the show, cid they wanted an out gay actor to play the other queer character. They had recently dned Zane Phillips, who's also starrg the gay rom- Fire Peterson reached out to his iend Joel Kim Booster, the wrer of Fire Island, and asked him if he thought Phillips uld play a gay migod type, Booster said, "Well, not only is Zane that for sure, but I actually have willed this to existence. Phillips, a New York-based theater actor who will next be seen Hulu’s gay rom- Fire Island (out June 3) and Netflix’s legal drama Partner Track, dned for Legaci wh a self-taped dn last October, but he origally thought he was vyg to play Rasput’s immortal son.
From the outset, Matthews, who now serv as the shownner, and Peterson were also adamant about fdg an openly gay actor who uld brg their own lived experience to the role. We’re lookg for a sort of a gay, migod type, ’” Peterson relled wh a se. Ben is a gay character om Legaci.
Many were happy to see a gay man feature a recurrg role on the show.