The Gild Age is tellg a different story about a closeted gay man than Downton Abbey but Osr van Rhijn has a better life than Thomas Barrow.
Contents:
- CLAYBOURNE ELR GREW UP GAY UTAH. NOW HE’S ON BROADWAY AND ‘THE GILD AGE.’
- IS BLAKE RSON’S OSR VAN RHIJN GAY THE GILD AGE?
- AN O TO OSR, THE REHGLY BORG GAY VILLA OF THE GILD AGE
CLAYBOURNE ELR GREW UP GAY UTAH. NOW HE’S ON BROADWAY AND ‘THE GILD AGE.’
The Gild Age is tellg a different story about a closeted gay man than Downton Abbey but Osr van Rhijn has a better life than Thomas Barrow. Barrow was a footman who was wily disliked by Downton's other servants for beg llo and cel, but he was also hidg the secret that he was gay. Barrow was eply unhappy and hated his life as a closeted homosexual, pecially when his few attempts to nnect wh other men were met wh risn and revulsn.
In Ellis, Barrow ma a te iend who was also gay, and he realized that he didn't have to be alone and unhappy any longer. The Gild Age's premiere episo, "Never The New, " revealed that Osr van Rhijn is gay, which no one but his lover, John Adams (Claybourne Elr), is aware of.
IS BLAKE RSON’S OSR VAN RHIJN GAY THE GILD AGE?
Th, Osr has dited himself to accumulatg money by fdg an heirs to marry while matag his private life as a gay man. There's no possibily Osr n live openly as a gay man The Gild Age's 1882 New York, pecially not nsirg who his mother is, yet Osr seems to be makg the bt of his lot even if he's not pecially happy about . But stead of repeatg Barrow's Downton Abbey story The Gild Age, Julian Fellow, who created both seri, is wisely explorg a different kd of life for a closeted gay man 1882 New York Cy.
”And, Elr said, he n relate to his character: John Adams is a gay man a secret relatnship wh Osr (Blake Rson), the son of Agns van Rhijn (Baranski) and the of Marian Brook (Louisa Jabson). “I thk that for any gay person or queer person, we have experienced what ’s like to need to hi the shadows at some pot our liv, ” Elr said.
AN O TO OSR, THE REHGLY BORG GAY VILLA OF THE GILD AGE
”After he got the role, Elr started dog rearch and was surprised to disver that “there was such a thrivg scene already at this time of gay parti and people, and I’m really glad that ’s somethg they chose to reprent the show. So he left for the Universy of cisn was fluenced by the fact that BYU — owned by The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats — isn’t exactly gay-iendly. ”Growg up gay Utah CountyElr said he’s “extremely lucky” he grew up wh supportive parents.