Prison Break's New Bad Guy Is Gay, Mlim, and a Force for Good Hollywood

Contents:

• THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
• PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY
• DID YOU KNOW MICHAEL SFIELD OF PRISON BREAK IS GAY? SEE THE MEN HE HAS DATED
• WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT: 'PRISON BREAK' STAR REVEALS HE'S GAY
• ‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY
• PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY
• PRISON BREAK ACTOR WENTWORTH MILLER, GAY MAN SECRETLY MARRIED PARTNER?
• 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
• PRISON BREAK'S NEW BAD GUY IS GAY, MLIM, AND A FORCE FOR GOOD HOLLYWOOD

THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

In an Instagram post about homophobic ments he has received, the 48-year-old actor also wrote, "On a related note... Among the gay rol he has played sce then was Leo Snart / Capta Cold, the superhero character he played The Flash and Legends of those rpondg to Miller's new msage was Domic Purcell, who plays his brother Lln Burrows the Fox drama.

She wrote: "yterday @wentworthler announced he's done playg michael sfield bee as a gay man he wants to foc on playg gay characters. This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars.

Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light. Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol. He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero.

PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY

It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe. “‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy.

The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay.

’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn. ” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them.

DID YOU KNOW MICHAEL SFIELD OF PRISON BREAK IS GAY? SEE THE MEN HE HAS DATED

Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope. In addn to Miller, Augt Prew, who recently got engaged to his partner, joed the st along wh El Gamal, a gay Mlim actor. Queer actors are typilly pigeonholed to playg rol that align wh their genr and sexualy, but here, openly gay men play everythg om heterosexual love terts to pe artists and ISIL villas.

”As “Prison Break” heads to what uld be s seri fale on Tuday night, beg a mastream actn show that actively embrac gayns might jt be s greatt cultural ntributn.

“And then there’s other people, who love Michael Sfield but maybe they don’t love gay people, and now they’re wonrg if that means somethg, that they’re hero worshippg this character that’s played by an actor they know is gay...

WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT: 'PRISON BREAK' STAR REVEALS HE'S GAY

Fd out why the Prison Break star is talkg about his sexualyByAug 21, 2013 9:47 PMTagsMatt Sayl/AP PhotoWentworth Miller has e out as gay. "However, as a gay man, I mt cle. "I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, " he ntued the letter, posted on GLAAD's webse.

Implemented last month, a ntroversial new law has banned "propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatns around mors, " cludg the public discsn of gay rights and relatnships anywhere children might hear . The anti-gay propaganda law quickly stirred up ntroversy, wh people llg for a boytt of the 2014 Wter Olympics Rsia to gay bars Los Angel and New York holdg "vodka-dumpg" protts. Hos/FOXMadonna was unsuccsfully sued by nservative groups Rsia for vlatg the propoganda law St Petersburg after she said durg a ncert there last summer that gay people should be "treated wh digny.

‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

He cled bee of their anti-LGBTQ legislatn, and then ma his letter public — officially g out as gay for the first time. Michael refed to play his role sce he is gay but the character he had to actor as a straight person. Miller, who is gay, said his cisn was partly lked to the abe he gets om homophobic viewers, who are prumably unhappy to learn he’s not as straight as his character is.

“If you’re hot and bothered bee you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one… That’s your work.

PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY

Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, four years after Prison Break wrapped s origal n, a letter clg an vatn to a Rsian film ftival. He said that as a gay man, he uld not be prent on acunt of the Kreml’s treatment of LGBT+ people. Acpanied simply by a blank whe square, the 48-year-old actor — who is an out gay man — wrote a lengthy ptn on Sunday acknowledgg both his fans and his haters, statg that he “n’t be bullied out of this space” while exprsg ncern that younger queer people might see homophobic ments on his page and be “exposed to bullsh.

If you're hot and bothered bec you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one… That's your work.

“Am I sayg gay actors (gay men, specifilly) should only play gay parts?

PRISON BREAK ACTOR WENTWORTH MILLER, GAY MAN SECRETLY MARRIED PARTNER?

” He also said that he wanted to see more gay parts played by gay actors, claimg that dog so mak a difference terms of performance and bee “straight actors playg ‘gay’ centers straightns.

10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS

”Addnally, Miller touched on his own experienc wh self-censorship as an actor workg Hollywood, sayg that while no one ever explicly told him to “bury his gayns, ” he had received a “don’t ask, don’t tell” msage om the culture at large, cludg the “homophobic subgroup” of the fandom he has cultivated.

”While Miller didn’t specify what new work his “break” om the closet will entail, he exprsed a sire to make up for lost time as an openly gay actor. “My gayns was largely erased (by me, for starters) the first s of my reer, ” he said. A 2013 survey of the labor unn SAG-AFTRA found that over half of LGBTQ+ rponnts believed that directors and producers were biased agast hirg LGBTQ+ performers, and that half of LGB rponnts reported wnsg directors and producers makg anti-gay ments about actors.

Wentworth Miller is the latt celebry to reveal he's gay. "The actor went on to expla:I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment.

PRISON BREAK'S NEW BAD GUY IS GAY, MLIM, AND A FORCE FOR GOOD HOLLYWOOD

The suatn is no way acceptable, and I nnot good nscience participate a celebratory ocsn hosted by a untry where people like myself are beg systematilly nied their basic right to live and love is of urse referrg to Rsia's new anti-gay laws, which are a ban on "propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatns" as part of an effort to promote tradnal Rsian valu over Wtern liberalism, and prohib the adoptn of Rsian-born children to natnal and ternatnal same-sex actor nclud his letter by statg, "Perhaps, when and if circumstanc improve, I'll be ee to make a different choice. Wentworth Miller who starred as Michael Slfield the popular televisn seri ‘Prison Break’ has revealed to the world that he is gay. In his letter, the 41-year-old actor thanked the anizers of the film ftival for the vatn, but said the followg his letter, “As a gay man, I mt cle.

In his letter, Miller said that he was greatly troubled by the way the Rsian ernment is treatg gay men and women that untry.