'Te Blood' Actor Le Grim Qu Over Gay Role
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'TE BLOOD' ACTOR LE GRIM QU OVER GAY ROLE (REPORT)
The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report Ellis’s ath, quoted her as sayg he had died om plitns of heart Illois-born actor played Lafayette, a gay short orr ok, on the HBO drama om 2008 to 2014, and more recently appeared the CBS tective seri Elementary. ” Ellis played Lafayette Reynolds, a gay ok, through the seven-season n of “Te Blood. ”Onle news se The Gr praised Ellis’s portrayal of Lafayette as one that “slays gay stereotyp.
LIMBONG: Probably Nelsan Ellis' most memorable scene as the gay short-orr ok was early the n of "Te Blood.
TE BLOOD'S LAFAYETTE SLAYS GAY STEREOTYP
(LAUGHTER)LIMBONG: That's Ellis as Lafayette nontg a table that was tryg to pick on him for beg gay.
Relled by many as talented and unrrated, Ellis beme a Te Blood fan-favore for his portrayal of the scene-stealg, gay short orr ok at Merlotte’s Bar the fictnal Louisiana town. ” Ellis’s character was ld for breakg stereotyp of gay men. "Yet over s seven seasons the seri also went the extra e by cludg many gay, lbian, and bisexual characters who were jt as diverse, dangero, and memorable as Bon Temps' other rints.