'The Happy Prce' giv actor-director Rupert Everett an Osr — Wil, that is, as one gay in plays another. Read Peter Travers' review.
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- ‘THE HAPPY PRCE’ IS HAPPY AS GAY FIRST TRAILER
- OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCH'GMA' DEALS & STEALS FOR SUMMER FUNCULTUREOCTOBER 24, 2018RUPERT EVERETT: 'I'VE BEEN A GAY MAN NEGOTIATG A REER A LARGELY HETEROSEXUAL BOYS CLUB'
- RUPERT EVERETT WANTS LGBTQ YOUTH TO SEE “THE HAPPY PRCE”“OUR HISTORIL NTEXT IS TERRIBLY IMPORTANT AND GIV A STRENGTH.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 10, 2018/1:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3755PX;WIDTH:5632PX;}WILHELM MOSER, COURTY OF SONY PICTUR CLASSICSBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 10, 2018 / 1:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RUPERT EVERETT WANTS LGBTQ YOUTH TO SEE “THE HAPPY PRCE”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-10T17:29:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-10T17:29:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","KEYWORDS":"FALL PREVIEW 2018","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTOR RUPERT EVERETT WASN’T NECSARILY BORN TO BE WIL, BUT HE SURE GREW TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT TOOK 10 YEARS FOR THE OPENLY GAY, U.K.-BORN ACTOR TO BRG HIS PASSN PROJECT ABOUT OSR WIL’S FAL YEARS, THE HAPPY PRCE, TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO MAKG HIS WRG AND DIRECTG BUT, EVERETT UTTERLY LOS HIMSELF WHILE PLAYG THE WTY GAY IN, WHO IS RELEASED OM PRISON AFTER SERVG A TWO-YEAR SENTENCE FOR HOMOSEXUAL ACTS, AKA "GROSS CENCY." SP ON BY THOSE WHO ONCE HAILED HIM AS A LIGHTFUL GENI, WIL MOV TO PARIS AND SPIRALS TO SELF-STCTN THROUGH ABSTHE, E, RENT BOYS, AND A TASTROPHIC REKDLG OF HIS RELATNSHIP WH PETULANT LOVER SIR ALED "BOSIE" DOUGLAS (COL MAN), SPE ATTEMPTS AT TERVENTN OM RG IENDS ROBBIE ROSS (EDW THOMAS) AND REGGIE TURNER (COL FIRTH, WH WHOM EVERETT STARRED THE 2002 FILM OF WIL’S THE IMPORTANCE OF BEG EARNT).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STG DOWN WH NEWNOWNEXT, EVERETT—TALL, HANDSOME, AND CHARMG—SHARED SOME WILD (SORRY NOT SORRY!) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS THERE AN UPSI TO THE 10 YEARS TOOK TO MAKE THIS? CERTALY, YOU LERALLY GREW TO OSR PHYSILLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AGREE, TOTALLY. IT BEME PART OF ME, AND NOT ONLY DID I GROW TO OSR, I GREW TO BEG ABLE TO MAKE THE FILM. I LEARNED AND GOT SO MUCH STRONGER THAT TIME. ALL THOSE CHALLENG AND ANXIETY, BEE WAS QUE PAFUL AT POTS, ALL PAID OFF. FOR ME NOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THG LIFE IS TENACY. IF YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE ANYTHG, IF YOU’RE TENAC SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARE YOU PISSED ABOUT SOME OF THE UNWISE CISNS OSR MA AFTER PRISON, LIKE GETTG BACK WH BOSIE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, I LOVE HIM FOR ALL OF THEM BEE HE WAS SUCH AN IDT, AS WELL AS BEG A GENI, AND THAT’S THE THG THAT IS MOST APPEALG ABOUT HIM. AT A CERTA POT, HE GETS EVERYTHG WRONG, THROUGH VANY AND CELEBRY BLDNS, AND THAT'S WHY THE STORY IS TERTG TO TELL NOW THIS AGE OF CELEBRY. HE WAS PARTLY RPONSIBLE FOR THIS NOTN OF FAME FOR FAME’S SAKE.WILHELM MOSER, COURTY OF SONY PICTUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU’VE PLAYED OSR ON STAGE PREVLY AND ACTED MOVIE ADAPTATNS OF HIS PLAYS, LIKE 1999’S AN IAL HBAND. WHAT IS THE ONE THG YOU FEEL YOU HAVE MOST MON WH HIM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T KNOW I FEEL I HAVE ANYTHG MON WH HIM, PARTICULARLY. I HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF AFFECTN FOR HIM, AND HE'S AN SPIRATN, BUT I DON’T THK WE'RE VERY SIAR. HE'S A THOAND TIM CLEVERER THAN I AM, AND A HUNDRED TIM MORE STUPID. IN SOME WAY, HE HAD HIS FOC FIXATED ON THE GUTTER OM QUE AN EARLY AGE AND ELBOWED HIS WAY TOWARDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS THERE SOME KNOWG IRONY STG TOM WILKSON AS THE PRIT WHO OFFERS FORT TO THE DYG OSR? HE PLAYED BOSIE'S FATHER, WHO SET MOTN THE AND JAILG OF OSR, THE 1997 WIL BPIC WH STEPHEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, THERE WASN'T. I WANTED HIM TO BE THE PRIT BEE I HAD SUCH FUN WORKG WH HIM THE IMPORTANCE OF BEG EARNT. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT HIM BEG THE LORD OF QUEENSBURY AS WELL, BUT SOME PEOPLE DID APPRECIATE THAT.WILHELM MOSER, COURTY OF SONY PICTUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS THIS EXPERIENCE STOKED A THIRST TO DIRECT MORE MOVI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEFELY. I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP WORKG WH MYSELF A WAY AND BE MY OWN FILMS. I LOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WILL YOU DO IF THE HAPPY PRCE WS AN AMY AWARD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RETIRE! [LGHS] END ON A HIGH NOTE, GET OUT WHILE THE GETTG'S GOOD! BUT WHAT I’D REALLY LIKE IS FOR YOUNG LGBTQS TO E TO SEE , BEE OUR HISTORIL NTEXT IS TERRIBLY IMPORTANT AND GIV A STRENGTH, AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU N FEEL GROUNDLS A WAY. THE TROUBLE WH THE VIRTUAL WORLD IS HISTORY HAS GONE OUT THE WDOW, AND THAT'S A REALLY DANGERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HAPPY PRCE OPENS ON OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}FALL PREVIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- 'THE HAPPY PRCE,' 'BOY ERASED,' TWO FILMS ON GAY EXCLN
- RUPERT EVERETT ON ‘HAPPY PRCE,’ GAY VICTORI, AND OSR WIL’S SCHLONG
- ROYAL FAY MEMBER IS SECRETLY GAY
‘THE HAPPY PRCE’ IS HAPPY AS GAY FIRST TRAILER
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In an terview wh Prs Associatn, he exprsed that he felt a nnectn to Wil as an out gay man a pulsively heteronormative film dtry, where due to his openns regardg his sexualy, he was nied certa rol or they simply were never ma available to him. “Of urse I haven’t been put prison and subjected to hard labour and I haven’t died om but I have been nstantly on the back foot, really, my reer as a gay actor. “There wasn’t such a word as homosexualy before the Wil sndal, ” Everett says, “and wh Wil’s ath 1900, really was a begng, a startg pot, for the gay movement which then beme the LGBTQ movement.
Rupert Everett turns his fascatn wh Osr Wil, the 19th-century Irish poet and playwright who was persecuted and jailed for “gross cency wh men” (the word homosexual was never uttered), to a film of righteo anger, touchg gravy and wicked Wilan w. Havg played the lerary ln on stage David Hare’s The Judas Kiss and characters film versns of An Ial Hband (1999) and The Importance of Beg Earnt (2002), Everett shows a kship wh the role that go beyond an openly gay actor playg a gay in.
OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCH'GMA' DEALS & STEALS FOR SUMMER FUNCULTUREOCTOBER 24, 2018RUPERT EVERETT: 'I'VE BEEN A GAY MAN NEGOTIATG A REER A LARGELY HETEROSEXUAL BOYS CLUB'
Conversn therapy and social exile for beg gay is the subject of two award-wng pennt films this season. "The Happy Prce" by Rupert Everett and "Boy Erased" by Joel Edgerton are based on real life stori of gay men treated as pariahs by their muni. VOA's Penelope Poulou spoke wh the filmmakers and thors of the stori about the challeng gays and lbians ntue to face. * happy prince gay *
A sense of jtice ns like a toxic river through Everett’s film, an afont to homophobia through the ag, even our enlightened one. ""Osr Wil, for me is a kd of patron sat figure, almost actually a Christ of the gay liberatn movement, " Everett said an appearance on "Poprn wh Peter Travers. " "And sce I’m a part of that, and ’s been a part of my reer and I’ve been a gay man negotiatg a reer a largely heterosexual boys club, he’s been for me a kd of Christ figure.
RUPERT EVERETT WANTS LGBTQ YOUTH TO SEE “THE HAPPY PRCE”“OUR HISTORIL NTEXT IS TERRIBLY IMPORTANT AND GIV A STRENGTH.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 10, 2018/1:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3755PX;WIDTH:5632PX;}WILHELM MOSER, COURTY OF SONY PICTUR CLASSICSBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 10, 2018 / 1:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RUPERT EVERETT WANTS LGBTQ YOUTH TO SEE “THE HAPPY PRCE”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-10T17:29:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-10T17:29:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","KEYWORDS":"FALL PREVIEW 2018","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTOR RUPERT EVERETT WASN’T NECSARILY BORN TO BE WIL, BUT HE SURE GREW TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT TOOK 10 YEARS FOR THE OPENLY GAY, U.K.-BORN ACTOR TO BRG HIS PASSN PROJECT ABOUT OSR WIL’S FAL YEARS, THE HAPPY PRCE, TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO MAKG HIS WRG AND DIRECTG BUT, EVERETT UTTERLY LOS HIMSELF WHILE PLAYG THE WTY GAY IN, WHO IS RELEASED OM PRISON AFTER SERVG A TWO-YEAR SENTENCE FOR HOMOSEXUAL ACTS, AKA "GROSS CENCY." SP ON BY THOSE WHO ONCE HAILED HIM AS A LIGHTFUL GENI, WIL MOV TO PARIS AND SPIRALS TO SELF-STCTN THROUGH ABSTHE, E, RENT BOYS, AND A TASTROPHIC REKDLG OF HIS RELATNSHIP WH PETULANT LOVER SIR ALED "BOSIE" DOUGLAS (COL MAN), SPE ATTEMPTS AT TERVENTN OM RG IENDS ROBBIE ROSS (EDW THOMAS) AND REGGIE TURNER (COL FIRTH, WH WHOM EVERETT STARRED THE 2002 FILM OF WIL’S THE IMPORTANCE OF BEG EARNT).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STG DOWN WH NEWNOWNEXT, EVERETT—TALL, HANDSOME, AND CHARMG—SHARED SOME WILD (SORRY NOT SORRY!) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS THERE AN UPSI TO THE 10 YEARS TOOK TO MAKE THIS? CERTALY, YOU LERALLY GREW TO OSR PHYSILLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AGREE, TOTALLY. IT BEME PART OF ME, AND NOT ONLY DID I GROW TO OSR, I GREW TO BEG ABLE TO MAKE THE FILM. I LEARNED AND GOT SO MUCH STRONGER THAT TIME. ALL THOSE CHALLENG AND ANXIETY, BEE WAS QUE PAFUL AT POTS, ALL PAID OFF. FOR ME NOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THG LIFE IS TENACY. IF YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE ANYTHG, IF YOU’RE TENAC SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARE YOU PISSED ABOUT SOME OF THE UNWISE CISNS OSR MA AFTER PRISON, LIKE GETTG BACK WH BOSIE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, I LOVE HIM FOR ALL OF THEM BEE HE WAS SUCH AN IDT, AS WELL AS BEG A GENI, AND THAT’S THE THG THAT IS MOST APPEALG ABOUT HIM. AT A CERTA POT, HE GETS EVERYTHG WRONG, THROUGH VANY AND CELEBRY BLDNS, AND THAT'S WHY THE STORY IS TERTG TO TELL NOW THIS AGE OF CELEBRY. HE WAS PARTLY RPONSIBLE FOR THIS NOTN OF FAME FOR FAME’S SAKE.WILHELM MOSER, COURTY OF SONY PICTUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU’VE PLAYED OSR ON STAGE PREVLY AND ACTED MOVIE ADAPTATNS OF HIS PLAYS, LIKE 1999’S AN IAL HBAND. WHAT IS THE ONE THG YOU FEEL YOU HAVE MOST MON WH HIM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON’T KNOW I FEEL I HAVE ANYTHG MON WH HIM, PARTICULARLY. I HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF AFFECTN FOR HIM, AND HE'S AN SPIRATN, BUT I DON’T THK WE'RE VERY SIAR. HE'S A THOAND TIM CLEVERER THAN I AM, AND A HUNDRED TIM MORE STUPID. IN SOME WAY, HE HAD HIS FOC FIXATED ON THE GUTTER OM QUE AN EARLY AGE AND ELBOWED HIS WAY TOWARDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS THERE SOME KNOWG IRONY STG TOM WILKSON AS THE PRIT WHO OFFERS FORT TO THE DYG OSR? HE PLAYED BOSIE'S FATHER, WHO SET MOTN THE AND JAILG OF OSR, THE 1997 WIL BPIC WH STEPHEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, THERE WASN'T. I WANTED HIM TO BE THE PRIT BEE I HAD SUCH FUN WORKG WH HIM THE IMPORTANCE OF BEG EARNT. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT HIM BEG THE LORD OF QUEENSBURY AS WELL, BUT SOME PEOPLE DID APPRECIATE THAT.WILHELM MOSER, COURTY OF SONY PICTUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS THIS EXPERIENCE STOKED A THIRST TO DIRECT MORE MOVI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEFELY. I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP WORKG WH MYSELF A WAY AND BE MY OWN FILMS. I LOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WILL YOU DO IF THE HAPPY PRCE WS AN AMY AWARD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RETIRE! [LGHS] END ON A HIGH NOTE, GET OUT WHILE THE GETTG'S GOOD! BUT WHAT I’D REALLY LIKE IS FOR YOUNG LGBTQS TO E TO SEE , BEE OUR HISTORIL NTEXT IS TERRIBLY IMPORTANT AND GIV A STRENGTH, AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU N FEEL GROUNDLS A WAY. THE TROUBLE WH THE VIRTUAL WORLD IS HISTORY HAS GONE OUT THE WDOW, AND THAT'S A REALLY DANGERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HAPPY PRCE OPENS ON OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}FALL PREVIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Actor Rupert Everett wasn’t necsarily born to be Wil, but he sure grew to the took 10 years for the openly gay, U. -born actor to brg his passn project about Osr Wil’s fal years, The Happy Prce, to the makg his wrg and directg but, Everett utterly los himself while playg the wty gay in, who is released om prison after servg a two-year sentence for homosexual acts, aka "gross cency.
The wa was worth , though — “The Happy Prce” (directed and wrten by Everett and starrg him as Wil) is landg him some of the bt reviews of his reer, takg a peek at the fal days of the legendary gay ia for the project me at a time when Everett was dog some reflectn about his reer. Wh him me the bate on homosexualy, which didn’t exist for a while.
”Everett and Firth starred together the landmark gay film “Another Country, ” which the actor admted he still gets ments about. ”He is happy to see a time where gay actors are gettg more meaty film work.
'THE HAPPY PRCE,' 'BOY ERASED,' TWO FILMS ON GAY EXCLN
The next challenge, though, is to prove that gay actors n have the same range as their heterosexual unterparts. It’s all very well wh straights playg gay parts but needs to go the other way around as well. I don’t see why everyone thks ’s easy for Sean Penn to accs his ner bottom whereas ’s not possible for a gay person to accs their ner heterosexual.
The wa was worth , though – the new “The Happy Prce” (directed and wrten by Everett and starrg him as Wil) is landg him some of the bt reviews of his reer, takg a peek at the fal days of the legendary gay playwright.
RUPERT EVERETT ON ‘HAPPY PRCE,’ GAY VICTORI, AND OSR WIL’S SCHLONG
” Everett and Firth starred together the landmark gay film “Another Country, ” which the actor admted he still gets ments about. ” He is happy to see a time where gay actors are gettg more meaty film work. Conversn therapy and social exile for beg gay is the subject of two award-wng pennt films this season.
"The Happy Prce" by Rupert Everett and "Boy Erased" by Joel Edgerton are based on real life stori of gay men treated as pariahs by their muni.
ROYAL FAY MEMBER IS SECRETLY GAY
VOA's Penelope Poulou spoke wh the filmmakers and thors of the stori about the challeng gays and lbians ntue to face.
Actor Rupert Everett, who’d already garnered cril notice acclaimed art hoe films Another Country (1984), Dance wh a Stranger (1985), and The Madns of Kg Gee (1994), beme a major Hollywood player when he played Julia Roberts’ gay bt iend My Bt Friend’s Weddg (1997) and Madonna’s The Next Bt Thg (2000). “There’s only so far you n go playg the gay bt iend, ” says Everett, who’s been out as gay sce 1989. “Then all the straights wanted to play the gay parts and garnered every possible award for their bravery at tacklg the gay psyche.