Part of Te Blood’s appeal is that the st portrays their characters so well that ’s hard to believe they aren’t real. Enter Lafayette, played by Nelsan Ellis. Lafayette is a gay man who is flamboyant and egreg but at the same time isn’t stereotypil.
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- 'TE BLOOD' ACTOR NELSAN ELLIS: FORMER STAR QU BEE HE DIDN'T 'WANT TO PLAY A GAY PART'
- REMEMBERG NELSAN ELLIS AS A CHAMPN OF GAY RIGHTS, ON ‘TE BLOOD’ SET AND OFF
- NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
- ‘TE BLOOD’S’ NELSAN ELLIS SLAMS LE GRIM FOR QUTG SHOW OVER GAY STORYLE
'TE BLOOD' ACTOR NELSAN ELLIS: FORMER STAR QU BEE HE DIDN'T 'WANT TO PLAY A GAY PART'
But Grim reportedly qu December when he found out Kent was bisexual and startg a romantic relatnship wh a gay character the seventh and fal Nelsan Ellis, the actor who plays Kent’s gay lover on the show, is speakg up -- and he’s not happy. “You qu your job bee you don’t want to play a gay part? You make a big statement when you go, ‘I don’t want to play this part bee ’s gay, ” Ellis told New York Magaze followg the airg this week of his character’s sex scene wh the new actor playg Kent.
”Yet crics argue that Grim should have known what he was gettg to when he ially signed the dotted le, given that the supernatural drama – created by the openly gay Alan Ball and produced by his pany njunctn wh HBO – routely ph the envelope when to relatnships. “It’s unfortunate that an actor today would feel unfortable playg gay, pecially on a program that has always put LGBT characters ont and center, ” Stacy Lambe, Associate Edor for the gay and lbian-foced OUT Magaze said.
REMEMBERG NELSAN ELLIS AS A CHAMPN OF GAY RIGHTS, ON ‘TE BLOOD’ SET AND OFF
First, here’s a highly memorable scene which Ellis’ character, Lafayette, nonts some homophobic ders who are angry their food has been prepared by a gay man:. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #entertament #homophobia #nelsanellis stori and more. Lafayette is a gay man who is flamboyant and egreg but at the same time isn’t stereotypil.
NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
Here, he tells VIBE how he brought Lafayette to life, what the gay muny thks about the character and how he plans to transn beyond his Te Blood role.
So that stereotype you were playg mt have been a Queenie type of gay guy, huh? What’s been the feedback om the gay muny? I don’t thk ’s a reflectn of the gay muny that’s jt Lafayette.
But this is jt om what I hear, I haven’t really spoken to the gay muny outsi him [Lghs].
‘TE BLOOD’S’ NELSAN ELLIS SLAMS LE GRIM FOR QUTG SHOW OVER GAY STORYLE
But then aga, I do play a gay character. I don’t answer that qutn, “Are you gay or not, ” when down to dtry people.
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.
The character also happens to be gay. That last tail was purportedly too much for one of his -stars, who qu over this season’s gay storyl.