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• "AFTER LOUIE" STAR ZACHARY BOOTH ON HIS DECISN TO COME OUT"I N'T HI WHO I AM, MY TTH, AND STILL BENEF OM THAT. IT FEELS UNFORTABLE."{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;}CELEBRIBY CHRIS AZZOPARDIMARCH 23, 2018/6:01 {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:618PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}FRETYLE DIGAL MEDIA BY CHRIS AZZOPARDIMARCH 23, 2018 / 6:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"AFTER LOUIE\" STAR ZACHARY BOOTH ON HIS DECISN TO COME OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-23T22:01:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-23T22:01:46.000+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":"CHRIS AZZOPARDI","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}TWO GAY MEN OM DIFFERENT GENERATNS LLI ACT UP VETERAN VCENT GAGLSTRO'S SEMI-TOBGRAPHIL DIRECTORIAL BUT, AFTER LOUIE, OUT MARCH {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;}IN THE FILM, AIDS ACTIVIST SAMUEL COOPER (ALAN CUMMG) IS STILL GRAPPLG WH THE VASTATN THE VIS HAS WROUGHT HIS LIFE WHEN HE TAK BRAEN DEVRI (ZACHARY BOOTH) HOME ONE NIGHT. AS THEIR RELATNSHIP EVOLV, TENSE NVERSATNS ABOUT THEIR DIFFERG PERSPECTIV LEAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND {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;}A FAIAR FACE ON THE QUEER-DIE CIRCU, THE 34-YEAR-OLD ACTOR HAS EARNED DISTCTN FOR HIS ROLE IRA SACHS' KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND AS GLENN CLOSE'S SON FOR FIVE SEASONS OF FX'S DAMAG. MORE RECENTLY HE'S APPEARED ON CBS' THE GOOD {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;}BELOW, BOOTH SPOKE WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT BATG WH GAGLSTRO'S TAKE ON QUEER LENNIALS, DOG SEX SCEN WH ALAN CUMMG, AND HOW ACTG LGBT FILMS FLUENCED HIS CISN TO BE MORE OPEN ABOUT HIS {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 IALLY DREW YOU TO AFTER LOUIE?{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'VE KNOWN [VCENT] FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND HE WAS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THAT GENERATN THAT I HAD AN TIMATE IENDSHIP WH. THROUGH TALKG TO HIM, I STARTED TO UNRSTAND WHAT WAS LIKE LIVG THAT TIME. SO, VCENT IS REALLY THE MA THG THAT DREW ME TO THE FILM.FRETYLE DIGAL MEDIA AFTER {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;}MAYBE I'M CYNIL—OR JT PRACTIL—BUT EVERYONE SAYS THEY'RE MAKG A MOVIE. AND I SORT OF SAID TO HIM, "SURE, MAN, SURE YOU ARE." IT TOOK A UPLE OF DRAFTS AND 10 YEARS, BUT WHAT ME OUT WAS WHAT I REGNIZED: HIS TTH. ONCE THAT STARTED TO E TO THE SCRIPT, I REALLY BEME MORE ATTACHED TO {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;}VCENT TOLD THE THE LOS ANGEL BLA THAT, "THERE IS A TENSE GENERATNAL TENSN THE GAY MALE MUNY TODAY," WHICH THE FILM EXPLOR. DO YOU AGREE?{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 THK I DO, ACTUALLY, AND VCENT AND I HAD GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S PART OF WHAT RMED MY PERFORMANCE THE FILM: MY NFINCE AND FAH A GENERATN THAT I'M A PART OF. WE'RE LIVG THE WORLD [PEOPLE LIKE HIM] CREATED. WE'RE ABLE TO EXPRS OURSELV AND BE EE. JT OUR LIVG AND BREATHG THAT STCTURE IS A TTAMENT TO THE WORK THEY {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 DONE SEX SCEN BEFORE, BUT WAS DIFFERENT SIMULATG SEX WH ALAN CUMMG?{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;}[LGHS] MY FORT LEVEL PARTICULAR WH NUDY AND SEX SCEN AT THIS POT MY REER IS A LOT MORE NNECTED TO MY EGO THAN ANYTHG ELSE. I ENJOY TAKG ROL THAT ARE RISKY, I ENJOY TAKG ROL THAT ARE TELLG STORI THAT I THK ARE IMPORTANT. AND I'M RISTANT TO SEX SCEN AND NUDY, YOU MAY BE SHOCKED TO FD OUT!FRETYLE DIGAL MEDIA {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;}BUT THERE IS AN ELEMENT TO THE ANIMAL NNECTN THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THOSE TWO PEOPLE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO TELLG THIS STORY. AND BEE WAS ALAN—I MEAN, I DIDN'T SEXUALIZE HIM THAT WAY. I WAS REALLY MORE LIKE, "OH MY GOD, THIS IS ALAN CUMMG OM CABARET AND WHOSE BOOKS I'VE READ."{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;}HOW OFTEN DO YOUR OWN SEXUAL INTY TERSECT WH THE QUEER CHARACTERS YOU PLAY?{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;}WH KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, I WAS PULLG ON MY OWN STGGLE FOR INTY AND TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHO I WAS AT A YOUNG PERD MY LIFE. BUT I HONTLY TRY TO KEEP MY SEXUALY OUT OF THE CISN-MAKG PROCS BEE THAT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, TOO.KEEP THE LIGHTS ON/MIC BOX {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;}THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR THE DTRY OF PARTICIPATG QUEER CEMA AND QUEER THEATER, AND WE MAY THK WE'RE ON THIS SORT OF WAVE THAT'S RIDG TO TOWN WH THE AMY AWARD-NOMATED MOVI, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO WH HOMOPHOBIA THAT EXISTS HOLLYWOOD AND EVEN THE BROADWAY {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;}UNTIL WE'RE EMBRACG THE SEXUALY OF QUEER ACTORS AND QUEER STORYTELLERS AT THEIR POT OF ENTRANCE AS OPPOSED TO AFTER THEY'VE ALREADY CREATED SOMETHG THAT IS MARKETABLE, WE STILL HAVE WORK TO {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;} .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;}{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 HAS CHANGED FOR YOU THAT HAS ALLOWED YOU TO BE MORE OPEN ABOUT BEG GAY YOURSELF?{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;}AS AN ACTOR WHO HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY THE QUEER MUNY, I N'T HI WHO I AM, MY TTH, AND STILL BENEF OM THAT. IT FEELS UNFORTABLE. SO, WASN'T A PROFSNAL CHOICE. IT WASN'T ABOUT WHERE I AM AS AN ACTOR. IT'S ABOUT WHO I AM AND WHERE I AM PERSONALLY MY LIFE. IT'S NOT LIKE A TIPPG POT WAS REACHED AND I MA A CISN. I JT SORT OF FELL LOVE. I AM GAY, AND I'M LOVE WH A {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;}AFTER LOUIE TO THEATERS AND VOD ON MARCH 30. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ‘AFTER LOUIE’ TRAILER: ALAN CUMMG IS AN AIDS ACTIVIST WH A YOUNGER LOVER IN THIS MOVG GAY DRAMA — WATCH
• GAY DRAMA 'AFTER LOUIE' STARRG ALAN CUMMG, ZACHARY BOOTH ARRIV FRIDAY
• "KEEP THE LIGHTS ON": A GAY BREAKTHROUGH, AND A GREAT MOVIE

"AFTER LOUIE" STAR ZACHARY BOOTH ON HIS DECISN TO COME OUT"I N'T HI WHO I AM, MY TTH, AND STILL BENEF OM THAT. IT FEELS UNFORTABLE."{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;}CELEBRIBY CHRIS AZZOPARDIMARCH 23, 2018/6:01 {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:618PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}FRETYLE DIGAL MEDIA BY CHRIS AZZOPARDIMARCH 23, 2018 / 6:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"AFTER LOUIE\" STAR ZACHARY BOOTH ON HIS DECISN TO COME OUT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-23T22:01:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-23T22:01:46.000+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":"CHRIS AZZOPARDI","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}TWO GAY MEN OM DIFFERENT GENERATNS LLI ACT UP VETERAN VCENT GAGLSTRO'S SEMI-TOBGRAPHIL DIRECTORIAL BUT, AFTER LOUIE, OUT MARCH {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;}IN THE FILM, AIDS ACTIVIST SAMUEL COOPER (ALAN CUMMG) IS STILL GRAPPLG WH THE VASTATN THE VIS HAS WROUGHT HIS LIFE WHEN HE TAK BRAEN DEVRI (ZACHARY BOOTH) HOME ONE NIGHT. AS THEIR RELATNSHIP EVOLV, TENSE NVERSATNS ABOUT THEIR DIFFERG PERSPECTIV LEAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND {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;}A FAIAR FACE ON THE QUEER-DIE CIRCU, THE 34-YEAR-OLD ACTOR HAS EARNED DISTCTN FOR HIS ROLE IRA SACHS' KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND AS GLENN CLOSE'S SON FOR FIVE SEASONS OF FX'S DAMAG. MORE RECENTLY HE'S APPEARED ON CBS' THE GOOD {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;}BELOW, BOOTH SPOKE WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT BATG WH GAGLSTRO'S TAKE ON QUEER LENNIALS, DOG SEX SCEN WH ALAN CUMMG, AND HOW ACTG LGBT FILMS FLUENCED HIS CISN TO BE MORE OPEN ABOUT HIS {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 IALLY DREW YOU TO AFTER LOUIE?{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'VE KNOWN [VCENT] FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND HE WAS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THAT GENERATN THAT I HAD AN TIMATE IENDSHIP WH. THROUGH TALKG TO HIM, I STARTED TO UNRSTAND WHAT WAS LIKE LIVG THAT TIME. SO, VCENT IS REALLY THE MA THG THAT DREW ME TO THE FILM.FRETYLE DIGAL MEDIA AFTER {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;}MAYBE I'M CYNIL—OR JT PRACTIL—BUT EVERYONE SAYS THEY'RE MAKG A MOVIE. AND I SORT OF SAID TO HIM, "SURE, MAN, SURE YOU ARE." IT TOOK A UPLE OF DRAFTS AND 10 YEARS, BUT WHAT ME OUT WAS WHAT I REGNIZED: HIS TTH. ONCE THAT STARTED TO E TO THE SCRIPT, I REALLY BEME MORE ATTACHED TO {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;}VCENT TOLD THE THE LOS ANGEL BLA THAT, "THERE IS A TENSE GENERATNAL TENSN THE GAY MALE MUNY TODAY," WHICH THE FILM EXPLOR. DO YOU AGREE?{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 THK I DO, ACTUALLY, AND VCENT AND I HAD GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ISSUE. IT'S PART OF WHAT RMED MY PERFORMANCE THE FILM: MY NFINCE AND FAH A GENERATN THAT I'M A PART OF. WE'RE LIVG THE WORLD [PEOPLE LIKE HIM] CREATED. WE'RE ABLE TO EXPRS OURSELV AND BE EE. JT OUR LIVG AND BREATHG THAT STCTURE IS A TTAMENT TO THE WORK THEY {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 DONE SEX SCEN BEFORE, BUT WAS DIFFERENT SIMULATG SEX WH ALAN CUMMG?{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;}[LGHS] MY FORT LEVEL PARTICULAR WH NUDY AND SEX SCEN AT THIS POT MY REER IS A LOT MORE NNECTED TO MY EGO THAN ANYTHG ELSE. I ENJOY TAKG ROL THAT ARE RISKY, I ENJOY TAKG ROL THAT ARE TELLG STORI THAT I THK ARE IMPORTANT. AND I'M RISTANT TO SEX SCEN AND NUDY, YOU MAY BE SHOCKED TO FD OUT!FRETYLE DIGAL MEDIA {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;}BUT THERE IS AN ELEMENT TO THE ANIMAL NNECTN THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THOSE TWO PEOPLE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO TELLG THIS STORY. AND BEE WAS ALAN—I MEAN, I DIDN'T SEXUALIZE HIM THAT WAY. 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Two gay men om different generatns lli ACT UP veteran Vcent Gaglstro's semi-tobgraphil directorial but, After Louie, out March the film, AIDS activist Samuel Cooper (Alan Cummg) is still grapplg wh the vastatn the vis has wrought his life when he tak Braen Devri (Zachary Booth) home one night. Vcent told the the Los Angel Bla that, "There is a tense generatnal tensn the gay male muny today, " which the film explor.

But I hontly try to keep my sexualy out of the cisn-makg procs bee that's a double-edged sword, 's a lot of fear the dtry of participatg queer cema and queer theater, and we may thk we're on this sort of wave that's ridg to town wh the Amy Award-nomated movi, but there's still a lot of work to do wh homophobia that exists Hollywood and even the Broadway we're embracg the sexualy of queer actors and queer storytellers at their pot of entrance as opposed to after they've already created somethg that is marketable, we still have work to has changed for you that has allowed you to be more open about beg gay yourself? ”While After Louie is a film about love and sex, at s re ’s about the impact AIDS and s surroundg activism had (and ntu to have) on the gay muny—about what Cummgs lls “the llective PTSD” felt by those who lived through . “There’s a distct difference between gay men who lived through [the 1980s epimic] and the younger generatn who often has no ia what thgs were like on the ont le, ” Cummgs add.

Though the two men share a passnate nnectn, the gay generatn gap grows ever wir as Sam be more embroiled his project. He appeared several productns wh the Peterborough Players Peterborough, NH, before starrg The N's What Go On as openly gay teen Ethan and on FX's Damag, as Michael Hew, the son of lawyer Patty Hew (Glenn Close). He appeared several productns wh the Peterborough Players, before starrg The N's What Go On as openly gay teen Ethan and on FX's Damag, as Michael Hew, the son of lawyer Patty Hew (Glenn Close).

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Durg the same year, he played the role of Gary, Tris' date, Nick and Norah's Infe September 2010 he starred the New York productn of the new Edward Albee play Me, Myself & I also at Playwrights Augt 2011 was announced that he would play a gay character Ira Sachs' Keep the Lights On. READ MORE: ‘After Louie’ Trailer: Alan Cummg Is An AIDS Activist Wh A Younger Lover In This Movg Gay Drama — Watch.

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Like many gay men who survived the panmic, Sam suffers om a unique kd of arrted velopment. Sam and Braen reprent two opposg views of ntemporary gay life: Sam thks Braen ought to show a ltle more rpect and gratu for the sacrific his generatn ma, and Braen feels he n’t live the past and wish Sam uld move on and enjoy himself. “I realized this schism between an olr gay man and younger gay man was all around me, ” Cummg said.

What are your thoughts on straight actors takg on gay rol and gay actors takg on straight on?

"KEEP THE LIGHTS ON": A GAY BREAKTHROUGH, AND A GREAT MOVIE

When I first read the script, I thought was a gay, dg movie, but Ira told me ’s a relatnship movie.

Obvly, a lot was ma about the uple beg gay, but straight people were able to accs bee there are so many human scen . Nic Annan: gay Ain-Amerin actor known for his role as Uncle Clifford P-Valley. John Barrowman, gay actor known for his role as bisexual Capta Jack Harkns Doctor Who and Torchwood.

John Bell, gay actor bt known for Wrath of the Tans and The Hobb: The Dolatn of Smg. Zachary Booth, gay actor bt known for Damag and Nick and Norah's Infe Playlist. Jefey Bowyer-Chapman, gay actor bt known for Amerin Horror Story and UnREAL (2015).