Le Evans reveals why he's never played gay films... until now - Queerty

Contents:

• LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)
• LE EVANS EXPLAS WHY HE’S ‘NOT SURE’ THAT ONLY GAY ACTORS SHOULD PLAY LGBTQ+ ROL
• LE EVANS ADDRS MOURS HE ULD BE FIRST GAY JAM BOND: ‘I DON’T THK MATTERS’
• LE EVANS REVEALS WHY HE’S NEVER PLAYED GAY FILMS… UNTIL NOW
• LE EVANS’ NEXT PROJECT WILL SEE HIM PLAY THIS HISTORIL GAY FIGURE
• LE EVANS: ‘I WOULDN’T HAVE HAD A REER IF GAY PEOPLE ONLY PLAYED GAY ROL’
• LE EVANS SAYS HE 'WOULDN'T HAVE A REER IF GAY PEOPLE PLAYED GAY ROL'
• LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)
• LE EVANS SEXUALY: DID HE CAME OUT AS GAY? DATG HISTORY EXPLORED
• LE EVANS EXPLAS WHY HE’S ‘NOT SURE’ THAT ONLY GAY ACTORS SHOULD PLAY LGBTQ+ ROL

LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)

The Bety and the Beast actor, 41, was named Attu's Man of the Year, wh the star reflectg on how far he's e sce beg bullied as a teen to beg an openly gay movie star.

Evans addrsed past accatns that he was hidg his sexualy om the spotlight, tellg the Brish gay liftyle magaze that simply wasn't the se. "Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn’t. "I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realize I left home at 16 bee I was gay?

LE EVANS EXPLAS WHY HE’S ‘NOT SURE’ THAT ONLY GAY ACTORS SHOULD PLAY LGBTQ+ ROL

Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn’t. “I need to fd my inty, and I need to be pennt of my fay, fd my voice and be a happy, gay teenager.

”Evans add that this ma the speculatn he had purposely chosen to hi he was gay even more upsettg. “I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realise I left home at 16 bee I was gay?

LE EVANS ADDRS MOURS HE ULD BE FIRST GAY JAM BOND: ‘I DON’T THK MATTERS’

He’s proof posive that the work of g out only begs wh a claratn of one’s sexualy, that beg open about inty is both rewardg and eply challengg Evans, an aspirg star an dtry not historilly hospable to gay people, has long been livg the aftermath of terviews, nducted very early his reer, which he scribed himself as a gay man, most notably this terview wh gay publitn The Advote.

In that 2002 terview, Evans said he refed to rema the closet: “[E]verybody knew me as a gay man, and my life London I never tried to hi . He rpond to a Women’s Wear Daily terviewer askg him if he was settg a new precent as an openly gay actn star: “It’s good for people to look at me and thk this guy is dog his thg and enjoyg what he’s dog and succsful at and livg his life. And while may not have been a full-throated claratn of gay pri, Evans’ tac acknowledgment of his unique stat — a way, he’s been out for years — signals that thgs may, slowly, be changg for Evans and for gay public figur.

He may not be the gay actn hero we want, but he’s the one we have, and one we n only hope grows still more fortable.

LE EVANS REVEALS WHY HE’S NEVER PLAYED GAY FILMS… UNTIL NOW

In Evans, gay people who’ve spent years tryg to grow fortable the world n see themselv.

And while he reads "loads of gay stori and scripts, " he says he "jt hadn't found the one that I wanted to play.

"Divorce is as right for a gay uple as marriage, and I hadn't really seen that, and when I read , every time I've read the script, I wept, " Evans says. Acrdg to the Bety and the Beast actor, "You don't have to be gay to enjoy this or unrstand this story. Evans, who is openly gay and datg Fran Tomas, prevly acknowledged an terview wh The Telegraph published November that "gay people have fely missed out on gay rol, " when asked about quot Doctor Who shownner Rsell T.

LE EVANS’ NEXT PROJECT WILL SEE HIM PLAY THIS HISTORIL GAY FIGURE

Though The Telegraph didn't specify Davi's quot, the latter said a 2021 terview wh The New York Tim that he believed, for the most part, only gay actors should be permted to play gay rol. "But om my perspective: firstly, I wouldn't have had a reer if gay people played gay rol and straight people played straight rol, " said Evans, who played a gay character on Hulu's 2021 seri Ne Perfect Strangers.

LE EVANS: ‘I WOULDN’T HAVE HAD A REER IF GAY PEOPLE ONLY PLAYED GAY ROL’

As of late, pecially as more queer actors have portrayed notable movie and TV characters, there’s a ntued nversatn wh the dtry regardg whether only gay actors should be playg gay rol. The latt star to share their thoughts on this Le Evans, an openly gay actor who has starred the live-actn Bety and the Beast and the Fast and Fur movi, among many other films and shows. Davi, who told the NY Tim 2021 about his negative thoughts on straight actors beg st to “act gay” for rol.

When speakg to this ongog discsn regardg whether only gay actors should play LGBTQ+ rol, here what Evans got ndid about his own exprerienc the dtry:I’m not sure about that. Gay people have fely missed out on gay rol, for sure. But om my perspective: firstly, I wouldn’t have had a reer if gay people played gay rol and straight people played straight rol.

I’d have played two rol out of the 36 projects I’ve worked on, or whatever [the number] Le Evans shared wh The Telegraph, if he had gone by the le for himself to only play gay characters bee he is a gay man, he would have been signifintly ls succsful.

LE EVANS SAYS HE 'WOULDN'T HAVE A REER IF GAY PEOPLE PLAYED GAY ROL'

At some pot, Le Evans is expected to rume his role as Gaston a Bety and the Beast spoff (which seems to have stalled at the moment) alongsi Josh Gad after the live-actn movie attempted the first gay moment for a big screen Disney movie. Le Evans don't agree wh many proment gay actors and creators on one the last several years, the issue of whether or not gay characters should be played by gay actors has bee a hot topic Hollywood, and Bety and the Beast and Fast & Fur star Le Evans has now spoken out about his the Daily Telegraph asked if he agreed wh Rsell T Davi' view that gay characters should be played by gay actors, Evans didn't que agree.

"Gay people have fely missed out on gay rol for sure. "He ntued:"But om my perspective, firstly, I wouldn't have had a reer if gay people played gay rol and straight people played straight rol.

LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)

"Instead, Evans says he reli on "talent and abily, and a b of luck and timg" to get 2021, Davi was talkg to the Rad Tim about why he st his show It's a S wh gay actors gay rol.

They are not there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s for a performance. "Davi, and others who argue that gay rol should be filled wh gay actors, do not argue that only straight people should play straight rol, so feels like Evans has missed the argument a ltle b here.

Instead, the argument is agast straight people puttg on a performance of what they thk a gay person acts like and nstantly wng awards om when there are many talented actors who uld liver a much more thentic performance. Le Evans has said his sexualy is irrelevant to Jam Bond fans, amid mours he uld be the first out gay actor to play the role. Evans, a new terview wh Btle, was qutned on whether viewers were now ready for a gay actor to play Bond.

LE EVANS SEXUALY: DID HE CAME OUT AS GAY? DATG HISTORY EXPLORED

Evans, who has been openly gay sce he started his reer, hted at his tert playg the inic Brish spy, sayg he was “ready for all”. Divorce is as right for a gay uple as marriage, and I hadn’t really seen that, and when I read , every time I’ve read the script, I wept. ’ It was a wonrful experience: trmatic at tim, paful at tim, very real, very visceral and very don’t have to be gay to enjoy this or unrstand this story.

Fai break up all the time, but this is the story of hope, and how they get through , and how a new chapter is started, but a different kd of Evans speakg to People about his new film Our Son, which he plays one half of a divorcg gay uple (oppose Billy Porter) volved a ntent ctody battle over their young son. Certified heartthrob Le Evans has been very ndid about his experienc as a gay actor Hollywood. The star of the latt Apple TV Pl drama seri Echo 3 has been very ndid about his experienc as a gay actor Hollywood.

LE EVANS EXPLAS WHY HE’S ‘NOT SURE’ THAT ONLY GAY ACTORS SHOULD PLAY LGBTQ+ ROL

The actor said, "Over the years may have looked like I wasn't the proud gay man that folks were expectg me to be. " He joked that people were often shocked when they found out that the actor that was the villa Fast & Fur 6 was played by a gay man.