Michael K. Williams Phed for More Gay Intimacy on 'The Wire' - Variety

Contents:

• ERIK WEIHENMAYER: GAY OR BLD MOUNTA CLIMBER?
• MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS WISHED ‘THE WIRE’ WENT ‘ALL IN’ ON OMAR’S INTIMACY: ‘YOU KNOW GAY PEOPLE F—, RIGHT?’
• WHAKER’S NTROVERSIAL PROSECUTN OF A GAY DEMOCRAT

ERIK WEIHENMAYER: GAY OR BLD MOUNTA CLIMBER?

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MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS WISHED ‘THE WIRE’ WENT ‘ALL IN’ ON OMAR’S INTIMACY: ‘YOU KNOW GAY PEOPLE F—, RIGHT?’

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WHAKER’S NTROVERSIAL PROSECUTN OF A GAY DEMOCRAT

I thk the directors were sred, and I said to one of them, ‘You know gay people fuck, right? While Williams, who died of a dg overdose at age 54 last year, did not intify as gay, he mentned his memoir that he was lled “Faggot Mike” growg up.

The book, -wrten by Jon Sternfeld, tails Williams’ ial fears about playg a gay character onscreen. “As for Omar’s homosexualy, was groundbreakg 20 years ago, and I adm that at first I was sred to play a gay character, ” Williams wrote.

“I thk my ial fear of Omar’s sexualy me om my upbrgg, the muny that raised me, and the stubborn stereotyp of gay characters. It started 2007, when McCoy was a risg Democrat state polics, and the state’s first openly gay lawmaker. “I believe was a polil prosecutn, there’s no doubt md, I’m 100% certa that was, ” McCoy said, addg he believ he was targeted not jt bee he’s a Democrat, but also bee he’s gay.