'Love, Victor' Star Michael Cimo Reveals He Got Death Threats for Playg Gay Character | Entertament Tonight

Contents:

• IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
• WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE
• MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'
• MICHAEL CIMO OPENS UP ABOUT HOW HIS GAY SPIRED LOVE, VICTOR
• MICHAEL CIMO ACTOR, B, WIKI, AGE, HEIGHT, GAY, LOVE VICTOR, MOVI, AND NET WORTH
• ‘LOVE VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO ON ANTI-GAY MENTS: ‘I DIDN'T EXPECT OM MY OWN FAY MEMBERS’
• 'LOVE, VICTOR' STAR MICHAEL CIMO REVEALS HE GOT DEATH THREATS FOR PLAYG GAY CHARACTER
• IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? AGE, HEIGHT, NET WORTH AND MORE
• 'LOVE VICTOR' STAR MICHAEL CIMO GETTG DEATH THREATS FOR PLAYG GAY ROLE

IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

He beme one wh the character and played his part so perfectly that fans soon started wonrg if Michael is gay real life.

Michael Cimo do not intify as a gay person. However, Michael has repeatedly mentned how exced he was to portray a gay person the show and how much work he put to thentite his performance.

In an terview wh People, Michael revealed that his gay played a signifint role gettg him ready for the show.

‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS

That was a really big drivg force for me, as well as I have a lot of iends that are gay.

On the flip si, Michael found himself an ongog bate that argued whether the portrayal of gay characters should be rtricted to real-life gay actors. Michael even mentned that numero people advised him agast playg a gay character for his first major role.

Michael wanted to eradite the stereotype and stigma agast gay rol and th took up the challenge to portray Victor. Michael Cimo, the straight star of Hulu’s gay-themed g-of-age seri “Love, Victor, ” says he has been attacked by some the LGBTQ muny and even some of his own fay members.

WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE

In a new terview wh Attu, Cimo — who plays the tular Victor — says: “I got some homophobic ments — I kd of expected that to happen.

”He add, “Some of them reached out, sayg, ‘You ed to be so ol; now you’re so gay. “It’s weird … [the Latx muny] is liberal when to thgs about Latos, but when to gay rights, ’s like, eh, qutn mark, ” Cimo said the terview. ”In the Attu terview, Cimo said, “There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay.

MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'

’”Cimo has said multiple terviews that he has been warned agast takg gay rol for fear of typestg. Meanwhile, the young actor has also faced fierce blowback for takg a role that an out gay actor might have played. “But there are some straight actors who play gay characters, who are all about supportg LGBT rights while they’re promotg their project, but once they’re done, a year later, ’s kd of fotten.

”Straight actors playg gay rol has been the subject of bate for some time, often hgg on Hollywood’s history of forcg gay actors to the closet real life and offerg only limed chanc to explore the humany of gay characters on-screen. Grant, who received an Osr nomatn for playg a gay character “Can You Ever Five Me?, ” said: “I’ve always had that ncern... The transgenr movement and the #MeToo movement means, how n you jtify heterosexual actors playg gay characters?

MICHAEL CIMO OPENS UP ABOUT HOW HIS GAY SPIRED LOVE, VICTOR

Criss, who has famoly played queer characters cludg Andrew Cunanan “The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story” and Hedwig “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” onstage, said he wouldn’t take gay rol anymore, bee “I want to make sure I won’t be another straight boy takg a gay man’s role. When 20th Century Fox released “Love, Simon” 2018, was the first major stud blockbter to center around a gay teen character g out. That’s why ’s both moralizg and unsurprisg to learn that the long-held belief that unknown actors shouldn’t play gay is still alive and well Hollywood; at least acrdg to promisg newer Michael Cimo, who plays a teenager disverg his queerns Hulu’s adorable romantic edy for young adults, “Love, Victor.

It’s almost impossible to image anyone advisg Cimo agast takg such a substantial role a high-profile project, but Cimo said the fear around playg gay — whether the ncern behd is real or imaged — persists among actors. “I’ve heard for years: ‘You shouldn’t take a gay role for your first big role bee then people are gonna thk you’re gay, or they’re gonna thk you only play gay rol.

Gone are the days when tablished A-list actors chafed at playg gay, as was mon before Tom Hanks broke that barrier “Philalphia” (1993).

MICHAEL CIMO ACTOR, B, WIKI, AGE, HEIGHT, GAY, LOVE VICTOR, MOVI, AND NET WORTH

) While this new trend n be a sometim tratg way to take opportuni om out gay actors, for Cimo, was enuragg. When addrsg the particular nuanc of homophobia the Latx muny, Cimo speaks om personal experience, havg wnsed firsthand his ’s g out stggl. “It’s weird … [the Latx muny] is liberal when to thgs about Latos, but when to gay rights ’s like, eh, qutn mark, ” Cimo said.

‘LOVE VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO ON ANTI-GAY MENTS: ‘I DIDN'T EXPECT OM MY OWN FAY MEMBERS’

Michael Cimo Has a Lot Common Wh His 'Love, Victor' CharacterMichael Cimo plays a teenager unsure of his sexualy 'Love, Victor, ' so 's hard not to wonr if he intifi as gay real Jun. Michael told Good Morng Ameri that he wanted the role of Victor so badly bee his is gay.

"I was really drawn to the role bee my 's gay and I really wanted to kd of be that voice he didn't have, and for the other kids who are or were his posn, " he said. "That was a really big drivg force for me, as well as I have a lot of iends that are gay.

Like the tle suggts, Love, Victor is sort of a sequel to the h movie Love, Simon, which Simon, a gay teenager, stggl to e out to his fay and iends and figure himself out. Cimo, who stars as a gay teen disverg his sexualy the Hulu origal, told PEOPLE that he sought out the advice of a fay member before he began filmg. "I talked to my , who is gay, " he said.

'LOVE, VICTOR' STAR MICHAEL CIMO REVEALS HE GOT DEATH THREATS FOR PLAYG GAY CHARACTER

"Beg gay is not somethg that ns your fay. If you're gay, you n't jt be like, 'Hey, Dad, what is like to be part of the LGBT muny? It’s set to be the biggt LGBTQ+ show of the year, explorg the highs and lows of young gay love and the difficult procs of g out.

As he vers the new Solidary Issue of Gay Tim Magaze, Michael reveals that his character Victor was spired by his , who shared his experienc as a gay man to help give the story more thenticy. Michael Cimo’s Gay Tim Magaze ver is available worldwi, and you n buy here.

In an terview wh Gay Tim, Michael explaed how his gay helped spire the character.

IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? AGE, HEIGHT, NET WORTH AND MORE

Michael Cimo opens up about playg gay character Love, Victor. Michael Cimo played a gay character Love, Victor and he opened up about the backlash, and even ath threats, he got for the role. But there are some straight actors who play gay characters, who are all about supportg LGBTQ+ rights while they’re promotg their project, but once they’re done, ’s kd of fotten.

Michael Cimo Gay. He is straight although he said, “I don’t want to put myself a box and put myself a posn where if I were to e out as bi or as gay 10 years om now, that I was fendg an inty that was beg te to myself.

Sce the Love, Victor creators no longer had to wre and produce this send batch of episos for the fay-iendly ey and sensibili of a Disney+ dience, they really got to up the ante and explore sis to Victor post-g out that they weren't able to do prevly, and the show really benefted om this more thentic (and sometim msy) portrayal of young, morn queer got the chance to terview the seri' two leads, Michael Cimo (Victor) and Gee Sear (Benji), about returng to the Simonverse and talked about the show's reprentatn of queer people of lor, plex and realistic pictns of a gay teen uple, what 's like g out to relig parents, and so much more!

'LOVE VICTOR' STAR MICHAEL CIMO GETTG DEATH THREATS FOR PLAYG GAY ROLE

(Photo: Kev Wter/Getty Imag)Love, Victor is the groundbreakg gay g-of-age romance seri, now s send season on Hulu, that so many olr LGBTQ people yearned for when they were teens. "I got some homophobic ments — I kd of expected that to happen.

I didn't expect om my own fay members, though, " Cimo told gay U. "Some of them reached out, sayg, 'You ed to be so ol; now you're so gay.

"Cimo, who intifi as straight, add, "There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay.