Avengers star Pl Bettany's heartbroken gay dad went 'back the closet'

Contents:

• PL BETTANY SAYS PLAYG GAY “UNCLE FRANK” IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS GAY DAD
• EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: AS PL BETTANY TAK ON A GAY ROLE HIS LATT FILM UNCLE FRANK HE SHAR A TOUCHG STORY ABOUT HIS FATHER G OUT LATE LIFE
• PL BETTANY SADNED BY GAY FATHER'S DECISN TO CONCEAL SEXUALY AFTER DEATH OF LOVER
• AVENGERS STAR PL BETTANY’S GAY DAD WENT ‘BACK THE CLOSET’ AFTER HEARTBREAK
• IS PL BETTANY GAY?

PL BETTANY SAYS PLAYG GAY “UNCLE FRANK” IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS GAY DAD

"I had a gay father who died a uple of years ago, " he told Total Film magaze. "The parallels of his dad's life nearly ma Bettany turn down his role Uncle Frank, where he plays a gay New York Universy profsor who travels to South Carola the 1970s to nont his past -- cludg his homophobic father, Daddy Mac, played by Stephen Frank director Alan Ball also opened up about how he believed his father might have been gay, explag to NewNowNext that he and Bettany nnected over their siar upbrggs. Uncle Frank, a film about a closeted gay man who out to his fay is the latt of a strg of films featurg an LGBTIQA character.

EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: AS PL BETTANY TAK ON A GAY ROLE HIS LATT FILM UNCLE FRANK HE SHAR A TOUCHG STORY ABOUT HIS FATHER G OUT LATE LIFE

In the film Uncle Frank by wrer and director Alan Ball (Amerin Bety), a closeted gay man go on a road trip om Manhattan to his home town South Carola wh his niece and boyiend. In an terview wh The BINGE Gui, Pl Bettany, who plays Frank an alholic gay profsor, spoke about the personal nature of the story. In the film, Bettany’s character mt take his niece’s advice and e out as gay to his fay, which mirrors the life of the actor’s own father, who me out when he was 63.

“My father was a gay man who me out to me when he was 63, then when his partner died when he was his early 80s, he went back the closet bee he was a Catholic and thought was a mortal s. “Growg up, I lerally didn’t unrstand homophobia until I went to school the suburbs, where I felt very alienated.

When asked about playg gay as a straight man, Bettany said he raised his ncern wh Alan but ultimately cid to accept the role based on his father’s experience.

PL BETTANY SADNED BY GAY FATHER'S DECISN TO CONCEAL SEXUALY AFTER DEATH OF LOVER

Back January 2020, he starred the touchg film Uncle Frank as a gay man stgglg wh his father’s rejectn. Actor Pl Bettany has recently spoken up about havg a gay father.

In the lead up to Bettany’s performance Uncle Frank, which he portrays an openly gay Southern man, he spoke to the prs about his recently passed father, who had e out of the closet at 63 and had a 20-year relatnship wh a man. His first big screen role was Sean Mathias’ award-wng adaptatn of Mart Sherman’s powerful holot set gay play Bent. Embarkg on a roadtrip across the untry to the funeral wh his longterm partner Wally (Peter Macdissi) and his niece Beth (Sophia Lillis)—the only person Frank’s fay who knows that he’s gay—he is fally forced to face a long-buried trma.

AVENGERS STAR PL BETTANY’S GAY DAD WENT ‘BACK THE CLOSET’ AFTER HEARTBREAK

Is Pl Bettany Gay? When talkg about his new film 'Uncle Frank', the 'Avengers: Endgame' actor reveals that his strict Catholic sisted his homosexualy was 'a big misunrstandg' over fear for his 'place heaven. The "Avengers: Endgame" star reveals his dad Thane Bettany, who was a strict Catholic, feared for his "place heaven" and sisted his homosexualy was "a big misunrstandg.

The 49-year-old adms his new film "Uncle Frank", which he plays a closeted gay profsor datg a Sdi Arabian immigrant, brought his father's plight home to him. "I had a gay father who died a uple of years ago, " Bettany tells Total Film. "Uncle Frank" director Alan Ball also shared that he had siar experience, sayg that he believed that his dad might have been gay and that bond him wh Pl.

IS PL BETTANY GAY?

Pl Bettany reflected on his father g out as gay, and how he felt forced to go back to the closet aged 83 after his partner of more than 20 years passed away. Pl Bettany stars the upg Uncle Frank, playg a lerature profsor livg New York Cy who is the closet to his homophobic fay.

He and director Alan Ball bond over their shared experienc, wh Ball tellg NewNowNext he believ that his father might have been gay. “My godfather was gay and turns out – I didn’t know at the time – but my father was also gay. I refed to take part that boys’ school homophobia and nsequently beme credibly bullied for beg gay.