Michael Cimo Says He Consulted Gay Co About Love, Victor

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'
• 'LOVE, VICTOR' STAR MICHAEL CIMO REVEALS HE GOT DEATH THREATS FOR PLAYG GAY CHARACTER
• MICHAEL CIMO [ACTOR] WIKI, GAY, GIRLIEND, NET WORTH, AGE
• MICHAEL CIMO ACTOR, B, WIKI, AGE, HEIGHT, GAY, LOVE VICTOR, MOVI, AND NET WORTH

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. 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.

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

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.

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.

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

”In the Attu terview, Cimo said, “There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay. ’”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.

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

Grant, who received an Osr nomatn for playg a gay character “Can You Ever Five Me?, ” said: “I’ve always had that ncern...

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

The transgenr movement and the #MeToo movement means, how n you jtify heterosexual actors playg gay characters? 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.

MICHAEL CIMO [ACTOR] WIKI, GAY, GIRLIEND, NET WORTH, AGE

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.

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

“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). ) 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.