Starz's Spartac: Blood & Sand mak no apologi for beg overt wh s sexual overton, nudy and gore. But on this week's episo, the show got good and gay, wh two gladiators "g out" by makg out ont of their fairns, two male gladiators were seen havg sex las...
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- THE GAY ACTN HERO ON SPARTAC IS BACK
- "SPARTAC: GODS OF THE ARENA" MIGHT JT BE GAYER THAN THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRENT HARTGERJANUARY 13, 2011/11:28 AMBY BRENT HARTGERJANUARY 13, 2011 / 11:28 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"SPARTAC: GODS OF THE ARENA\" MIGHT JT BE GAYER THAN THE ORIGAL","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-13T16:28:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-13T16:28:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARNG: THIS ARTICLE CLUS MOR SPOILERS ON THE UPG SEASON OF SPARTAC: GODS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ACTOR ANDY WHFIELD, WHO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TLE CHARACTER LAST YEAR'S BREAK-OUT BLE H SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND, WAS DIAGNOSED WH NCER, FORCED THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW TO GET CREATIVE WHILE THEY HOPEFULLY WAED FOR HIM TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RULT IS A SIX-EPISO "PREQUEL" SERI BUTG JANUARY 21ST ON STARZ THAT BEGS WH A GLT THE EYE OF BATIAT DYG AT THE END OF BLOOD AND SAND AND TAK BACK TO TELL THE STORY OF BATIAT' LUD BEFORE SPARTAC' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALSO GAVE THE PRODUCERS A CHANCE TO TELL A GAY SUB-PLOT THAT SEEMS NSIRABLY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE BETWEEN BAR (ANTON TE MAHA) AND PIETROS (EKA DARVILLE) BLOOD AND SAND: BAR'S EARLIER LOVE AFFAIR WH FELLOW GLADIATOR AUCT, PLAYED BY JOSEF BROWN, AN ATRALIAN DANCER AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEF BROWN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THE BAR-AUCT RELATNSHIP IS THAT ’S TWO ALPHA MAL," THE SHOW'S -CREATOR STEVEN DEKNIGHT TELLS "IT’S TWO GUYS WHO ARE GLADIATORS. WH BAR AND PIETROS' RELATNSHIP, BAR BEME SORT OF A GENTLE GIANT AROUND PIETROS. WH AUCT, THE ARE TWO GUYS WHO LGH AND LOVE, AND THERE’S A JOY TO THEIR RELATNSHIP THAT I THK WH THE PIETROS RELATNSHIP, WAS MUCH MORE OF A GENTLE KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WH BAR AND AUCT, THERE’S JT THIS EBULLIENCE, THIS EFFERVCENCE THAT THEY HAVE FOR EACH OTHER. THEY SPEND A LOT OF THE PREQUEL JT LGHG AND HAVG A GREAT TIME. THEY’RE ALSO TWO OF THE BT GLADIATORS THERE. YOU’LL SEE BOTH BAR AND AUCT FIGHTG. ONE OF THE THGS I REGRET [ABOUT THE FIRST SEASON] IS THAT WE NEVER SAW BAR FIGHTG – JT FLASHBACKS. THERE WERE SCEN, BUT THEY ALWAYS GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAR HAS A REALLY FANTASTIC FIGHT THE ARENA, AND SO DO AUCT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY, THE PREQUEL SERI ALSO CLUS A GAY SEX SCENE THAT IS MORE EXPLIC THAN THE BRIEF SCENE BETWEEN BAR AND PIETROS SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ONE OF MY FAVORE MOMENTS – I THK ’S EPISO TWO OR THREE – {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[THE SEX SCENE] BETWEEN BAR AND AUCT," DEKNIGHT SAYS. "THEY HAVE AN EXCHANGE THAT BE SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I JT LOVE. IT EMBODI EVERYTHG THAT I WANTED OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATNSHIP, WHICH IS A PHYSIL, JOCULAR TYPE OF RELATNSHIP. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENJOY TRYG TO ONE-UP EACH OTHER. THEY’RE BOTH FIGHTERS, AND THEY’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH EQUALS. THERE’S NO LITE FLOWER THIS RELATNSHIP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST EPISO, MEANWHILE, CLUS A PRETTY STEAMY (AND NU) LBIAN SEX SCENE BETWEEN LUCRETIA (LUCY LAWLS) AND GAIA (DEXTER'S JAIME MURRAY), EVEN AS NTU THE SHOW'S TRAMARK BLENDG OF EXPLIC SEX WH EXTREME AND GRAPHIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEKNIGHT AND -CREATOR ROB TAPERT HAVE BOTH PREVLY EXPRSED A STRONG SISTENCE ON CLUDG BOTH GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS AND STORYL TO THE SERI (SPE SOME PH-BACK OM STRAIGHT MALE FANS ON THE TER), AND THEY'RE CLEARLY LIVG UP TO THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE AUCT OBVLY DON'T MAKE TO SEASON ONE, N WE ASSUME HE DI OVER THE URSE OF THE PREQUEL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I N’T REVEAL WHAT HAPPENS TO AUCT," DEKNIGHT SAYS. "OBVLY, HE’S NOT SEASON ONE, BUT THAT DON’T MEAN HE DI – JT THAT HE’S NOT THERE. BUT HE PLAYS A PIVOTAL, PIVOTAL ROLE THE PREQUEL. IT’S TERTG BEE THE AUCT CHARACTER HAS A EP EFFECT ON THE OTHER CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW. THERE’S SOMETHG THAT HAPPENS THAT SENDS A CHARACTER ON A URSE THAT CHANG EVERYTHG REALLY SEASON ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEKNIGHT IS PARTICULARLY PLEASED WH THE STG OF JOSEF BROWN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE LOOKED AT SO MANY PEOPLE FOR THE ROLE," DEKNIGHT SAYS. "I NEED SOMEONE WHO STANTLY LOOKED LIKE A GLADIATOR, BUT ALSO HAD THAT KD OF ROGUISH CHARM, AND SOMEBODY THAT MATCHED WELL WH ANTON [WHO PLAYS BAR]. AND WHEN I SAW [BROWN], I LOVED HIS DN, AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT WE SHOULD ST HIM, BUT I DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS A DANCER UNTIL AFTERWARDS. WHEN YOU SEE HIS ACTN STUFF, PECIALLY STUFF THE ARENA, HIS DANCG BACKGROUND GIV HIM SUCH A GRACEFUL ELEMENT. HIS FLUID MOV ARE LIKE NOTHG I’VE SEEN THE RT OF THE SHOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN (CENTER) PERFORMG THE SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY'S SALOME (1998){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A REGRET DEKNIGHT HAS WH THE PREQUEL SERI IS THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO TELL THE BEGNG OF THE LOVE STORY BETWEEN BAR AND PIETROS THAT BLOSSOMS (AND IS CUT SHORT) BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EKA [DARVILLE, WHO PLAYED PIETROS] WASN’T AVAILABLE, BEE I PLANNED TO CLU THE TRODUCTN OF PIETROS AND HOW BAR FIRST FELL FOR HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WOULD’VE HAPPENED IF THE ACTOR HAD BEEN AVAILABLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HALFWAY THROUGH THE PREQUEL, PIETROS WOULD’VE BEEN BROUGHT AS A SLAVE," DEKNIGHT SAYS, "AND BAR STARTS TO HAVE EY FOR HIM, AND PROBLEMS WH AUCT. THE KD OF PROBLEMS ANY UPLE WOULD HAVE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY EKA WASN’T AVAILABLE FOR THAT PART OF THE STORY. IT’S MY GREAT REGRET THAT WE ULDN’T GET EKA BACK, BUT I HEAR HE’S ON TERRA NOVA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} PIETROS (EKA DARVILLE) (LEFT) AND BAR A SCENE OM BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE STILL MORE GAY MALE CHARACTERS SEASON TWO OF SPARTAC, G NEXT YEAR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OF URSE," DEKNIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPARTAC: GODS OF THE ARENA PREMIER JANUARY 21ST AT 10 PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- WATCH: IS THE END NEAR FOR GAY COUPLE ON SPARTAC?
- WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
- CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI OF "SPARTAC" TALKS CAAR RAPE AND TAKG DOWN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 4, 2013/1:57 PMBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 4, 2013 / 1:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI OF \"SPARTAC\" TALKS CAAR RAPE AND TAKG DOWN CRIX","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-04-04T17:57:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-04-04T17:57:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI WENT TO BIG HEIGHTS THE FAL SPARTAC SEASON AS YOUNG TIBERI. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY TWO EPISOS LEFT TO GO FOR THE STARZ SERI SPARTAC: WAR OF THE DAMNED, AND IF YOU THK THE TTOSTERONE MIX OF BLOOD, SEX AND TEARS IS GOG TO GO OUT QUIETLY, YOU’RE MISTAKEN A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE PREV EPISO, WE SAW OUR GAY BROTHER AGRON (DAN FERRIEGEL) TRAGILLY FALL DURG BATTLE, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN AN EVEN BIGGER SHOCK WHEN CRIX, PLAYED BY HUNKY MANU BENT, DIED AT THE SWORD OF YOUNG TIBERI, OR "TIBBY" AS FANS ON THIS SE HAVE TAKEN TO LLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SPARTAC (LIAM MCINTYRE) AND HIS REMAG CREW GET THEIR REVENGE ON TIBBY, CAAR (TODD LASANCE) AND TIBBY’S FATHER, CASS (SIMON MERRELLS)? OR WILL THEY NTUE TO FALL ONE BY ONE UNTIL NEXT WEEK’S SERI FALE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR A GLIMPSE TO WHERE WE’VE BEEN AND WHAT’S TO E WAR OF THE DAMNED, I SPOKE WH 20-YEAR OLD ASIE ACTOR CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI, TO TALK ABOUT BEG A PART OF THIS EPIC SERI, THAT FAMO CAAR RAPE SCENE AND POSG A BATHTUB FOR A NEW PHOTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: YOU FELY HAD BOTH PHYSIL CHALLENG AND EMOTNAL CHALLENG ON THE SHOW. HOW DID CHANGE YOU AS AN ACTOR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: IT WAS SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGG WORK THAT I’VE EVER DONE. IN SAYG THAT, WAS THE MOST SATISFYG AS WELL. I LOVE A CHALLENGE AND BEG ABLE TO PHYSILLY TT YOURSELF ON SCREEN AND OFF SCREEN AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE PTHS A CHARACTER THAT YOU N ONLY EVER DREAM OF PORTRAYG, THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT CHALLENGG EXPERIENCE FOR ME. TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT MY AGE, I FEEL VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: TIBERI DO SOME THGS THAT ARE NOT SO NICE, LIKE RAPG TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER THE URSE OF THE SHOW. DID YOU SEE HIM AS A VILLA?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: I DIDN’T REALLY PORTRAY TIBERI AS A VILLA. I THK THAT’S WHAT WAS SO TERTG ABOUT THIS FAL SEASON IS THAT BOTH SIS - THE REBELS AND THE ROMANS - HAD TAKEN MATTERS SUCH A WAY WHERE WAS REALLY HARD TO DISTGUISH WHO WAS THE WRONG, WHO WAS BAD AND WHO WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH SIS WERE WILLG TO DO SO MUCH OR WILLG TO DO ANYTHG TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL. I THK WH TIBERI, HE WAS AN EAGER AND TERMED KID WHO WAS JT WILLG TO PROVE HIMSELF HIS FATHER’S EY. AS CHALLENG WERE PLACED ONT OF HIM, HIS MOTIVATN JT PHED HIM TO REALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND CLEARLY WAS WILLG TO DO SOME PRETTY NASTY THGS TO GET WHAT HE NEED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID TIBERI TAME HIS NEMIS, JULI CAAR (TODD LASANCE)? RAPE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE RAPE OF CAAR. IT WAS SO TENSE TO WATCH, BUT HOW WAS TO FILM SUCH A SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: IT WAS PRETTY HARD TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHG LIKE THAT. I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE WORKG WH SUCH AN AMAZG ACTOR AND PERSON TODD [LASANCE] AND T.J. [STT, DIRECTOR] FOR DIRECTG THAT BTAL SCENE. IT WAS A CHALLENGE, AND WE REALLY NEED TO PUT ALL OF OUR NSCNS ASI FOR THAT ROLE AND JT REALLY BE THAT MOMENT AND JT PREPARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WERE LTLE MOMENTS, LIKE THE GUARDS, WHEN THEY PLACED A B OF ASSLT ON TODD BEFORE HAPPENED, THAT WAS QUE BTAL PHYSILLY SELF. I THK THAT SORT OF HELPED TO PUT ALL TO PERSPECTIVE. WE BOTH SORT OF FELT LIKE WE WERE LOST OUT OF OUR BODI AT THAT TIME [AND] WE WERE JT PLETELY IMMERSED THE CHARACTERS. I GUS THAT WAS PRETTY TENSE. I GUS AT THE END OF THE DAY, GRATIFYG TO HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW DID YOU AND TODD WORK TOGETHER THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE SEASON? MOST OF THE TIME TIBERI AND CAAR ARE BUTTG HEADS. DO YOU KD OF STAY DISTANT OM EACH OTHER OR…?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: WE WERE VERY CLOSE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON. I SORT OF SAW HIM AS AN OLR BROTHER TO ME. WE TRAED TOGETHER ON AND OFF SET. WE’D BE NSTANTLY GOG OVER OUR L AND WORK SHOPPG DIFFERENT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN MYSELF AND CAAR AND CRASS WAS SUCH A CCIAL TRIANGULAR ELEMENT OF THE SHOW THAT REALLY NEED TO BE FSED. IT WAS SO GOOD THAT WE ULD HAVE SUCH A CLOSE MARARIE TOGETHER AND WORK OFF EACH OTHER’S IAS. THAT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY 20 YEARS OLD, ANTIDORMI HAS SURELY MA HIMSELF NOTICED ON THE FAL SPARTAC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHERE DO WE SEE TIBERI AND CAAR MOVG FORWARD THE FAL EPISOS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: BASILLY, AT THE END OF [THE LAST EPISO, 308], AFTER SUCH A PIVOTAL MOMENT THE ENTIRE SERI OF SPARTAC THE ATH OF CRIX AND AFTER WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN MYSELF AND CAAR, YOU N TELL THAT THERE IS REALLY ONLY ONE STEP TO GO ACHIEVG THE GOAL OF ROME. AND THAT IS TO FEAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR CAAR, THERE IS A B OF A HIDN GOAL. HE DO WANT TO ULTIMATELY GET PAYBACK AT TIBERI. THAT’S SUCH A BTAL THG TO HAVE DONE TO ANYONE ROMAN DAYS. IN THOSE DAYS, RAPE OM A MALE TO A MALE WAS NSIRED A DOMANCE THG. IT WAS NSIRED SOMETHG THAT THEY WOULD E TO SHOW WHO WAS MORE POWERFUL. I THK [THE NEXT EPISO, 309], HE’S FELY GOT A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE FOR TIBERI, AND HE’S WILLG TO TRY TO SEND HIM TO HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, GGG BY THE TEASER TRAILER FOR EPISO 309, WHEN CAAR IS WILLG TO TRA 500 REBEL SOLDIERS PTURED BATTLE FOR TIBERI’ LIFE…NSIRG THE RELATNSHIP HE HAS WH CRASS, THAT’S A PRETTY BIG MOMENT THE EPISO. IT’S GOG TO BE QUE NTROVERSIAL I {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW IS TIBERI GOG TO REACT WHEN HE’S SPARTAC’ MP? I’M GUSG ’S NOT GOG TO BE A VERY IENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR HIM TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: BASILLY TIBERI, EVER SCE HE GOT HIS POSN BACK OM HIS FATHER, HE’S JT BEEN ON THIS RAGE, AND ON THIS ROAD OF SUCCS. HIS FIRST BATTLE AFTER FALLY GETTG HIS POWER BACK, HE REALLY PUT A NT OF SUFFERG SPARTAC’ MP. I THK HE’S PREPARED, AND HE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. HE THKS THIS IS THE LAST HURRAH. AFTER HE’S THE REBEL ENMPMENT…HE DO TRY TO KEEP HIS DIGNY TACT, AND HE’S NOT PREPARED TO GIVE HIMSELF UP. HE’S FELY WILLG TO FIGHT, EVEN THOUGH HE’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID TIBBY THANK SWEET KORE (JENNA LD) FOR HELPG HIM? YEP! HE RAPED HER!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: TIBERI IS THE ONE THAT KILLS CRIX BEE HE PUTS THAT LAST SPEAR HIM. THAT’S A PRETTY BIG PART THE SHOW. CRIX HAS BEEN THERE SCE DAY ONE AND REALLY ’S YOUR SWORD THROUGH HIM THAT KD OF ENDS HIM. TALK TO ME ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: I THK THAT WAS THE BIGGT MOMENT, PERSONALLY THE SEASON. WHEN I FIRST READ THAT SCRIPT I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW HOW TO REACT. MY FIRST STCT WAS TO GO TO THE PRODUCERS AND ASK THEM, ‘LOOK I DON’T THK THAT I’M WORTHY OF PERFORMG SUCH A ED.’ CRIX HAS SUCH A STRONG FAN BASE. HIS JOURNEY OM SEASON ONE TO SEASON FOUR IS CREDIBLE. HE WAS SUCH A FORCEFUL POSN SPARTAC’ REBEL ARMY. TO PERFORM THAT HONOR, FOR A ROMAN, THERE WAS NOTHG MORE HONORABLE. FOR AN ACTOR, THE SAME THG, THERE WAS NOTG MORE HONORABLE THAN TO PERFORM THAT UP AGAST CRIX. THAT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: LOOKG AT YOUR BACKGROUND, YOU PLAYED SOCCER AND YOU ALSO WORKED THE MIC BS AND DANCG. HOW DO YOU PICTURE WHAT YOU JT DID WH SPARTAC THE URSE OF ALL YOUR WORK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: IT’S SO TERTG TO LOOK BACK ON MY PAST AS A TEENAGER BEE I DID TRY TO GO THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT THGS WH SPORTS AND ARTS AND TO JT TRY DIFFERENT THGS. I WAS ALWAYS A STATE OF A LTLE B OF NFN. I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHERE I WANTED TO TAKE MY LIFE. I GUS TRODUCG MYSELF TO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THGS HAS LED ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY. SO, I LOOK BACK ON WH NO HAVE THAT FLARG PASSN ACTG IS FELY MY LLG AND ’S SOMETHG THAT I’VE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO WORK WH ON SPARTAC OVER THE PAST 12 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTIDORMI APPEARS T.J. STT'S UPG IN THE TUB PHOTO BOOK WH OTHER SPARTAC ST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: TELL ME ABOUT THE IN THE TUB PHOTO BOOK. ALL YOU GUYS OM SPARTAC ARE TUBS SO, OF URSE, UGHT MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: THE CREATOR OF THAT IS TJ STT WHO IS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF SPARTAC. HE’S ALSO A FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHER. HE HAD THIS NCEPT OF FILMG ACTORS AND ARTISTS AND CELEBRI AND MICIANS AND SPORTSMEN, REGNIZED PEOPLE OM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. TO GET THEM TO SHOOT AND THEN PUT THEM TO A BIG FFEE TABLE BOOK WH ALL THE PROCEEDS GOG TO BREAST NCER REARCH. IT’S A WONRFUL GLOBAL MPAIGN THAT HE’S PUT TOGETHER, AND ’S BEEN A SUCCS. HE JT FISHED HIS KICKSTARTER PROGRAM AND HE RAISED ALMOST 80 THOAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC FOR HIM. HE’S GOG TO GET PRODUCTN UNRWAY AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE I THK AROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT’S YOUR NEXT STEP? WHERE DO YOU GO AFTER SPARTAC?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: HOPEFULLY UPWARDS AND ONWARDS. I’M SO LUCKY TO HAVE SPARTAC ON MY BACK. IT’S A CRYSTAL BALL DTRY. WE’LL SEE WHERE THE FUTURE TAK ME. I’M PREPARED FOR A CHALLENGE THAT’S FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FAL TWO EPISOS OF SPARTAC: WAR OF THE DAMNED AIRS AT 10PM ON APRIL 5TH AND 12TH AT 10PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
- TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
THE GAY ACTN HERO ON SPARTAC IS BACK
Dan Ferriegel, the hunky actor om Spartac: War of the Damned, talks about playg one of TV's first gay actn hero, survivg the show's btal boot mp, and preparg for those famo same-sex love scen. * gay spartacus scenes *
The seri quickly unfold to an trigug tale of power, honor, vengeance, and romance -- romance which clus the love story that began last season between two gay rebel warrrs, Agron (played by Dan Ferriegel) and Nasir (Pana Hema-Taylor).
On Starz, hunky Dan Ferriegel tells about his preparatn for scen between his character and Nasir, survivg the show's tense physil trag regimen, and playg one of TV's first gay actn 'd been workg as an actor Atralia for a few years before landg the role of Agron Spartac. " But other than that wasn't until the send season that was absolutely clear and right ont of your was your reactn when you found out you'd be playg a gay gladiator? His sexualy don't change that as far as I'm many gay fans, watchg a character like Agron on Spartac is huge bee there aren't any other gay characters like him on televisn.
"SPARTAC: GODS OF THE ARENA" MIGHT JT BE GAYER THAN THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRENT HARTGERJANUARY 13, 2011/11:28 AMBY BRENT HARTGERJANUARY 13, 2011 / 11:28 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"SPARTAC: GODS OF THE ARENA\" MIGHT JT BE GAYER THAN THE ORIGAL","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-13T16:28:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-13T16:28:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARNG: THIS ARTICLE CLUS MOR SPOILERS ON THE UPG SEASON OF SPARTAC: GODS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ACTOR ANDY WHFIELD, WHO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TLE CHARACTER LAST YEAR'S BREAK-OUT BLE H SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND, WAS DIAGNOSED WH NCER, FORCED THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW TO GET CREATIVE WHILE THEY HOPEFULLY WAED FOR HIM TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RULT IS A SIX-EPISO "PREQUEL" SERI BUTG JANUARY 21ST ON STARZ THAT BEGS WH A GLT THE EYE OF BATIAT DYG AT THE END OF BLOOD AND SAND AND TAK BACK TO TELL THE STORY OF BATIAT' LUD BEFORE SPARTAC' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALSO GAVE THE PRODUCERS A CHANCE TO TELL A GAY SUB-PLOT THAT SEEMS NSIRABLY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE BETWEEN BAR (ANTON TE MAHA) AND PIETROS (EKA DARVILLE) BLOOD AND SAND: BAR'S EARLIER LOVE AFFAIR WH FELLOW GLADIATOR AUCT, PLAYED BY JOSEF BROWN, AN ATRALIAN DANCER AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEF BROWN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THE BAR-AUCT RELATNSHIP IS THAT ’S TWO ALPHA MAL," THE SHOW'S -CREATOR STEVEN DEKNIGHT TELLS "IT’S TWO GUYS WHO ARE GLADIATORS. WH BAR AND PIETROS' RELATNSHIP, BAR BEME SORT OF A GENTLE GIANT AROUND PIETROS. WH AUCT, THE ARE TWO GUYS WHO LGH AND LOVE, AND THERE’S A JOY TO THEIR RELATNSHIP THAT I THK WH THE PIETROS RELATNSHIP, WAS MUCH MORE OF A GENTLE KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WH BAR AND AUCT, THERE’S JT THIS EBULLIENCE, THIS EFFERVCENCE THAT THEY HAVE FOR EACH OTHER. THEY SPEND A LOT OF THE PREQUEL JT LGHG AND HAVG A GREAT TIME. THEY’RE ALSO TWO OF THE BT GLADIATORS THERE. YOU’LL SEE BOTH BAR AND AUCT FIGHTG. ONE OF THE THGS I REGRET [ABOUT THE FIRST SEASON] IS THAT WE NEVER SAW BAR FIGHTG – JT FLASHBACKS. THERE WERE SCEN, BUT THEY ALWAYS GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAR HAS A REALLY FANTASTIC FIGHT THE ARENA, AND SO DO AUCT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY, THE PREQUEL SERI ALSO CLUS A GAY SEX SCENE THAT IS MORE EXPLIC THAN THE BRIEF SCENE BETWEEN BAR AND PIETROS SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ONE OF MY FAVORE MOMENTS – I THK ’S EPISO TWO OR THREE – {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[THE SEX SCENE] BETWEEN BAR AND AUCT," DEKNIGHT SAYS. "THEY HAVE AN EXCHANGE THAT BE SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I JT LOVE. IT EMBODI EVERYTHG THAT I WANTED OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATNSHIP, WHICH IS A PHYSIL, JOCULAR TYPE OF RELATNSHIP. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENJOY TRYG TO ONE-UP EACH OTHER. THEY’RE BOTH FIGHTERS, AND THEY’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH EQUALS. THERE’S NO LITE FLOWER THIS RELATNSHIP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST EPISO, MEANWHILE, CLUS A PRETTY STEAMY (AND NU) LBIAN SEX SCENE BETWEEN LUCRETIA (LUCY LAWLS) AND GAIA (DEXTER'S JAIME MURRAY), EVEN AS NTU THE SHOW'S TRAMARK BLENDG OF EXPLIC SEX WH EXTREME AND GRAPHIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEKNIGHT AND -CREATOR ROB TAPERT HAVE BOTH PREVLY EXPRSED A STRONG SISTENCE ON CLUDG BOTH GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS AND STORYL TO THE SERI (SPE SOME PH-BACK OM STRAIGHT MALE FANS ON THE TER), AND THEY'RE CLEARLY LIVG UP TO THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE AUCT OBVLY DON'T MAKE TO SEASON ONE, N WE ASSUME HE DI OVER THE URSE OF THE PREQUEL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I N’T REVEAL WHAT HAPPENS TO AUCT," DEKNIGHT SAYS. "OBVLY, HE’S NOT SEASON ONE, BUT THAT DON’T MEAN HE DI – JT THAT HE’S NOT THERE. BUT HE PLAYS A PIVOTAL, PIVOTAL ROLE THE PREQUEL. IT’S TERTG BEE THE AUCT CHARACTER HAS A EP EFFECT ON THE OTHER CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW. THERE’S SOMETHG THAT HAPPENS THAT SENDS A CHARACTER ON A URSE THAT CHANG EVERYTHG REALLY SEASON ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEKNIGHT IS PARTICULARLY PLEASED WH THE STG OF JOSEF BROWN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE LOOKED AT SO MANY PEOPLE FOR THE ROLE," DEKNIGHT SAYS. "I NEED SOMEONE WHO STANTLY LOOKED LIKE A GLADIATOR, BUT ALSO HAD THAT KD OF ROGUISH CHARM, AND SOMEBODY THAT MATCHED WELL WH ANTON [WHO PLAYS BAR]. AND WHEN I SAW [BROWN], I LOVED HIS DN, AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT WE SHOULD ST HIM, BUT I DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS A DANCER UNTIL AFTERWARDS. WHEN YOU SEE HIS ACTN STUFF, PECIALLY STUFF THE ARENA, HIS DANCG BACKGROUND GIV HIM SUCH A GRACEFUL ELEMENT. HIS FLUID MOV ARE LIKE NOTHG I’VE SEEN THE RT OF THE SHOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN (CENTER) PERFORMG THE SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY'S SALOME (1998){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A REGRET DEKNIGHT HAS WH THE PREQUEL SERI IS THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO TELL THE BEGNG OF THE LOVE STORY BETWEEN BAR AND PIETROS THAT BLOSSOMS (AND IS CUT SHORT) BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EKA [DARVILLE, WHO PLAYED PIETROS] WASN’T AVAILABLE, BEE I PLANNED TO CLU THE TRODUCTN OF PIETROS AND HOW BAR FIRST FELL FOR HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WOULD’VE HAPPENED IF THE ACTOR HAD BEEN AVAILABLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HALFWAY THROUGH THE PREQUEL, PIETROS WOULD’VE BEEN BROUGHT AS A SLAVE," DEKNIGHT SAYS, "AND BAR STARTS TO HAVE EY FOR HIM, AND PROBLEMS WH AUCT. THE KD OF PROBLEMS ANY UPLE WOULD HAVE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY EKA WASN’T AVAILABLE FOR THAT PART OF THE STORY. IT’S MY GREAT REGRET THAT WE ULDN’T GET EKA BACK, BUT I HEAR HE’S ON TERRA NOVA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} PIETROS (EKA DARVILLE) (LEFT) AND BAR A SCENE OM BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE STILL MORE GAY MALE CHARACTERS SEASON TWO OF SPARTAC, G NEXT YEAR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OF URSE," DEKNIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPARTAC: GODS OF THE ARENA PREMIER JANUARY 21ST AT 10 PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Dan Ferriegel, the hunky actor om 'Spartac: War of the Damned,' talks about playg one of TV’s first gay actn hero * gay spartacus scenes *
I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me bee they now feel like they have a gay actn hero and 's very enarg to hear that kd of stuff. I hated myself afterwards for eatg , but was jt so, gay characters have a history of beg killed off TV and film. So many tim, movi have shied away om gay issu, ually bee of a fear that such thgs would upset the mass and hurt the box office.
Here are some of the most glarg -gaygs film history.
Puttg them a gay-tged epic was supposedly out of the qutn, no matter how accurate any other versn of that club would be.
WATCH: IS THE END NEAR FOR GAY COUPLE ON SPARTAC?
* gay spartacus scenes *
But when stuff was rtored for a director's cut, got a great rponse at Lln Center this year and a potential gay classic was born. In the book, she reveals that she once lived wh a "dyke" and that everyone assumed that ma Holly gay too. De-Lovely, the 2004 film wh Kev Kle as Cole, was somewhat gayer, but not necsarily AND MUSIC (1948)Siarly, this Hollywood b about posers Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart nveniently left out Hart's homosexualy, choosg a more accsible tune.
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
So, if you ci to stick around and nsume the vio that's embedd below, you need to be aware featur straight sex, gay sex, boobs, butts, wangs and pretty much everythg else imagable. I * gay spartacus scenes *
I gus Mickey Rooney uld play Japane (as the aforementned Breakfast at Tiffany's), but never gay. It's not exactly surprisg sce Hton didn't always embrace gay issu so eagerly. Let's not fet that the gunslger always nied that Gore Vidal got any homosexual subtext to the script for ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)In this heated adaptatn of the famed Tennsee Williams play, Liz Taylor is the brayg sexpot whose impotent hubby Pl Newman is fatally obssed wh an old school chum.
Williams was vastated that the movie ved to the Hays Co and snipped out practilly all the gay nuendo. Anyway, the gay rtoratn rights the wrongs of Hollywood's squeamishns and allows future generatns to take the full story. Come on Hollywood, make them gayer!
CAROL AND FREEHELD CELEBRATE LESBIAN LOVEFortunately, there are two new movi where the gay was kept big time, and they're both about lbian passn. When Lrel down wh advanced lung ncer, her primary goal be to make sure Stacie is taken re of, so she battl the Freeholrs (the unty officials), wh the help of Dante, other lol supporters, and activist Steve Goldste (a mpy, media-savvy queen hilarly played by Steve Carell, who squeals, "I'm a big, loud, gay Jew! And most recently that romance clud the love story that began last season between two gay rebel warrrs, Agron (played by Dan Ferriegel) and Nasir (Pana Hema-Taylor) the Spartac's fal season, Spartac: War of the Damned, premierg tonight at 9 p.
CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI OF "SPARTAC" TALKS CAAR RAPE AND TAKG DOWN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 4, 2013/1:57 PMBY JIM HALTERMANAPRIL 4, 2013 / 1:57 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI OF \"SPARTAC\" TALKS CAAR RAPE AND TAKG DOWN CRIX","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-04-04T17:57:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-04-04T17:57:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI WENT TO BIG HEIGHTS THE FAL SPARTAC SEASON AS YOUNG TIBERI. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY TWO EPISOS LEFT TO GO FOR THE STARZ SERI SPARTAC: WAR OF THE DAMNED, AND IF YOU THK THE TTOSTERONE MIX OF BLOOD, SEX AND TEARS IS GOG TO GO OUT QUIETLY, YOU’RE MISTAKEN A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE PREV EPISO, WE SAW OUR GAY BROTHER AGRON (DAN FERRIEGEL) TRAGILLY FALL DURG BATTLE, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN AN EVEN BIGGER SHOCK WHEN CRIX, PLAYED BY HUNKY MANU BENT, DIED AT THE SWORD OF YOUNG TIBERI, OR "TIBBY" AS FANS ON THIS SE HAVE TAKEN TO LLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SPARTAC (LIAM MCINTYRE) AND HIS REMAG CREW GET THEIR REVENGE ON TIBBY, CAAR (TODD LASANCE) AND TIBBY’S FATHER, CASS (SIMON MERRELLS)? OR WILL THEY NTUE TO FALL ONE BY ONE UNTIL NEXT WEEK’S SERI FALE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR A GLIMPSE TO WHERE WE’VE BEEN AND WHAT’S TO E WAR OF THE DAMNED, I SPOKE WH 20-YEAR OLD ASIE ACTOR CHRISTIAN ANTIDORMI, TO TALK ABOUT BEG A PART OF THIS EPIC SERI, THAT FAMO CAAR RAPE SCENE AND POSG A BATHTUB FOR A NEW PHOTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: YOU FELY HAD BOTH PHYSIL CHALLENG AND EMOTNAL CHALLENG ON THE SHOW. HOW DID CHANGE YOU AS AN ACTOR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: IT WAS SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGG WORK THAT I’VE EVER DONE. IN SAYG THAT, WAS THE MOST SATISFYG AS WELL. I LOVE A CHALLENGE AND BEG ABLE TO PHYSILLY TT YOURSELF ON SCREEN AND OFF SCREEN AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE PTHS A CHARACTER THAT YOU N ONLY EVER DREAM OF PORTRAYG, THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT CHALLENGG EXPERIENCE FOR ME. TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT MY AGE, I FEEL VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: TIBERI DO SOME THGS THAT ARE NOT SO NICE, LIKE RAPG TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER THE URSE OF THE SHOW. DID YOU SEE HIM AS A VILLA?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: I DIDN’T REALLY PORTRAY TIBERI AS A VILLA. I THK THAT’S WHAT WAS SO TERTG ABOUT THIS FAL SEASON IS THAT BOTH SIS - THE REBELS AND THE ROMANS - HAD TAKEN MATTERS SUCH A WAY WHERE WAS REALLY HARD TO DISTGUISH WHO WAS THE WRONG, WHO WAS BAD AND WHO WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH SIS WERE WILLG TO DO SO MUCH OR WILLG TO DO ANYTHG TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL. I THK WH TIBERI, HE WAS AN EAGER AND TERMED KID WHO WAS JT WILLG TO PROVE HIMSELF HIS FATHER’S EY. AS CHALLENG WERE PLACED ONT OF HIM, HIS MOTIVATN JT PHED HIM TO REALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND CLEARLY WAS WILLG TO DO SOME PRETTY NASTY THGS TO GET WHAT HE NEED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID TIBERI TAME HIS NEMIS, JULI CAAR (TODD LASANCE)? RAPE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE RAPE OF CAAR. IT WAS SO TENSE TO WATCH, BUT HOW WAS TO FILM SUCH A SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: IT WAS PRETTY HARD TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHG LIKE THAT. I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE WORKG WH SUCH AN AMAZG ACTOR AND PERSON TODD [LASANCE] AND T.J. [STT, DIRECTOR] FOR DIRECTG THAT BTAL SCENE. IT WAS A CHALLENGE, AND WE REALLY NEED TO PUT ALL OF OUR NSCNS ASI FOR THAT ROLE AND JT REALLY BE THAT MOMENT AND JT PREPARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WERE LTLE MOMENTS, LIKE THE GUARDS, WHEN THEY PLACED A B OF ASSLT ON TODD BEFORE HAPPENED, THAT WAS QUE BTAL PHYSILLY SELF. I THK THAT SORT OF HELPED TO PUT ALL TO PERSPECTIVE. WE BOTH SORT OF FELT LIKE WE WERE LOST OUT OF OUR BODI AT THAT TIME [AND] WE WERE JT PLETELY IMMERSED THE CHARACTERS. I GUS THAT WAS PRETTY TENSE. I GUS AT THE END OF THE DAY, GRATIFYG TO HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW DID YOU AND TODD WORK TOGETHER THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE SEASON? MOST OF THE TIME TIBERI AND CAAR ARE BUTTG HEADS. DO YOU KD OF STAY DISTANT OM EACH OTHER OR…?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: WE WERE VERY CLOSE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON. I SORT OF SAW HIM AS AN OLR BROTHER TO ME. WE TRAED TOGETHER ON AND OFF SET. WE’D BE NSTANTLY GOG OVER OUR L AND WORK SHOPPG DIFFERENT RELATNSHIP BETWEEN MYSELF AND CAAR AND CRASS WAS SUCH A CCIAL TRIANGULAR ELEMENT OF THE SHOW THAT REALLY NEED TO BE FSED. IT WAS SO GOOD THAT WE ULD HAVE SUCH A CLOSE MARARIE TOGETHER AND WORK OFF EACH OTHER’S IAS. THAT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY 20 YEARS OLD, ANTIDORMI HAS SURELY MA HIMSELF NOTICED ON THE FAL SPARTAC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHERE DO WE SEE TIBERI AND CAAR MOVG FORWARD THE FAL EPISOS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: BASILLY, AT THE END OF [THE LAST EPISO, 308], AFTER SUCH A PIVOTAL MOMENT THE ENTIRE SERI OF SPARTAC THE ATH OF CRIX AND AFTER WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN MYSELF AND CAAR, YOU N TELL THAT THERE IS REALLY ONLY ONE STEP TO GO ACHIEVG THE GOAL OF ROME. AND THAT IS TO FEAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR CAAR, THERE IS A B OF A HIDN GOAL. HE DO WANT TO ULTIMATELY GET PAYBACK AT TIBERI. THAT’S SUCH A BTAL THG TO HAVE DONE TO ANYONE ROMAN DAYS. IN THOSE DAYS, RAPE OM A MALE TO A MALE WAS NSIRED A DOMANCE THG. IT WAS NSIRED SOMETHG THAT THEY WOULD E TO SHOW WHO WAS MORE POWERFUL. I THK [THE NEXT EPISO, 309], HE’S FELY GOT A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE FOR TIBERI, AND HE’S WILLG TO TRY TO SEND HIM TO HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, GGG BY THE TEASER TRAILER FOR EPISO 309, WHEN CAAR IS WILLG TO TRA 500 REBEL SOLDIERS PTURED BATTLE FOR TIBERI’ LIFE…NSIRG THE RELATNSHIP HE HAS WH CRASS, THAT’S A PRETTY BIG MOMENT THE EPISO. IT’S GOG TO BE QUE NTROVERSIAL I {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: HOW IS TIBERI GOG TO REACT WHEN HE’S SPARTAC’ MP? I’M GUSG ’S NOT GOG TO BE A VERY IENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR HIM TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: BASILLY TIBERI, EVER SCE HE GOT HIS POSN BACK OM HIS FATHER, HE’S JT BEEN ON THIS RAGE, AND ON THIS ROAD OF SUCCS. HIS FIRST BATTLE AFTER FALLY GETTG HIS POWER BACK, HE REALLY PUT A NT OF SUFFERG SPARTAC’ MP. I THK HE’S PREPARED, AND HE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. HE THKS THIS IS THE LAST HURRAH. AFTER HE’S THE REBEL ENMPMENT…HE DO TRY TO KEEP HIS DIGNY TACT, AND HE’S NOT PREPARED TO GIVE HIMSELF UP. HE’S FELY WILLG TO FIGHT, EVEN THOUGH HE’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID TIBBY THANK SWEET KORE (JENNA LD) FOR HELPG HIM? YEP! HE RAPED HER!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: TIBERI IS THE ONE THAT KILLS CRIX BEE HE PUTS THAT LAST SPEAR HIM. THAT’S A PRETTY BIG PART THE SHOW. CRIX HAS BEEN THERE SCE DAY ONE AND REALLY ’S YOUR SWORD THROUGH HIM THAT KD OF ENDS HIM. TALK TO ME ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: I THK THAT WAS THE BIGGT MOMENT, PERSONALLY THE SEASON. WHEN I FIRST READ THAT SCRIPT I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW HOW TO REACT. MY FIRST STCT WAS TO GO TO THE PRODUCERS AND ASK THEM, ‘LOOK I DON’T THK THAT I’M WORTHY OF PERFORMG SUCH A ED.’ CRIX HAS SUCH A STRONG FAN BASE. HIS JOURNEY OM SEASON ONE TO SEASON FOUR IS CREDIBLE. HE WAS SUCH A FORCEFUL POSN SPARTAC’ REBEL ARMY. TO PERFORM THAT HONOR, FOR A ROMAN, THERE WAS NOTHG MORE HONORABLE. FOR AN ACTOR, THE SAME THG, THERE WAS NOTG MORE HONORABLE THAN TO PERFORM THAT UP AGAST CRIX. THAT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: LOOKG AT YOUR BACKGROUND, YOU PLAYED SOCCER AND YOU ALSO WORKED THE MIC BS AND DANCG. HOW DO YOU PICTURE WHAT YOU JT DID WH SPARTAC THE URSE OF ALL YOUR WORK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: IT’S SO TERTG TO LOOK BACK ON MY PAST AS A TEENAGER BEE I DID TRY TO GO THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT THGS WH SPORTS AND ARTS AND TO JT TRY DIFFERENT THGS. I WAS ALWAYS A STATE OF A LTLE B OF NFN. I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHERE I WANTED TO TAKE MY LIFE. I GUS TRODUCG MYSELF TO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THGS HAS LED ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY. SO, I LOOK BACK ON WH NO HAVE THAT FLARG PASSN ACTG IS FELY MY LLG AND ’S SOMETHG THAT I’VE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO WORK WH ON SPARTAC OVER THE PAST 12 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTIDORMI APPEARS T.J. STT'S UPG IN THE TUB PHOTO BOOK WH OTHER SPARTAC ST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: TELL ME ABOUT THE IN THE TUB PHOTO BOOK. ALL YOU GUYS OM SPARTAC ARE TUBS SO, OF URSE, UGHT MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: THE CREATOR OF THAT IS TJ STT WHO IS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF SPARTAC. HE’S ALSO A FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHER. HE HAD THIS NCEPT OF FILMG ACTORS AND ARTISTS AND CELEBRI AND MICIANS AND SPORTSMEN, REGNIZED PEOPLE OM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. TO GET THEM TO SHOOT AND THEN PUT THEM TO A BIG FFEE TABLE BOOK WH ALL THE PROCEEDS GOG TO BREAST NCER REARCH. IT’S A WONRFUL GLOBAL MPAIGN THAT HE’S PUT TOGETHER, AND ’S BEEN A SUCCS. HE JT FISHED HIS KICKSTARTER PROGRAM AND HE RAISED ALMOST 80 THOAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC FOR HIM. HE’S GOG TO GET PRODUCTN UNRWAY AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE I THK AROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AE: WHAT’S YOUR NEXT STEP? WHERE DO YOU GO AFTER SPARTAC?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CA: HOPEFULLY UPWARDS AND ONWARDS. I’M SO LUCKY TO HAVE SPARTAC ON MY BACK. IT’S A CRYSTAL BALL DTRY. WE’LL SEE WHERE THE FUTURE TAK ME. I’M PREPARED FOR A CHALLENGE THAT’S FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FAL TWO EPISOS OF SPARTAC: WAR OF THE DAMNED AIRS AT 10PM ON APRIL 5TH AND 12TH AT 10PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
On STARZ, hunky Dan Ferriegel recently spoke about his preparatn for scen between his character and Nasir, survivg the show's tense physil trag regimen, and playg one of TV's first gay actn one particular moment, Ferriegelelegantly explas why he's glad his character is able to open up and have a soft, sensual si when he's alone wh the people he lov: "I would've been disappoted if all they red about was two guys havg sex and keepg their relatnship purely physil. Warng: This article clus mor spoilers on the upg season of Spartac: Gods of the actor Andy Whfield, who playedthe tle character last year's break-out ble h Spartac: Blood and Sand, was diagnosed wh ncer, forced the producers of the show to get creative while they hopefully waed for him to rult is a six-episo "prequel" seri butg January 21st on Starz that begs wh a glt the eye of Batiat dyg at the end of Blood and Sand and tak back to tell the story of Batiat' lud before Spartac' also gave the producers a chance to tell a gay sub-plot that seems nsirably different than the one between Bar (Anton Te Maha) and Pietros (Eka Darville) Blood and Sand: Bar's earlier love affair wh fellow gladiator Auct, played by Josef Brown, an Atralian dancer and Brown as Auct“What I really love about the Bar-Auct relatnship is that ’s two alpha mal, " the show's -creator Steven DeKnight tells "It’s two guys who are gladiators.
"Intertgly, the prequel seri also clus a gay sex scene that is more explic than the brief scene between Bar and Pietros Season One. DeKnight and -creator Rob Tapert have both prevly exprsed a strong sistence on cludg both gay and lbian characters and storyl to the seri (spe some ph-back om straight male fans on the ter), and they're clearly livg up to their Auct obvly don't make to Season One, n we assume he di over the urse of the prequel? " Pietros (Eka Darville) (left) and Bar a scene om Blood and SandCan we expect to see still more gay male characters Season Two of Spartac, g next year?
Fans of Brish actor Tom Holland have e to his fense after some social media ers were seemgly upset that the latt episo of his Apple TV+ seri The Crowd Room featured gay sex.In the scene, Holland’s character go to a club wh heavy black eyeler and all black. They were even g “#notmyspirman.”A lot of other ers, however, seemed very nfed over the backlash, pecially sce Spir-Man actors Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield have also played gay rol.One person wrote, “Watchg agile cishet men have breakdowns over the reason Tom Holland is trendg is sweet we to me.
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
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TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
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TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
Only two episos left to go for the Starz seri Spartac: War Of The Damned, and if you thk the ttosterone mix of blood, sex and tears is gog to go out quietly, you’re mistaken a big the prev episo, we saw our gay brother Agron (Dan Ferriegel) tragilly fall durg battle, but may have been an even bigger shock when Crix, played by hunky Manu Bent, died at the sword of young Tiberi, or "Tibby" as fans on this se have taken to llg Spartac (Liam McIntyre) and his remag crew get their revenge on Tibby, Caar (Todd Lasance) and Tibby’s father, Cass (Simon Merrells)?
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