'High School Mil' Director Confirms Ryan Evans Is Gay

Contents:

• THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"
• KENNY ORTEGA SAYS RYAN OM HIGH SCHOOL MIL WAS ‘PROBABLY’ GAY
• "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN EVANS WASN'T OPENLY GAY
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, WOULD HAVE 'E OUT LLEGE'
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL': WHAT LUS GRABEEL SAID ABOUT RYAN EVANS BEG GAY
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR REVEALS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN MOVI
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS RYAN EVANS WAS GAY AND ‘PROBABLY GOG TO COME OUT COLLEGE’
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR SAYS HE DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD BE OK WH GAY CHARACTER

THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"

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In a new terview wh Variety, director Kenny Ortega opened up about his experience makg the High School Mil seri and said he thought the character of Ryan would have e out as gay later life.

A lot of them see both Ryan and Kelsi — who went to prom together and had a subtle romantic storyle High School Mil 3 — as gay.

KENNY ORTEGA SAYS RYAN OM HIGH SCHOOL MIL WAS ‘PROBABLY’ GAY

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"HIGH SCHOOL MIL" DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN EVANS WASN'T OPENLY GAY

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HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, WOULD HAVE 'E OUT LLEGE'

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'HIGH SCHOOL MIL': WHAT LUS GRABEEL SAID ABOUT RYAN EVANS BEG GAY

Variety named Ortega as an honoree on s “Power of Pri” list and terviewed him about his long reer as an openly gay choreographer and director Hollywood as well as the queer athetic nng through his classic fay films, om Newsi and Hoc Poc to his more recent Disney Channel Origal Movi. ” When asked if would have been possible to wre Ryan as openly gay a Bh admistratn–era Disney Channel movie, Ortega answered:. The fact that, 2020, Disney was velopg the gay-teen seri Love, Victor for Disney+ shows how far the stud has e.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR REVEALS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN MOVI

Kenny Ortega Says High School Mil’s Ryan ‘Probably’ Gay. One character particular—Sharpay's tw brother Ryan (Lus Grabeel)—ma many Broadway-lovg queer folks feel like they uld fally relate to someone one screen for once, and although there was nothg ever mentned about Ryan's romantic relatnships, queerns, or sexualy the origal tr of HSM films, wh performanc like really is no nyg that Ryan was a verable queer in his own now, fast forward to 2020, and looks like HSM stans are fally gog to get the nfirmatn they've a recent terview wh Variety, openly-gay choreographer and filmmaker Kenny Ortega (who directed all three HSM films) went on the rerd about Ryan. "While sucks there was no explic mentn of him beg gay when the movi origally me out (n you image how big of an impact that would have been, pecially the mid-2000s?!?

And by closure, we mean explag why the character, played by Lus Grabeel, wasn't openly gay the movie anchise.

Kenny also revealed why he did not feel a versn of the seri wh an “openly gay” Ryan would have been possible when trilogy kicked off 2006. In the terview, Lus revealed that while he did envisn Ryan as a gay character, he wanted to portray his high school experienc as a close reflectn to Kenny’s own — and that meant not beg openly out.

‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS RYAN EVANS WAS GAY AND ‘PROBABLY GOG TO COME OUT COLLEGE’

High School Mil director Kenny Ortega jt nfirmed what every fan has wonred sce the Disney Channel Origal Movie first aired back 2006: Ryan Evans (played by Lus Grabeel) is gay.

'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR SAYS HE DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD BE OK WH GAY CHARACTER

" "It was ls about g out and jt more about lettg his te lors e forward, " Ortega says, notg that he "didn't thk at the time" that he uld have had an openly gay character on Disney Channel. While the character's sexualy wasn't nfirmed until now, his fashn choic, personaly, and actns throughout the trilogy rulted fans believg he was gay. High School Mil had a late addn to Pri Month this year when out director Kenny Ortega revealed an terview that the character of Ryan Evans (played by Lus Grabeel) was gay the trilogy of Disney movi.

'High School Mil' director Kenny Ortega has nfirmed that Ryan Evans (left) was d as gay. Though many fans assumed that Ryan was gay, the character never directly acknowledged his sexualy.

“People have always asked me if Ryan was gay, ” Grabeel says. I wanted people to thk, ‘That character’s more plex than I thought, ’ stead of sayg, ‘Oh, he out pk and you know he’s gay.