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“WHAT/IF” STAR JUAN CASTANO: GAY ROL HELPED ME EMBRACE MY SEXUAL FLUIDY"I AM, AS MY IENDS SAY, ON THE SPECTM."{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 LAWRENCE FERBERMAY 27, 2019/10:05 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2025PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}COURTY OF NETFLIXWHAT | IFBY LAWRENCE FERBERMAY 27, 2019 / 10:05 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"“WHAT/IF” STAR JUAN CASTANO: GAY ROL HELPED ME EMBRACE MY SEXUAL FLUIDY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-27T14:05:14.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-27T14:05:14.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"LAWRENCE FERBER","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;}IN THE FIRST SEASON OF NEO-NOIR NETFLIX SERI WHAT/IF, RENéE ZELLWEGER CHEWS SCENERY AS ANNE MONTGOMERY, A MANIPULATIVE VENTURE PALIST WHO OFFERS A WOULD-BE BTECH NOVATOR, LISA (JANE LEVY), $80 LN TO FUND HER PANY EXCHANGE FOR A NIGHT ALONE WH LISA’S STRAPPG HBAND, SEAN (BLAKE JENNER).{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 SELF-AWARE, SOAPY RIFF ON 1993’S INCENT PROPOSAL (THE CHARACTERS EXPLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS!) OM REVENGE CREATOR MIKE KELLEY, WHAT/IF ALSO SE LISA’S GAY BROTHER, MARS (JUAN CASTANO), FACE HIS OWN CRISIS OF MONOGAMY AND TST WHEN HE AND BOYIEND LNEL (JOHN CLARENCE STEWART) VE CHARMG THIRD KEV (DEREK SMH) TO THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}CASTANO, WHO ALSO APPEARS NETFLIX’S UPG TAL OF THE CY AND PLAYED ZACHARY QUTO’S HBAND THE 2015 EX-GAY DRAMA I AM MICHAEL, HAD A LEG REVEALG CHAT WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT THE SELF-DISVERY QUEER ROL (AND BEG QUTO’S ONSCREEN BAE) HAVE AFFORD HIM—EVEN IF HE DIDN’T GET $80 LN 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;}SO TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, HOW DO YOU INTIFY AS FAR AS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATN?{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 WOULD SAY THAT FOR THE MAJORY OF MY LIFE I INTIFIED AS STRAIGHT, BUT AS I GOT OLR I THK MY SEXUAL PREFERENCE HAS GOTTEN MORE FLUID. I AM, AS MY IENDS SAY, ON 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;}DID PLAYG MARS ASSIST WH THAT FLUIDY?{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;}YEAH. IT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED GAY, BUT WAS MY BIGGT GAY ROLE [TO DATE]. WHEN I FIRST HAD TO KISS ANOTHER MAN, WAS A PLAY NEW YORK SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO, MOTR. I KISSED THIS GUY, AND YOU’RE REHEARSG OVER AND OVER, AND DIDN’T FEEL THAT DIFFERENT OM KISSG A WOMAN. THEN ON I AM MICHAEL WAS THE SAME THG. IT FEELS REALLY NICE. I THK WHAT’S IMPORTANT IS THAT AS LONG AS THERE IS A NNECTN WH A HUMAN BEG THAT FEELS GOOD DON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF ’S A MAN OR A WOMAN. I WOULD SAY PLAYG MARS SOLIDIFIED THAT FOR ME SIMPLY BEE SPENDG THAT MUCH TIME WH A CHARACTER YOU FALL LOVE WH THEM AND WHAT THEY’RE GOG {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 DO YOU LIKE BT ABOUT MARS AS A CHARACTER?{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 LIKE THAT HE’S KD OF QUIET.ERIK VOAKE/NETFLIXWHAT | {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 YOU AND JOHN, WHO PLAYS LNEL, PREPARE FOR THIS? DID YOU KNOW EACH OTHER BEFOREHAND?{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;}NO, WAS THE FIRST TIME WE MET. WE GOT ALONG GREAT! WE RAN TO EACH OTHER AT EQUOX GYM, WHICH IS FUNNY. I WAS ST FIRST AND HAD SEEN HIS DN TAPE, SO I ALREADY KNEW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE, AND WE RAN TO EACH OTHER AND WE STARTED TALKG. WE GET ALONG VERY WELL. ALL THREE OF : ME, JOHN, 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;}YOU ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT SCEN WH {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;}DEREK AND I ARE GREAT IENDS. IT’S ALWAYS REALLY NICE WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE AS PASSNATE AND AS TENSE AS YOU ARE ABOUT THE WORK. I LOVED OUR SCEN TOGETHER BEE HE WOULD E PREPARED. HE MA CHOIC AND KNEW WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.COURTY OF NETFLIXWHAT | {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 NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE THREEWAY SCENE. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO BEE AN NSFW MEME?{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 AM HOPG WILL! I ALSO JT ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT MIKE KELLEY DIDN’T SHY AWAY OM . IT’S LONG! THAT SCENE IS LONG! GRAPHIC IS NOT THE WORD, BUT THEY DON’T SHY AWAY OM EVERYTHG. PEOPLE DO THIS, WHETHER OTHER PEOPLE LIKE OR NOT. IT’S REALY. SO I LOVE NETFLIX AND MIKE SAID, "THIS IS WHAT THIS SCENE WILL BE AND LOOK LIKE THIS."{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;}MARS DON’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY SCEN WH RENéE’S CHARACTER, BUT DID YOU GET TO MEET 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;}Y, I MET RENéE. SHE’S VERY SWEET. BUT OUR STORI DON’T REALLY CROSS. I WAS HOPG OUR CHARACTERS WOULD MEET!ERIK VOAKE/NETFLIXWHAT | {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 N YOU TELL ABOUT FLA, YOUR CHARACTER TAL OF THE CY? WE’RE SO PSYCHED!{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 PLAY A GUY WHO IS BASILLY HOOKG UP WH SOMEONE GENR-TRANSNG OM FEMALE TO MALE, AND AS THEY DO THAT THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENCE IS ALSO EXPANDG. AS A WOMAN, SHE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER WOMAN, BUT AS THEY TRANSN, THEY BEE TERTED MEN. THIS PERSON IS GOG THROUGH ALL OF THE CHANG, AND I’M THERE TO SAY, "HEY, ’S ALL GOOD, WHATEVER YOU’RE FEELG, DON’T HAVE SHAME ANY OF THIS. I’M HERE AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND SPEND THE NIGHT, WE N."{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;}FALLY, HOW SHOULD PEOPLE APPROACH WHAT/IF WHEN SETTLG FOR A BGE?{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 WOULD SAY BE OPEN, AND THAT THIS SHOW LIV A WORLD OF S OWN. IT’S A NEO-NOIR THRILLER AND THERE’S NOTHG LIKE ON TV RIGHT NOW. THE STYLE N BE JARRG THE BEGNG, BUT ONCE THEIR WORLD, YOU N ACCEPT FOR WHAT IS AND ’S A FUN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Alphonse Nicholson and John Clarence Stewart break down this week’s powerful episo, reveal what has been like workg together this season and ph back on homophobic cricism of their characters’ groundbreakg relatnship. Cuz the gay a’t go’ nowhere. #pvalley Patrik-Ian Polk (@PatrikIanPolk) June 29, 2022Unfortunately, there has been some fan backlash to the onscreen relatnship, wh -executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk llg out the homophobic rpons.
“The gay a’t go’ nowhere, ” he wrote on Twter last month, addg later that anyone feelg “triggered” by gay sex scen or Murda and Teak's romance should “do the work; look ward. The format of the scene hews closely to a talog of work that executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk has built over the span of his reer that double as s of sex tn for gay men.
There was no overt ditn he was gay, but for some reason... This isn't a crique, but there has always been somethg que heteronormative about pictns of gay sex the mastream. But is tertg to thk about how still today, 2022, an dience that has been tung to watch a show centerg around a strip club and s genr rebell owner for a season and a half uld be turned off by a gay sex scene -- particularly one handled as refully as this.