Love, Victor: Why Michael Cimo Took Gay Role Agast Indtry Advice – IndieWire

Contents:

• IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY
• IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• 'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
• LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
• CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?
• ‘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'
• HULU’S LOVE, VICTOR IS UGHT UP THE MYTHOLOGY OF WHE GAYNS
• HOW ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ CAPTUR ONE PARENT’S STGGLE TO ACCEPT HER GAY SON (EXCLUSIVE)

IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

Gee Sear wonrfully says the role of Benji Campbell, Victor’s openly gay classmate and csh.

LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY

Wh Gee portrayg a gay character such an outstandg way, fans wonr if the actor shar the same sexual inty real life.

IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

Acrdg to The Guardian, Gee Sear is not gay.

There have also been numero speculatns about Gee beg gay, pecially after his on-screen chemistry wh Michael Cimo, who plays Victor.

'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE

Gee is also nsc of the issue surroundg straight actors beg st gay rol. Read More: Is Michael Cimo Gay?

LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS

Gay Gay. Photo: Greg Gayne/ HULU. “What is the perfect level of gay that will keep everyone happy?

CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?

That is the biggt qutn on Victor Salazar’s md, as he grappl wh his evolvg inty as an openly gay (former) star athlete at Creekwood High.

After reachg a major tone his relatnship wh Benji, Victor — who was told last season that “there’s no one way to be gay” — is forced to nont another load qutn: Is he willg to sacrifice a part of his inty to fe a new one? Then, at Benji’s after-school “fay and iends ncert, ” ’s llg Victor “the least gay gay person alive. “Please tell me what’s the exact level of gay I should be, ” he tells Andrew.

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

“Bee apparently, I’m too gay for the locker room, but I’m not gay enough for Benji and his iends.

If anyone has a problem wh , they n answer to me, ” Andrew says before Victor rightfully nonts him about not wantg to “risk your reputatn for the gay kid. “This is our way of sayg that you n be as gay as you want, whatever way that you want, and we will forever stand [by] you, ” Andrew says, before the other teammat the moment (but, hey, at least they are tryg!

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

Love, Victor Rep: The Perfect Level of Gay. 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.

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

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. 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. Specifilly, Victor's journey to disver his sexualy sets Love, Victor apart om Love, Simon a big the first few mut of Love, Simon, viewers learned the ma character, Simon, is gay, when the narratn allus to a csh he has on a garner.

HULU’S LOVE, VICTOR IS UGHT UP THE MYTHOLOGY OF WHE GAYNS

Victor's story, however, begs when he's a sophomore, and unlike Simon, he don't yet know what is sexualy is. Unlike Simon, whose journey the movie was centered on his g-out, Victor's Season 1 story was about a cliffhanger of a Season 1 fale — Victor's parents tellg him they're separatg and him tellg them he's gay return — fans are hopeful this is jt the start of Victor's story, and that a Season 2 will follow up wh his next, Victor Season 1 is streamg now on Hulu. While Hollywood has broken new ground wh rerd LGBTQ reprentatn and nuanced gay storytellg, Walt Disney Co.

That much-hyped "exclively gay moment" Disney's live-actn "Bety and the Beast?

HOW ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ CAPTUR ONE PARENT’S STGGLE TO ACCEPT HER GAY SON (EXCLUSIVE)

Marvel's first openly gay character "Avengers: Endgame? " So I was disappoted, but not at all surprised, when Disney+ revealed Febary that "Love, Victor" – a seri spoff of groundbreakg 2018 gay movie "Love, Simon" – would no longer premiere on the fay-iendly service due to s "adult them. More:Watch the LGBTQ-iendly TV shows, films to honor Pri MonthHavg watched the 10-episo first season of "Love, Victor, " 's hard not to see Disney+'s choice to dump the g-of-age edy as wardly and homophobic; an easy way of passg off the show to sister service Hulu, whout any of the potential backlash om tolerant, pearl-clutchg "Love, Simon, " " Victor" centers on a wsome high-school boy stgglg to e to terms wh his sexualy.

But he quickly velops a secret csh on Benji (Gee Sear), an openly gay, almost illy dreamy barista at the ffee shop where Victor works part-time. In fact, tak Victor almost the entire season to even say the word "gay. One uld argue that "Love, Victor" is on Hulu, rather than Disney+, bee of subject matter that has nothg to do wh s ma character beg gay.