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• ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
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• 'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
• WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE
• LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY
• GAY GAY

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

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. ”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.

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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.

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

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

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

" 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. 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.

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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. “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. Stieglz) sce 2020-2021Fund projectsObARDI (PI) ANR-20-CE38-0015 (01-2021/01-2025) blogDeNazDB (Co-PI) ANR-21-FRAL-0005 (01-2022/05-2025)Curriculum vaePhD Enomics, The Universy of Chigo, 2018Workg PapersVictor Gay, Ple Grosjean.

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