Downton Abbey’s Robert Jam-Collier reveals reactn to ‘horrific’ gay storyle.
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- DOWNTON ABBEY’S ROB JAM-COLLIER REVEALS REACTN TO ‘HORRIFIC’ GAY STORYLE
- ROB JAM-COLLIER SAYS PLAYG GAY ON DOWNTON ABBEY HURT HIS REER
- DOWNTON ABBEY ACTOR SAYS GAY ROLE HURT HIS CAREER — BUT IS HE RIGHT?
- DOWNTON'S ROBERT JAM-COLLIER OPENS UP ABOUT 'HORRIFIC' GAY STORYLE
DOWNTON ABBEY’S ROB JAM-COLLIER REVEALS REACTN TO ‘HORRIFIC’ GAY STORYLE
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Robert returns as Thomas (Picture: ITV)Former Corrie star Robert Jam-Collier has revealed his own reactn to landg an important gay storyle the upg Downton Abbey film.
ROB JAM-COLLIER SAYS PLAYG GAY ON DOWNTON ABBEY HURT HIS REER
The actor, who plays valet-turned-butler Thomas Barrow for the big-screen outg, after starrg the ITV drama, said his plotle shows the treatment of beg a gay man the 1920s. Speakg of beg given the opportuny to lift the lid on what was like, Jam said was an emotnal sight to a horrific perd for gay people.
He’s opened up on his important storyle (Picture: PA)He ntued: ‘It also hammers home what was like to be a gay man those tim, was horrific and ’s brought back and jt shows how different was.
DOWNTON ABBEY ACTOR SAYS GAY ROLE HURT HIS CAREER — BUT IS HE RIGHT?
Rob Jam-Collier thks playg gay has harmed his chanc of a Hollywood reer. The actor, who prevly starred UK soap Coronatn Street, played schemg gay butler Thomas Barrow the h ITV show for four seasons, but now he worri he’s been typest bee of his role.
DOWNTON'S ROBERT JAM-COLLIER OPENS UP ABOUT 'HORRIFIC' GAY STORYLE
“I thk dienc the US n intify que easily wh the qutsential English gent and English lady, whereas a nrotic, dark, gay character like Thomas is a hard thg to put to the Amerin market, ” he argued. Sce the show end 2015, Rob says he’s been offered a few theatre rol “which happened to be gay characters”, but he turned them down bee he “wanted to show somethg different”.
“Bee Thomas Barrow is gay and is, sentially, the bad guy for much of the show, a lot of people wh the dtry n only see you as that, ” he ntued.