Joseph Gordon-Levt Talks Gay Rumors, 'Don Jon' In Out Magaze | HuffPost Voic

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• JOSEPH GORDON-LEVT TALKS GAY RUMORS, 'DON JON' IN OUT MAGAZE
• JOSEPH GORDON-LEVT TALKS GAY KISS; IS HE’S THE ‘PERFECT MAN?’
• JOSEPH GORDON-LEVT WON'T SAY IF HE'S GAY

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVT TALKS GAY RUMORS, 'DON JON' IN OUT MAGAZE

In realy, Buddy was gay and had a major csh on Eric. Due to Eric's nstant talk about his plited relatnship wh Donna Pctti, Buddy thought that Eric might also be gay.

Grace's character, of urse, wasn't gay and acted plete shock. The 1998 kiss om the actors occurred jt mere months before another gay kiss on Dawson's Creek. It wasn't the first gay kiss, however, sce there were several shows prr to That '70s Show that featured a smooch between two female characters.

The seri was also set the '70s when many people weren't open to homosexualy, and the suatn was a product of the tim. While was highly ntroversial, the late ’90s and 2000s saw a rise gay rol on TV shows and movi that troduced dienc to a realy too many were pretendg to ny. Nohels, Gordon Levt and Topher Grace are the first men to a part of a gay scene on screens That ’70s Show, although the potentially screen-breakg LGBTQ story arc was scrapped, and only one character was gay.

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVT TALKS GAY KISS; IS HE’S THE ‘PERFECT MAN?’

Some chalk up to oppos attract while others are bummed that Eric’s storyle wasn’t adjted to a more proment portrayal of the gay muny wh Buddy who has a lot mon wh him. Some would’ve preferred Eric choose Buddy over Donna bee they seem to have a lot more chemistry the episo, while some would have liked to at least see more of Buddy and what uld’ve been store for him as a gay character the ’70s.

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVT WON'T SAY IF HE'S GAY

” Gordon-Levt is no stranger to gay mors or advanc, wh male fans the past havg wrten claratns of love for the also isn't the first celebry to play y surroundg mors about his sexualy. After playg a gay htler Myster Sk, a Mormon homophobe Latter Days and Batman’s ol sikick The Dark Knight Ris, the actor tak on a porn-obssed womanizer his latt film Don Jon, a sex edy he wrote, directed and stars that ntends there’s more to a person than meets the eye. In our terview, Gordon-Levt discs the dangers of believg he’s the ial mate, ntributg to the gay rights movement and what he’s really dog durg those masturbatn scen Don Jon.

You e the word “faggot” at one pot the film, and even though feels appropriate to the character, was there ever a discsn or any hatn to e a word that many the gay muny fd offensive?

You first really reached a gay dience wh Myster Sk.