Le Evans reveals why he's never played gay films... until now - Queerty

Contents:

• LE EVANS SAYS HE NEVER TRIED TO HI THE FACT HE IS GAY
• LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)
• LE EVANS’ NEXT PROJECT WILL SEE HIM PLAY THIS HISTORIL GAY FIGURE
• LE EVANS ADDRS MOURS HE ULD BE FIRST GAY JAM BOND: ‘I DON’T THK MATTERS’
• LE EVANS SAYS HE 'WOULDN'T HAVE A REER IF GAY PEOPLE PLAYED GAY ROL'
• LE EVANS REVEALS WHY HE’S NEVER PLAYED GAY FILMS… UNTIL NOW

LE EVANS SAYS HE NEVER TRIED TO HI THE FACT HE IS GAY

The Bety and the Beast actor, 41, was named Attu's Man of the Year, wh the star reflectg on how far he's e sce beg bullied as a teen to beg an openly gay movie star. Evans addrsed past accatns that he was hidg his sexualy om the spotlight, tellg the Brish gay liftyle magaze that simply wasn't the se.

"Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn’t. "I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realize I left home at 16 bee I was gay? Actor Le Evans said he never hid the fact that he is gay a new terview Attu magaze's ‘Man of the Year' issue.

Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn't. “I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realize I left home at 16 bee I was gay?

LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)

He’s proof posive that the work of g out only begs wh a claratn of one’s sexualy, that beg open about inty is both rewardg and eply challengg Evans, an aspirg star an dtry not historilly hospable to gay people, has long been livg the aftermath of terviews, nducted very early his reer, which he scribed himself as a gay man, most notably this terview wh gay publitn The Advote. In that 2002 terview, Evans said he refed to rema the closet: “[E]verybody knew me as a gay man, and my life London I never tried to hi . He rpond to a Women’s Wear Daily terviewer askg him if he was settg a new precent as an openly gay actn star: “It’s good for people to look at me and thk this guy is dog his thg and enjoyg what he’s dog and succsful at and livg his life.

And while may not have been a full-throated claratn of gay pri, Evans’ tac acknowledgment of his unique stat — a way, he’s been out for years — signals that thgs may, slowly, be changg for Evans and for gay public figur. He may not be the gay actn hero we want, but he’s the one we have, and one we n only hope grows still more fortable.

In Evans, gay people who’ve spent years tryg to grow fortable the world n see themselv. And while he reads "loads of gay stori and scripts, " he says he "jt hadn't found the one that I wanted to play.

LE EVANS’ NEXT PROJECT WILL SEE HIM PLAY THIS HISTORIL GAY FIGURE

"Divorce is as right for a gay uple as marriage, and I hadn't really seen that, and when I read , every time I've read the script, I wept, " Evans says. Acrdg to the Bety and the Beast actor, "You don't have to be gay to enjoy this or unrstand this story.

Evans, who is openly gay and datg Fran Tomas, prevly acknowledged an terview wh The Telegraph published November that "gay people have fely missed out on gay rol, " when asked about quot Doctor Who shownner Rsell T. Though The Telegraph didn't specify Davi's quot, the latter said a 2021 terview wh The New York Tim that he believed, for the most part, only gay actors should be permted to play gay rol.

LE EVANS ADDRS MOURS HE ULD BE FIRST GAY JAM BOND: ‘I DON’T THK MATTERS’

"But om my perspective: firstly, I wouldn't have had a reer if gay people played gay rol and straight people played straight rol, " said Evans, who played a gay character on Hulu's 2021 seri Ne Perfect Strangers. He recently took on his first leadg gay role playg oppose Billy Porter Our Son, about a gay uple divorcg and fightg over ctody of their child.

Le Evans has said his sexualy is irrelevant to Jam Bond fans, amid mours he uld be the first out gay actor to play the role. Evans, a new terview wh Btle, was qutned on whether viewers were now ready for a gay actor to play Bond.

Evans, who has been openly gay sce he started his reer, hted at his tert playg the inic Brish spy, sayg he was “ready for all”. Is the next Jam Bond gog to be a gay man?

LE EVANS SAYS HE 'WOULDN'T HAVE A REER IF GAY PEOPLE PLAYED GAY ROL'

Some of our favor for the role clu gay actors like Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey, sger Sam Smh, and Thor's Tsa Thompson. Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn’t. “I need to fd my inty, and I need to be pennt of my fay, fd my voice and be a happy, gay teenager.

”Evans add that this ma the speculatn he had purposely chosen to hi he was gay even more upsettg. “I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realise I left home at 16 bee I was gay?

Certified heartthrob Le Evans has been very ndid about his experienc as a gay actor Hollywood.

LE EVANS REVEALS WHY HE’S NEVER PLAYED GAY FILMS… UNTIL NOW

The star of the latt Apple TV Pl drama seri Echo 3 has been very ndid about his experienc as a gay actor Hollywood.

The actor said, "Over the years may have looked like I wasn't the proud gay man that folks were expectg me to be. " He joked that people were often shocked when they found out that the actor that was the villa Fast & Fur 6 was played by a gay man. After Le spoke about cuttg his own path, he add, "I hope I provid hope to gay people, young and old, around the world, who may not have been able to e out, who stggle wh , or maybe part of the world where 's illegal [to e out].

" Article ntu below advertisementHe hoped that seeg gay actors like him Hollywood would provi some hope to those vulnerable suatns. Le Evans don't agree wh many proment gay actors and creators on one the last several years, the issue of whether or not gay characters should be played by gay actors has bee a hot topic Hollywood, and Bety and the Beast and Fast & Fur star Le Evans has now spoken out about his the Daily Telegraph asked if he agreed wh Rsell T Davi' view that gay characters should be played by gay actors, Evans didn't que agree.