Michael Cimo and Gee Sear talk to Out about their epic return for season 2 of Hulu's beloved gay edy-drama!
Contents:
- ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
- LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY
- 'LOVE, VICTOR' :'' SEASON 2 TRAILER' ' TEAS WHAT'S NEXT FOR VICTOR SALAZAR AFTER HE COM OUT AS GAY
- 'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
- ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ REVIEW: TV’S CUTT GAY ROM-COM MATUR SEASON 2
- CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?
‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
Is Victor willg to sacrifice a part of his inty orr to fe a new one? A rep of ‘Gay Gay,’ episo 5 of season 2 of Love, Victor, streamg on Hulu. * is victor gay from love 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.
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.
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.
LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF 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.
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.
'LOVE, VICTOR' :'' SEASON 2 TRAILER' ' TEAS WHAT'S NEXT FOR VICTOR SALAZAR AFTER HE COM OUT AS GAY
”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.
'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
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.
Gay Gay. Photo: Greg Gayne/ HULU.
‘LOVE, VICTOR’ REVIEW: TV’S CUTT GAY ROM-COM MATUR SEASON 2
“What is the perfect level of gay that will keep everyone happy? 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.
CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?
“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!
Love, Victor Rep: The Perfect Level of Gay. After Victor Salazar me out as gay Love, Victor's season 1 fale, fans will fally get to see the next chapter his story. Victor then qutns what "the perfect level of gay" is that he n meet orr to "keep everyone happy" around him.