Straight, Cisgenr 'Downton Abbey' Star Says Playg Gay Hurt His Career

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• DOWNTON ABBEY’S ROB JAM-COLLIER REVEALS REACTN TO ‘HORRIFIC’ GAY STORYLE
• DOWNTON'S ROBERT JAM-COLLIER OPENS UP ABOUT 'HORRIFIC' GAY STORYLE
• DOWNTON ABBEY ACTOR SAYS GAY ROLE HURT HIS CAREER — BUT IS HE RIGHT?
• ROB JAM-COLLIER SAYS PLAYG GAY ON DOWNTON ABBEY HURT HIS REER
• ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ STAR ROB JAM-COLLIER RECEIV BACKLASH AFTER GAY TYPESTG COMMENTS
• DOWNTON ABBEY'S ROB JAM-COLLIER SAYS NEW FILM SH A LIGHT ON 'HORRIFIC' TREATMENT OF GAY PEOPLE IN 1920S
• DOWNTON ABBEY STAR ROB JAM-COLLIER CLAIMS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER LEFT HIM 'TYPEST'
• THE LEVEL STAR ROB JAM-COLLIER: 'I WAS OFFERED LOTS OF GAY BADDI AFTER DOWNTON' (VIDEO)
• ROBERT JAM-COLLIER REVEALS EMOTNAL REACTN TO GAY STORYLE DOWNTON FILM
• ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ ACTOR SAYS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER HAS LEFT HIM “TYPEST”

DOWNTON ABBEY’S ROB JAM-COLLIER REVEALS REACTN TO ‘HORRIFIC’ GAY STORYLE

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.

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.

Robert Jam-Collier has revealed his reactn after beg given a gay story le the upg film. The former Corrie star has spoken out about the treatment of his character of beg a gay man the 1920s. Robert, who plays butler Thomas Barrow, says that he got an emotnal sight to what was like for gay people this perd.

DOWNTON'S ROBERT JAM-COLLIER OPENS UP ABOUT 'HORRIFIC' GAY STORYLE

‘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. Robert Jam-Collier is known ternatnally for his role as Thomas Barrow, the v gay unrbutler who brought trigue to the halls of Downton the perd drama, Barrow hid his sexual orientatn for fear would hurt his reer. And the straight actor who portrays him, Jam-Collier, believ this character's inty may have had nsequenc the morn-day real world as, an terview wh Rad Tim, said his renown for playg a gay role hred his chanc Hollywood.

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. "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 received offers for gay rol the theater world, which he refed bee he "really wanted to show somethg different.

DOWNTON ABBEY ACTOR SAYS GAY ROLE HURT HIS CAREER — BUT IS HE RIGHT?

" He is now set to appear the upg horror movie The Rual, one of his first major parts sce Jam-Collier did enunter hurdl Hollywood for playg a gay role, his experience would be an exceptn -- at least morn tim. There are straight actors who have turned down gay rol for var reasons, cludg a fear would lim future opportuni.

Will Smh said he limed the physily of his gay role Six Degre of Separatn, on a warng om Denzel Washgton, who said, "You n act all you want, but don't do any physil scen.... "But overall, Hollywood is full of straight actors who have won acclaim, awards, and a uful reer after playg gay rol. Rob Jam-Collier thks playg gay has harmed his chanc of a Hollywood reer.

ROB JAM-COLLIER SAYS PLAYG GAY ON DOWNTON ABBEY HURT HIS 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. “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.

Former ‘Downton Abbey’ star Rob Jam-Collier has been cricised, after claimg playg a gay character the perd drama has left him “typest”. Rob Jam-Collier PA Archive/PA ImagHe said: “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. “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.

‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ STAR ROB JAM-COLLIER RECEIV BACKLASH AFTER GAY TYPESTG COMMENTS

”He went on to reveal he had sce turned down theatre rol as gay characters bee he “really wanted to show somethg different” the terview was picked up by var other news outlets, his ments ed a stir onle, where he faced a backlash.

Pretented hecwas happy playg a gay charcter then diss when h no longer playg the part— mark daniel (@mark_ian_) October 4, 2017First off, he is trash. — KARA?SNAZZYPANTS (@stedanchick) October 4, 2017don't take gay rol unls you n take gay discrimatn— Gay Zs Crystal (@thevanisher) October 4, 2017What a load of bollocks.

"Let's blame the gays.

DOWNTON ABBEY'S ROB JAM-COLLIER SAYS NEW FILM SH A LIGHT ON 'HORRIFIC' TREATMENT OF GAY PEOPLE IN 1920S

#Idt— simon sols (@simonsols_1995) October 3, 2017And I only thought gays got blamed for floodg, hurrin, natural disasters. — ALAN (@alan_darbyshire) October 4, 2017One of Rob’s biggt storyl on ‘Downton Abbey’ saw Thomas attempt to ‘cure’ his homosexualy.

DOWNTON ABBEY STAR ROB JAM-COLLIER CLAIMS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER LEFT HIM 'TYPEST'

Expect flappers and the Charlton, and a Marcel wave or me e clean: I haven't seen a preview of season 3 -- my home that would be cheatg; 's what we still ll appotment TV -- but I have on great thory that this is the season which that villao gay footman-turned-valet, Thomas Barrow, experienc the tenr love that his poor, neglected heart so crav and needs.

Although there clearly were gay men Edwardian England, they've been snt supply on televisn. "Jam-Collier has joked that his character's sexualy beme so muted season 2 that he lled up Fellow and asked, "Am I still gay?

"It's the seri where we really to grips wh Thomas's sexualy and the impact beg gay mt have had on him, Edwardian tim, " he says. "If you're cludg a gay character, there's an on and rponsibily to at least show what the impact of the time will be on him, and of him on that time. "If you were gay those tim, the fact that you're even functng, how you're not pletely fucked up by that, is beyond me.

THE LEVEL STAR ROB JAM-COLLIER: 'I WAS OFFERED LOTS OF GAY BADDI AFTER DOWNTON' (VIDEO)

"Although not gay real life, he says he has empathy for misfs and outsirs, perhaps bee of his own atypil route to actg.

" As the film stands now, after beg round up by police for dancg at a secret unrground gay jazz club, Thomas is bailed out of jail by the Kg's valet, Richard (Max Brown) and the two share a brief surprise kiss back at Downton. The straight, cisgenr actor who played the role of gay, villao unr-butler Thomas Barrow on the show spoke wh Rad Tim recently about how terribly hard his reer has been now that he gets typest for gay rol.

ROBERT JAM-COLLIER REVEALS EMOTNAL REACTN TO GAY STORYLE DOWNTON FILM

Related | LGBTQ Diversy on TV Still Overwhelmgly Whe & Male"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 explaed. The problem is that the rol he's been offered are "gay characters, " which he's turng down bee he "really wanted to show somethg different.

‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ ACTOR SAYS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER HAS LEFT HIM “TYPEST”

While LGBTQ actors stggle to fd any rol offered to them, producers and stg directors are apparently fallg over themselv to ntue the old Hollywood trend of offerg the role of gay characters to straight actors like Jam-Collier.

Exce if we don't exactly emphasize wh a straight, cis actor plag about how playg gay hurt his burgeong Hollywood reer two years after sayg the playg a gay character was a "privilege. " More than that moment of joyful rpe, though, Downton Abbey fally giv fans a look at the secret gay sub-culture of 1920s England.

And this is what 's like if you were gay them tim. It's a great remr of how harsh life uld be back then for people service and for people who were homosexual. While enjoyg a night out, Barrow disvers a secret jazz club for gay men before a police raid leads to his arrt and threatens to rail his entire life.