14 Most Memorable Gay Characters Played By Non-Gay Actors | Essence

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• WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007/2:05 PMBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH OTHERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NEWNOWNEXT STAFF","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH AND DONALD SUTHERLAND SIX DEGRE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MIGHT RELL WILL SMH'S BIG SCREEN BUT 1993'S SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN. IN HE PLAYS A GAY N ARTIST WHO SUCKERS RICH NEW YORKERS BY PRETENDG TO BE PRIVILEGED, PRIVATE-SCHOOLED, AND SIDNEY POIER'S SON. THE FILM WAS TO HAVE CLUD A GAY LOVE SCENE, BUT AFTER HE LAND THE PART (AND FILMG WAS HALFWAY NCLUD) WILL SMH APPARENTLY BALKED AT ACTUALLY KISSG ANOTHER ACTOR ONSCREEN. THEY HAD TO E MIRRORS AND TRICK MERA ANGL TO MAKE APPEAR AS IF SMH'S CHARACTER LOCKS LIPS WH ANOTHER MAN. RIDICULO, RIGHT? IMAGE IF HEATH LEDGER AND JAKE GYLLENHALL HAD FILMED HALF OF BROKEBACK MOUNTA AND THEN TOLD ANG LEE THEY WEREN'T GOG TO DO THE TENT SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER TERVIEWS WH WILL SMH EXPLAG HIS BEHAVR. HE SAID HE'D BEEN ADVISED AGAST TARNISHG HIS HETERO IMAGE BY NONE OTHER THAN DENZEL WASHGTON. ARRGH! I PRETTY MUCH WROTE THE TWO OF THEM OFF AT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AROUND THE SAME TIME ANOTHER BLACK ACTOR, WLEY SNIP, WAS ASKED FOR A MENT: WHAT DID HE THK OF WILL SMH'S REFAL AND WOULD HE KISS ANOTHER MAN ONSCREEN. SNIP SAID SOMETHG ALONG THE L OF "IT'S LLED ACTG, STUPID! GET OVER ." (I WISH I ULD PROVI A LK FOR YOU AND THE EXACT EARLY 1990'S QUOTE, BUT I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE AND DON'T SEEM TO BE ONLE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SHOWS, I SURE N PICK 'EM. WILL SMH MAY JT BE THE BIGGT MALE STAR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, WHEREAS POOR WLEY SNIP IS STRAIGHT-TO-VIO PURGATORY AND FACG SER PRISON TIME FOR TAX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AH WELL, FOR THAT ONE ENLIGHTENED MENT ALONE I'LL ALWAYS BE A SNIP FAN-- NO MATTER HOW MANY BAD MOVI HE MAK OR HOW MUCH HE CHEATS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEY, ON A SI NOTE, DID YOU KNOW YOU N ACTUALLY TURN SOMEONE FOR TAX EVASN AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 15% REWARD? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RMATN -- JT FILG THE FORM ULD TRIGGER AN IRS QUIRY. JT FOR THE HECK OF , I'M TURNG WILL SMH AND DENZEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERR, ONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007/8:51 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007 / 8:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOT AROUND THE ANNALS OF MOVIE AND TELEVISN HISTORY, AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF FAMO ACTORS WHO HAVE GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL THEIR PASTS. BEFORE LEONARDO DICAPR ROMANCED CLAIRE DAN OR KATE WSLET, HE WAS DAVID THEWLIS' LOVER TOTAL ECLIPSE (1995). BEFORE HUGH GRANT BEME THE GO-TO GUY FOR STRAIGHT ROMANTIC EDI, HE PLAYED GAY MRICE (1987) AND THE TV MOVIE OUR SONS (1991). EVEN WILL SMH PLAYED A GAY ROLE THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, THOUGH HE REFED TO KISS A MAN ON MERA. IT JT GO TO SHOW THAT PLAYG GAY IS NOT THE REER-KILLER WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE. HERE ARE 10 OF TODAY'S TV AND FILM STARS WHO PLAYED GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL — MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN NEARLY FOTTEN — EARLIER THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. JACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLEMAN CURRENTLY PLAYS MR. BEN, FATHER OF PERKY BLOND CHEERLEAR CLAIRE, ON THE H NBC SCI-FI DRAMA HERO. BUT NOT ALL VIEWERS OF THE SHOW MAY REMEMBER THAT COLEMAN HAD HIS OWN DAYS OF PERKY BLONDNS. FROM 1982–88, HE STARRED ON DYNASTY AS THE SEND ACTOR TO PLAY STEVEN CARRGTON, GAY SON OF THE SHOW'S MA FAY AND ONE OF THE EARLIT QUEER CHARACTERS ON AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW STGGLED TO KEEP STEVEN'S ORIENTATN STRAIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE TO WOMEN, FATHERG A CHILD WH ONE OF THEM. BUT HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MALE LOVERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS PLAYED BY GRANT GOOVE OF EIGHT IS ENOUGH FAME. RELLG THE CHARACTER OF STEVEN CARRGTON, COLEMAN RECENTLY TOLD TV GUI: "[STEVEN] WAS SO TIMID BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, PECIALLY LOOKG AT WHAT'S ON BLE, WH THE L WORD, QUEER AS FOLK AND SHOWS LIKE THAT. … IT WAS VERY MUCH THE DONNA REED SHOW TERMS OF FOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR, NOBODY ACTUALLY EVER TOUCHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9 AND 8. JAM PUREFOY AND KEV MCKIDD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE RECENTLY-NCLUD HBO HISTORIL DRAMA ROME, JAM PUREFOY PLAYS MARK ANTONY, THE LEGENDARY GENERAL, AND KEV MCKIDD PLAYS LUCI VOREN, A MONER. THOUGH ROME WON EMMY AWARDS FOR VISUAL EFFECTS, HAIRSTYLG, ART DIRECTN AND STUM, THE SHOW HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR MOSTLY STEERG CLEAR OF ANOTHER ASPECT OF ANCIENT ROMAN SOCIETY: MALE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THIS WASN'T THE SE THE LAST TIME MCKIDD AND PUREFOY SHARED A SCREEN. IN 1998, THEY STARRED TOGETHER THE BRISH ROMANTIC EDY BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS. MCKIDD PLAYED LEO, A GAY-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED A WOMAN. PUREFOY PLAYED BRENDAN, A STRAIGHT-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED LEO. IN THE PROCS OF EXPLORG THEIR SEXUAL INTI, THE TWO MEN HAVE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NAVEEN ANDREWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE HE WAS ST AS FORMER IRAQI SOLDIER SAYID JARRAH ABC'S LOST, THIS BRISH ACTOR WAS PROBABLY BT KNOWN TO AMERIN VIEWERS FOR HIS ROLE AS KIP THE 1996 FILM THE ENGLISH PATIENT. BUT BEFORE EHER OF THOSE ROL, ANDREWS CREATED A SPLASH THE U.K. BY STARRG THE 1993 BBC MISERI THE BUDDHA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN BY HANIF KUREISHI (WHO ALSO WROTE THE CLASSIC GAY MOVIE MY BETIFUL LNDRETTE), BUDDHA IS THE STORY OF KARIM AMIR, A YOUNG, BISEXUAL BRISH INDIAN GROWG UP LONDON THE '70S. IMPATIENT WH FIXED TEGORI, WHETHER NATNAL OR SEXUAL, KARIM HAS LOVERS CLUDG ELEANOR (PLAYED BY JEMMA REDGRAVE), A PRIVILEGED YOUNG ACTRS, BUT ALSO CHARLIE KAY (PLAYED BY STEVEN MACKTOSH), A DAVID BOWIE-LIKE FIGURE WHO GO ON TO BEE AN TERNATNAL PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. RSELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2001, ATRALIAN ACTOR-TURNED-HOLLYWOOD STAR CROWE STARRED THE OSR-WNG FILM A BETIFUL MD. A LOOSE BPIC OF AMERIN MATHEMATICIAN JOHN FORB NASH, THE FILM ED A FUROR THE GAY MUNY OVER CLAIMS THAT THE FILMMAKERS HAD WHEWASHED NASH'S ALLEGED BISEXUALY (EVEN THOUGH NASH HIMSELF NI BEG BISEXUAL). CROWE WAS RID FOR HIS FENSE OF THE FILM, SAYG THAT THE FILMMAKERS DIDN'T WANT TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALY WH NASH'S SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS A TY, TWO-SEND SCENE WHICH ULD DITE NASH'S POSSIBLE TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SOME MAY HAVE FOTTEN THE FLYG ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND CENSORSHIP WAS THAT CROWE HAD ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF WILLG TO PLAY A GAY ROLE. IN 1994, HE STARRED THE ATRALIAN FILM THE SUM OF US AS JEFF MCHELL, AN OUT GAY MAN LIVG WH HIS WIDOWER FATHER, HARRY. HAVG A FORTABLE RELATNSHIP, JEFF AND HARRY SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ROMANTIC UPS AND DOWNS, AS HARRY DAT A WOMAN HE MET THROUGH A PUTER DATG SERVICE, AND JEFF EXPLOR A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED GREG (PLAYED BY JOHN POLSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. AL PACO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGUABLY AMERI'S MOST RENOWNED LIVG MOVIE ACTOR, PACO HAS PLAYED QUEER OR QUASI-QUEER NO FEWER THAN THREE TIM. IN 1976, HE RECEIVED AN OSR NOMATN FOR HIS LEAD ROLE AS THE BISEXUAL BANK ROBBER SONNY WORTZIK THE FACT-BASED DRAMA DOG DAY AFTERNOON. MARRIED WH CHILDREN, SONNY ALSO HAS A MALE LOVER, LEON (PLAYED BY CHRIS SARANDON), WHOM HE HAS "MARRIED" A BIGAMO CEREMONY. LEON WANTS A SEX-CHANGE OPERATN, AND SONNY CIS THAT HE WILL HOLD UP A BANK ORR TO PAY FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL SCRIPT REPORTEDLY NTAED A SCENE WHERE SONNY AND LEON KISS EACH OTHER GOODBYE ON THE STREET — A SCENE THAT PACO REFED TO PLAY. BUT THIS RULTED WHAT MANY FEEL IS THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT THE MOVIE: SONNY AND LEON SAY GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TELEPHONE, UNAWARE THAT THE PS ARE LISTENG ON THEIR LL. EVEN IF THE MOVIE SHIRKED SHOWG PHYSIL AFFECTN, DIDN'T DOWNPLAY THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENT BETWEEN THE TWO MEN. WHILE DRAFTG HIS WILL, SONNY REFERENC "MY DARLG WIFE LEON WHOM I LOVE AS NO OTHER MAN HAS LOVED ANOTHER MAN ALL ETERNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1980, PACO SIGNED ON TO PLAY NEW YORK P STEVE BURNS WILLIAM FRIEDK'S THRILLER CISG. HUGELY NTROVERSIAL THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME, THE FILM SHOWS HOW BURNS — AN APPARENT HETEROSEXUAL WH A GIRLIEND — IS SENT UNRVER THE GAY LEATHER SCENE ORR TO TRACK DOWN A SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS BEEN TARGETG GAY MEN. THE ASSIGNMENT LEADS HIM TO QUTN HIS OWN SEXUALY AS HE VISS THE LEATHER BARS AND VELOPS A IENDSHIP WH A GAY MAN, TED (PLAYED BY DON SRDO), WHO IS NOT PART OF THE SCENE. VIEWED BY SOME AS GROUNDBREAKG AND LIBERATELY AMBIGUO, AND BY OTHERS AS AN HERENT AND HOMOPHOBIC MS, THE FILM IS DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALLY, THE EMMY-WNG, STAR-LAN, 2003 HBO TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF TONY KHNER'S PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, PACO PLAYED ROY COHN, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED ON A REAL-LIFE FIGURE OF THE MCCARTHY REGIME, A HOMOPHOBIC, HOMOSEXUAL LAWYER WHO DIED OF AIDS 1986. FOUL-MOUTHED, CHARISMATIC, BLUNTLY ANK ABOUT HIS HOMOSEXUALY TO HIS DOCTOR (PLAYED BY JAM CROMWELL) WHILE NYG TO THE RT OF THE WORLD, PACO'S COHN IS, PERHAPS UNSURPRISGLY, THE MOST MEMORABLE THG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. ROBERT REDFORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY GAY MOVIE VIEWER WORTH HIS SALT WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT REDFORD AND NEWMAN WERE PLAYG GAY (IF VERTLY) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969). AND IF THE BROKEBACK MOUNTA-STYLE VER OF THE FILM'S 2006 DVD RE-RELEASE IS ANYTHG TO GO BY, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE REDFORD AN ACKNOWLEDGED QUEER ROLE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO WH THE FILM INSI DAISY CLOVER (1965). REDFORD PLAYS WA LEWIS, A HANDSOME, YOUNG MOVIE STAR WHOM OUT SCREENWRER GAV LAMBERT IALLY NCEIVED AS A CLOSETED HOMOSEXUAL. REDFORD ASKED THAT THE CHARACTER BE REWRTEN AS BISEXUAL; THE STUD GOT LD FEET OVER THE NTROVERSIAL NTENT; AND BY THE END, LEWIS' SEXUALY WAS BASILLY BOILED DOWN TO A UPLE OF L. (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER TELLS NATALIE WOOD AFTER REDFORD HAS LEFT HER THAT "YOUR HBAND NEVER ULD RIST A CHARMG BOY."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVERTHELS, WA LEWIS WAS NOTABLE BOTH FOR BEG SUCH AN EARLY QUEER CHARACTER, AND FOR THE FACT THAT — UNLIKE QUEER HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CHARACTERS BEFORE AND SCE — HE APPARENTLY GO OFF TO HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. BCE WILLIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1997 SPENSE THRILLER THE JACKAL (A REMAKE OF THE 1973 FILM THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), WILLIS PLAYS WHAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A FAIRLY STANDARD ROLE FOR HIM. HE IS A HARNED, MACHO KILLER, A MAN OF ACTN AND A MASTER OF DISGUISE WHO N ASSUME MULTIPLE INTI. BUT THIS TIME, THIS KILLER'S INTI CLU A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN WASHGTON, D.C., HE GO TO A GAY BAR, PICKS UP A GAY MAN (PLAYED BY OUT ACTOR STEPHEN SPELLA), AND KISS HIM. STRAIGHT MALE WILLIS FANS MIGHT HOWL AT THE IA THAT "THE JACKAL" WAS GENUELY MEANT TO BE QUEER — AND NO DOUBT 'S NOT WHAT THE STUD TEND. BUT ALTHOUGH THE SPELLA CHARACTER DO LATER PROVE OF MOR E TO WILLIS, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REAL REASON WHY HE ULDN'T HAVE ED A WOMAN THE SAME WAY — OR WHY HE HAD TO KISS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THAT SAID, THE MOVIE DIDN'T EXACTLY W ANY PRIZ FOR GAY VISIBILY. AFTER A TT DIENCE RPOND WH APPLSE TO THE SCENE WHERE WILLIS FALLY SHOOTS SPELLA AD, GLAAD PERSUAD THE FILMMAKERS TO RHOOT THE SCENE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT SPELLA IS KILLED BEE HE HAS REALIZED THAT WILLIS IS THE JACKAL, AND NOT BEE HE IS GAY. SO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNTG, THAT'S ONE MORE GAY MOVIE CHARACTER WHO MEETS AN EARLY, VLENT ATH — BUT HEY, AT LEAST 'S NOT BEE OF HOMOPHOBIA, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. MARLON BRANDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1967 FILM REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE, BASED ON A NOVEL BY BISEXUAL WRER CARSON MCCULLERS, BRANDO PLAYS MAJ. WELDON PENRTON, THE REPRSED HOMOSEXUAL HBAND OF LEONORA (PLAYED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR). PENRTON IS OBSSED WH PVT. WILLIAMS (PLAYED BY ROBERT FORSTER), AND OM THERE ON THGS UNFOLD THE TRAGIC, OVERWROUGHT FASHN YOU MIGHT EXPECT OM A GAY-THEMED MOVIE MA THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGTNS THAT BRANDO MAY HAVE BEEN LS UPTIGHT HIS OWN LIFE. IN A WILY QUOTED (THOUGH UNTHENTITED) TERVIEW, HE SUPPOSEDLY TOLD A JOURNALIST THAT "LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN, I TOO HAVE HAD HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENC, AND I AM NOT ASHAMED. … DEEP DOWN, I FEEL AMBIGUO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARIA SCHNEIR, HIS -STAR LAST TANGO PARIS, HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYG THAT SHE AND BRANDO GOT ALONG BEE "WE'RE BOTH BISEXUAL." ASSUMG THE QUOTATNS ARE ACCURATE, 'S A WHOLE OTHER QUTN WHETHER BRANDO HAD GOOD TASTE MEN. IN A 1994 TELEVISN TERVIEW ON LARRY KG LIVE, PROMOTG HIS TOBGRAPHY, BRANDO FAMOLY FISHED BY KISSG KG ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. FORT WHAKER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAKER WAS THIS YEAR'S WNER OF THE AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS IDI AM, THE MAD, BAD, UGANDAN DICTATOR, THE BRISH DRAMA THE LAST KG OF STLAND. BUT HIS BACK TALOGUE CLUS NOT ONE BUT TWO QUEER ROL. IN 1992, HE STARRED AS THE GENTLE, CRICKET-LOVG BRISH SOLDIER JODY NEIL JORDAN'S HIGHLY UNNVENTNAL SLEEPER H THE CRYG GAME. JODY IS LOVE WH THE BETIFUL, EXOTIC, TRANSGENR DIL (PLAYED BY JAYE DAVIDSON), BUT HE ALSO FLIRTS WH IRA FOOT SOLDIER FERG (PLAYED BY STEPHEN REA), TELLG HIM, "YOU'RE THE ONE … WH THE KILLER SE AND THE BABY FACE. … YOU'RE THE HANDSOME ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1994, WHAKER FOLLOWED THIS UP WH AN APPEARANCE AS THE GAY FASHN SIGNER CY BIAN, PARTNERED WH A FLAMBOYANT RICHARD E. GRANT, ROBERT ALTMAN'S FLOP SATIRE OF THE FASHN DTRY, READY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY ROL BY STRAIGHT ACTORS WE COULD'VE LIVED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CLAY CANEMAY 5, 2014/12:02 PMBY CLAY CANEMAY 5, 2014 / 12:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY ROL BY STRAIGHT ACTORS WE COULD'VE LIVED WHOUT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-05-05T16:02:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-05-05T16:02:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CLAY CANE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR A STRAIGHT ACTOR TO SUCCSFULLY PLAY A GAY CHARACTER IS NOT AS EASY AS ONE MIGHT THK. NOT EVERYONE N PULL A HEATH LEDGER BROKEBACK MOUNTA, A RIVER PHOENIX PRIVATE IDAHO, OR EVEN A ROB WILLIAMS THE BIRDGE. WHEN I SEE A MOVIE ABOUT GAYS WH A STRAIGHT LEAD AND DIRECTOR AND FAILS, I OFTEN WONR HOW THE VOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT WH A GAY DIRECTOR OR GAY ACTOR. WOULD CISG BE THE SAME FILM IF THE DIRECTOR WERE GAY? HERE ARE JT A FEW GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY STRAIGHT ACTORS THAT WE ALL ULD’VE LIVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH SIX DEGRE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH WASN'T A TERRIBLE ACTOR THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN; HOWEVER, WAS OBV HE WAS A LTLE GREEN FOR THE ROLE. SMH PLAYED THE ROLE OF PL, BASED ON THE TE LIFE STORY OF DAVID HAMPTON, A N MAN WHO MANAGED TO NVCE MANY PEOPLE HE WAS THE SON OF SIDNEY POIER. THE CHARACTER OF PL WAS OPENLY GAY AND WAS REPRENTED AS SUCH THE 1990 STAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WILL SMH SIGNED ON TO DO THE ROLE, DIRECTOR FRED SCHEPISI BEGGED SMH TO DO A KISSG SCENE WH ANOTHER MAN. SMH ADAMANTLY REFED SAYG A MALE KISS WOULD "GROSS OUT" HIS FANS. OVER TEN YEARS LATER, SIR IAN MCKELLEN, WHO PLAYED THE ROLE OF GEOFEY MILLER THE 1993 FILM, BLASTED SMH, SAYG HIS REMARKS WERE HOMOPHOBIC: "HE THOUGHT HE WAS SAYG SOMETHG VERY DIVIDUAL BUT WHAT HE WAS ACTUALLY NFIRMG WAS THAT HE'S GOT THE DISEASE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE - HOMOPHOBIA." THERE WERE ALSO MORS THAT DENZEL WASHGTON URGED SMH TO NOT DO THE KISSG SCENE. FOR ME, THE REFAL TO KISS ANOTHER MAN PLETELY ED SMH'S ALREADY SHAKEY PERFORMANCE AND 'S FELY A GAY ROLE I ULD'VE DONE WHOUT. WILL SMH LATER SAID HE REGRETTED NOT DOG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAULAY CULK (RIGHT) PARTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2003'S PARTY MONSTER WAS THE STORY OF THE LIFE AND TIM OF LEGENDARY CLUB KID MICHAEL ALIG, WHO WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR MURRG HIS DG ALER. MANY PEOPLE HAD HIGH HOP FOR MAULAY CULK AS ALIG, HOPG THIS WOULD BE HIS BREAK-OUT AND TABLISH HIM AS AN ADULT ACTOR. OF URSE THERE WAS MUCH BUZZ ABOUT THE HOME ALONE BOY PLAYG A GAY ROLE. HOWEVER, PLAYG GAY IS NOT AS EASY AS SEEMS, AND ADDG A SWISH TO YOUR WALK OR A LISP TO YOUR VOICE IS ONLY A RITURE, WHICH IS WHAT CULK SEEMED TO FOC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS NO PTH HIS PORTRAYAL OF ALIG -- HE WAS BASHED BY CRICS AND THE NEW YORK TIM RANTED, "HIS WHISPERY, GIGGLY DICTN IS BOTH OVERLY THEATRIL AND SUFFICIENTLY BOLD." SETH GREEN AS JAM ST. JAM, ALIG'S SIKICK, GAVE A GOOD PERFORMANCE, NSTANTLY OVERSHADOWG CULK. IN ADDN, ALIG MANAGED TO HAVE A HOT BOYIEND THE MOVIE PLAYED BY WILMER VALRRAMA AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHG MORE THAN A HUG! WHAT A DISAPPOTMENT ... CULK WAS NO PARTY PARTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACY MAN (CENTER) THE LONGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAD A LNDRY LIST OF FILMS TO CHOOSE OM THAT HAVE THE FLAMG SISSI LTG FOR ALL OF THE UBER-STRAIGHT, MASCULE MEN. SO, I DID AN EENY-MEENY-MY-MOE AND I LAND ON TRACY MAN THE LONGT YARD. 2005’S THE LONGT YARD WAS A REMAKE OF THE 1974 CLASSIC, WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF PRISON MAT WHO FORM A FOOTBALL TO CHALLENGE THE PRISON GUARDS. THE FILM CLUS CHRIS ROCK, ADAM SANDLER AND OLD SCHOOL SEX SYMBOL BURT REYNOLDS … AND THEN WE HAVE TRACY MAN AS MS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MS. TUCKER IS A TRE AND STEREOTYPIL “SISSY” WHO SALIVAT FOR ANY MAN THE PRISON. IT’S ASE, OVERTLY HOMOPHOBIC, BUT SO STUPID THAT NO PROTTS ARE NEED. SAYS, “NO ATTEMPT IS MA TO TREAT HIM AS ANYTHG OTHER THAN A EAK MEANT TO BE RIDICULED. GAY JOK N BE FUNNY — ANYTHG N BE FUNNY THE RIGHT NTEXT — BUT THERE IS A NASTY UNRCURRENT TO THE ON HERE THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY DISGTG, PECIALLY WHEN NSIRED THAT THEY ARE SHOWG UP THE SEMI-PROGRSIVE DAY AND AGE OF 2005.” TRACEY MAN AS MS. TUCKER IS A ROLE WE HAVE SEEN A THOAND TIM AND ULD DO WHOUT FOR THE RT OF CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AL PACO (LEFT) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AL PACO IS A FLAWLS ACTOR AND NE TIM OUT OF TEN WOWS HIS DIENCE. HE WAS CREDIBLE DOG DAY AFTERNOON AS THE BISEXUAL SONNY WH A TRANSGENR GIRLIEND AND OF URSE ANGELS AMERI — BUT EVERY GREAT ACTOR MAK A MISTAKE OR TWO. AND PACO'S PROTRAYAL OF OFFICER STEVE BURNS THE HOMO-HORROR FLICK CISG IS A ROLE WE ALL ULD'VE DONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OFFICER BURNS GO UNRVER AS A P LOOKG FOR A GAY SERIAL KILLER, BUT MANAG TO FALL TO HIS OWN HOMOSEXUAL URG. THE FILM WAS WILDLY PROTTED BY GAY ACTIVISTS AND CREDED AS A REASON FOR A RISE HATE CRIM. IN THE CELLULOID CLOSET, THOR VO RSO STATED, "GAYS WHO PROTTED THE MAKG OF THE FILM MATAED THAT (THE FILM) WOULD SHOW THAT WHEN PACO REGNIZED HIS ATTRACTN TO THE HOMOSEXUAL WORLD, HE WOULD BEE PSYCHOTIC AND BEG TO KILL." THE FILM WAS NSIR A NEW LOW GAY HOLLYWOOD — AND LUCKY FOR , THE FILM WILL BE RELEASED ON DVD LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N ALSO REVIS 'S LIST OF CEMA'S WORST SISSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*NOTE: AN EARLIER VERSN OF THIS FEATURE RAN MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 10 STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO REFE TO PLAY GAY ROL (AND 10 WHO DON'T MD)
• WILL SMH GAY RUMORS: PHOTOGRAPHED HALF-NAKED IN HOTEL ROOM WH A MAN [PHOTOS]
• 12 ACTORS WHO HAVE A TOUGH TIME PLAYG GAY ROL (AND 3 OKAY WH IT)
• 23 CELEBS WHO WEREN'T AAID TO PLAY LGBT {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BT QUEER CHARACTERS ON FILM AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:800PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}AND SCENE - ONCE UPON A TIME, PLAYG AN LGBT CHARACTER ON SCREEN WAS REER SUICI. TODAY, PORTRAYG AN LGBT CHARACTER N LEAD TO AN OSR W. FEATURG A-LISTERS LIKE QUEEN LATIFAH, WILL SMH AND TAYE DIGGS, HERE IS A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE MOST FAMO LGBT ROL ON THE BIG AND SMALL SCREEN.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG, PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC, TONY BARSON/FILMMAGIC) {LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}PHOTO BY {LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}{LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}PHOTO BY FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY {WIDTH:4216PX;HEIGHT:2873PX;}2 / 24WILL SMH - IN 1993, WILL SMH PLAYED THE ROLE OF PL SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, BASED ON THE TE-LIFE STORY OF DAVID HAMPTON, AN OPENLY GAY N MAN WHO MANAGED TO NVCE MANY PEOPLE HE WAS THE SON OF SIDNEY POIER.(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:2581PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}3 / 24FORT WHAKER - AMY AWARD-WNER FORT WHAKER, ALWAYS A WILLG PARTICIPANT TO PH THE ENVELOPE, PLAYED A FLAMBOYANT GAY FASHN SIGNER ROBERT ALTMAN'S PRêT-à-PORTER (1994). HE ALSO PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER THE CRYG GAME (1993).(PHOTO: JEFEY UFBERG/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}4 / 24WLEY SNIP - WLEY SNIP LAMPOONED HIS MACHO IMAGE TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHG! JULIE NEWMAR (1995), WHICH HE, ALONG WH PATRICK SWAYZE AND JOHN LEGUIZAMO, PLAYED A DRAG QUEEN. SNIP'S NOXEEMA JACKSON PLETE WH A BLOND WIG AND RED HIGH-HEELED SHO. NOXEEMA IS THE -WNER OF A DRAG QUEEN BETY PAGEANT AND IS NOT AAID OF WIGGLG HER HIPS.(PHOTO: JIM SPELLMAN/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2149PX;HEIGHT:3235PX;}5 / 24QUEEN LATIFAH - QUEEN LATIFAH WAS UNFETTABLE HER ROLE AS CLEO SIMS, A TOUGH, LBIAN BANK ROBBER THE 1996 BOX-OFFICE H SET IT OFF. THE CHARACTER EARNED HER AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMATN.(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2063PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}6 / 24ISAIAH WASHGTON - IN 1996, FORMER GREY'S ANATOMY STAR ISAIAH WASHGTON PLAYED HALF OF A GAY UPLE ON THEIR WAY TO THE 1995 MILLN MAN MARCH WASHGTON, D.C., SPIKE LEE'S GET ON THE B. PLAYED BY HARRY LENNIX AND WASHGTON, THE GAY LOVERS ARE ON THE VERGE OF SEPARATN.(PHOTO: MATHEW IMAGG/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2456PX;HEIGHT:3500PX;}7 / 24GIANRLO ESPOSO - GIANRLO ESPOSO PLAYED JOSEPH, GLORIA MATTHEW'S (LORETTA DEVE) EX-HBAND AND FATHER OF HER CHILD (DONALD FAISON) WAG TO EXHALE. HE DROPS A BOMB ON GLORIA THE FILM WHEN HE OUT OF THE CLOSET AS A GAY MAN.(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:2167PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}8 / 24ROCKMOND DUNBAR - ROCKMOND DUNBAR, BT KNOWN FOR HIS LEADG ROLE AS KENNY CHADWAY ON THE CRILLY-ACCLAIMED TELEVISN SERI SOUL FOOD, PLAYED A GAY MAN PUNKS (2000) AND DIRTY LNDRY (2006), WHICH HIS CHARACTER WAS A MAGAZE EDOR.(PHOTOS: MRY PHILLIPS/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2001PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}9 / 24VG RHAM - VG RHAM PORTRAYED A DRAG QUEEN THE TELEVISN MOVIE HOLIDAY HEART (2000) AND A GAY MAN I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY (2007).(PHOTO: LEE CELANO/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2500PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}10 / 24ANTHONY MACKIE - IN 2004, ANTHONY MACKIE WAS AN UP-AND-G ACTOR AND ALREADY EXPERIENCED BIG SUCCS FOR PLAYG EMEM'S BFF 8 MILE. HOWEVER, HE SHOWED OFF HIS JULLIARD-TRAED ACTG CHOPS AS THE LEAD RODNEY EVANS'S BROTHER TO BROTHER. MACKIE TACKLED THE ROLE OF PERRY — AN ART STUNT WHO WAS ON THE SEARCH FOR LOVE WHILE SIMULTANEOLY LEARNG THE ROOTS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE VIA AN OLR GAY MAN — WH GRACE. THE RISK PAID OFF, EARNG MACKIE AN INPENNT SPIR AWARD FOR BT DEBUT PERFORMANCE.(PHOTO: LARS NIKI/GETTY IMAG FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOE NEW YORK){WIDTH:2150PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}11 / 24TAYE DIGGS - IN EARLY 2006, TAYE DIGGS GUT-STARRED FOR SEVERAL EPISOS AS WILL TMAN'S LOVE TERT, JAM, ON THE FAL SEASON OF WILL & GRACE.(PHOTO: MICHAEL ZORN/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2382PX;HEIGHT:3177PX;}12 / 24GABRIELLE UNN - GABRIELLE UNN ADD PLAYG A LBIAN TO HER FILMOGRAPHY 2006 WH A STANDOUT ROLE AS ANTE BENNG’S LOVER THE FILM ADAPTATN OF AUGTEN BURROUGH'S BT-SELLG MEMOIR RUNNG WH SCISSORS.(PHOTO: JON KOPALOFF/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2921PX;HEIGHT:4389PX;}13 / 24TARAJI P. HENSON - IN 2006'S SMOK' AC, TARAJI P. HENSON WAS SHARICE WATERS, A HARD-RE LBIAN ASSASS WHO HAD A CSH ON HER PARTER--CRIME GEIA SYK (ALICIA KEYS).(PHOTO: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:2103PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}14 / 24JADA PKETT-SMH - IN 2008, JADA PKETT SMH PLAYED A LBIAN THE WOMEN, WHICH ALSO STARRED ANTE BENNG AND EVA MENS. SMH SAID ABOUT THE ROLE, "I ENJOYED PLAYG A LBIAN AND I WISH I ULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A LBIAN THE MOVIE, BUT I WASN'T ALLOWED TO DO THAT."(PHOTO: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:3194PX;HEIGHT:4200PX;}15 / 24KERRY WASHGTON - IN 2009, KERRY WASHGTON WOWED DIENC PLAYG A TRANSGENR WOMAN LIFE IS HOT CRACKTOWN.  SHE TOLD ABOUT THE ROLE, "ONE OF THE THGS I REALIZED APPROACHG THIS ROLE WAS THAT I ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT EARLY ON THAT I WAS GOG TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT BEG A WOMAN — PERD. BEE, REALLY, WHAT A TRANS WOMAN IS, IS SOMEBODY WHO IS A WOMAN BUT WHOSE BLOGY HAS BETRAYED THEM SOMEWAY."(PHOTO: AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2152PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}16 / 24GUN HILL ROAD AND PARIAH - THE TWO DIE FILMS DIDN'T HAVE MAJOR STAR POWER, BUT WERE CRIL DARLGS 2011. RASHAAD ERNTO GREEN'S GUN HILL ROAD STARRED HARMONY SANTANA AS A TRANSGENR TEEN LIVG THE BRONX. DEE RE'S PARIAH FEATURED APERO ODUYE AS A LBIAN TEENAGER OM BROOKLYN STGGLG WH INTY AND FAY. BOTH FILMS WERE HONORED WH VAR DIE AWARDS AND PROVED THAT LGBT STORI ARE NECCSARY.  (PHOTO: JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2000PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}17 / 24LENNY KRAVZ - THE WORLD-FAMO ROCKER LOOKED FOR A PROVOTIVE CHARACTER TO PLAY FOR HIS RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN AND HE FOUND HUNGER GAM' CNA, WHO IS BISEXUAL. TO PORTRAY THE FLAMBOYANT STYLIST, KRAVZ SAYS HE CHANNELED "A IEND WHO IS A DANCER WHO IS BISEXUAL, AND HE WAS A LOT OF SPIRATN FOR MY SPEECH PATTERN AND MY RHYTHM, AND KD OF THE WAY I SNTERED AND OUT A LTLE B." (PHOTO: CHELSEA LREN/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1300PX;HEIGHT:900PX;}18 / 24JEFEY WRIGHT - WRIGHT WAS NOMATED FOR A GOLN GLOBE AND WON AN EMMY FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF A DRAG QUEEN MIKE NICHOLS'S TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHOSE RELATNSHIPS AND LIV ARE AFFECTED BY AIDS. THE SERI WENT ON TO BREAK THE RERD PREVLY HELD BY ROOTS FOR WNG THE MOST EMMYS.(PHOTOS: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAG)19 / 24MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS - AS GUN-TOTG STICK-UP MAN OMAR LTLE ON THE WIRE, WILLIAMS GAVE ONE OF THE MOST SUBTLE, HONT AND SURPRISG PORTRAYALS OF A GAY MAN ON TELEVISN. THE CHARACTER'S PERSONAL LIFE, AND THE NER LIFE WILLIAMS BROUGHT TO , WAS SO NUANCED AND UNIQUE THAT PRINT OBAMA LLED HIM HIS FAVORE CHARACTER ON TELEVISN.(PHOTOS: JOHN RIRD/BET)20 / 24DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON - JOHNSON PLAYED A GAY BODYGUARD WH DREAMS OF STARDOM THIS SEQUEL TO THE H HEIST EDY GET SHORTY. THOUGH THIS CHARACTER'S JOB WAS NOT A STRETCH FOR THE ROCK, HIS PERSONAL LIFE CERTALY WAS.  (PHOTOS: ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAG)ADVERTISEMENT21 / 24TONY BRAVADO - ON LET'S STAY TOGETHER, BRAVADO PLAYED DARKANIAN LE'JOHNSON, A CLOSETED PROFSNAL FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO OVERPENSAT FOR HIS SECRET RELATNSHIP WH A MAN BY LAYG ON THICK WH THE LADI.(PHOTOS: PERVIS PR){WIDTH:2274PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}22 / 24GAV HOTON - THIS ACTOR'S ACTG REER STARTED 1992 AN EPISO OF THE COSBY SHOW, BUT HIS BIG BREAK ME 2013 WHEN HE STARRED AS JEFEY HARRGTON, THE CLOSETED GAY SON OF A POLICIAN, TYLER PERRY'S THE HAV AND THE HAVE NOTS.(PHOTO: CHRIS MCKAY/WIREIMAGE)
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WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007/2:05 PMBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 1, 2007 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL SMH PLAYS GAY -- BUT NOT WELL WH OTHERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-01T19:05:05.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NEWNOWNEXT STAFF","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH AND DONALD SUTHERLAND SIX DEGRE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MIGHT RELL WILL SMH'S BIG SCREEN BUT 1993'S SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN. IN HE PLAYS A GAY N ARTIST WHO SUCKERS RICH NEW YORKERS BY PRETENDG TO BE PRIVILEGED, PRIVATE-SCHOOLED, AND SIDNEY POIER'S SON. THE FILM WAS TO HAVE CLUD A GAY LOVE SCENE, BUT AFTER HE LAND THE PART (AND FILMG WAS HALFWAY NCLUD) WILL SMH APPARENTLY BALKED AT ACTUALLY KISSG ANOTHER ACTOR ONSCREEN. THEY HAD TO E MIRRORS AND TRICK MERA ANGL TO MAKE APPEAR AS IF SMH'S CHARACTER LOCKS LIPS WH ANOTHER MAN. RIDICULO, RIGHT? IMAGE IF HEATH LEDGER AND JAKE GYLLENHALL HAD FILMED HALF OF BROKEBACK MOUNTA AND THEN TOLD ANG LEE THEY WEREN'T GOG TO DO THE TENT SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER TERVIEWS WH WILL SMH EXPLAG HIS BEHAVR. HE SAID HE'D BEEN ADVISED AGAST TARNISHG HIS HETERO IMAGE BY NONE OTHER THAN DENZEL WASHGTON. ARRGH! I PRETTY MUCH WROTE THE TWO OF THEM OFF AT THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AROUND THE SAME TIME ANOTHER BLACK ACTOR, WLEY SNIP, WAS ASKED FOR A MENT: WHAT DID HE THK OF WILL SMH'S REFAL AND WOULD HE KISS ANOTHER MAN ONSCREEN. SNIP SAID SOMETHG ALONG THE L OF "IT'S LLED ACTG, STUPID! GET OVER ." (I WISH I ULD PROVI A LK FOR YOU AND THE EXACT EARLY 1990'S QUOTE, BUT I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE AND DON'T SEEM TO BE ONLE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT SHOWS, I SURE N PICK 'EM. WILL SMH MAY JT BE THE BIGGT MALE STAR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, WHEREAS POOR WLEY SNIP IS STRAIGHT-TO-VIO PURGATORY AND FACG SER PRISON TIME FOR TAX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AH WELL, FOR THAT ONE ENLIGHTENED MENT ALONE I'LL ALWAYS BE A SNIP FAN-- NO MATTER HOW MANY BAD MOVI HE MAK OR HOW MUCH HE CHEATS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEY, ON A SI NOTE, DID YOU KNOW YOU N ACTUALLY TURN SOMEONE FOR TAX EVASN AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 15% REWARD? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RMATN -- JT FILG THE FORM ULD TRIGGER AN IRS QUIRY. JT FOR THE HECK OF , I'M TURNG WILL SMH AND DENZEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ERR, ONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In he plays a gay n artist who suckers rich New Yorkers by pretendg to be privileged, private-schooled, and Sidney Poier's son.

TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007/8:51 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 16, 2007 / 8:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TEN ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-17T00:51:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOT AROUND THE ANNALS OF MOVIE AND TELEVISN HISTORY, AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF FAMO ACTORS WHO HAVE GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL THEIR PASTS. BEFORE LEONARDO DICAPR ROMANCED CLAIRE DAN OR KATE WSLET, HE WAS DAVID THEWLIS' LOVER TOTAL ECLIPSE (1995). BEFORE HUGH GRANT BEME THE GO-TO GUY FOR STRAIGHT ROMANTIC EDI, HE PLAYED GAY MRICE (1987) AND THE TV MOVIE OUR SONS (1991). EVEN WILL SMH PLAYED A GAY ROLE THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, THOUGH HE REFED TO KISS A MAN ON MERA. IT JT GO TO SHOW THAT PLAYG GAY IS NOT THE REER-KILLER WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE. HERE ARE 10 OF TODAY'S TV AND FILM STARS WHO PLAYED GAY OR BISEXUAL ROL — MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN NEARLY FOTTEN — EARLIER THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}10. JACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLEMAN CURRENTLY PLAYS MR. BEN, FATHER OF PERKY BLOND CHEERLEAR CLAIRE, ON THE H NBC SCI-FI DRAMA HERO. BUT NOT ALL VIEWERS OF THE SHOW MAY REMEMBER THAT COLEMAN HAD HIS OWN DAYS OF PERKY BLONDNS. FROM 1982–88, HE STARRED ON DYNASTY AS THE SEND ACTOR TO PLAY STEVEN CARRGTON, GAY SON OF THE SHOW'S MA FAY AND ONE OF THE EARLIT QUEER CHARACTERS ON AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW STGGLED TO KEEP STEVEN'S ORIENTATN STRAIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE TO WOMEN, FATHERG A CHILD WH ONE OF THEM. BUT HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MALE LOVERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS PLAYED BY GRANT GOOVE OF EIGHT IS ENOUGH FAME. RELLG THE CHARACTER OF STEVEN CARRGTON, COLEMAN RECENTLY TOLD TV GUI: "[STEVEN] WAS SO TIMID BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, PECIALLY LOOKG AT WHAT'S ON BLE, WH THE L WORD, QUEER AS FOLK AND SHOWS LIKE THAT. … IT WAS VERY MUCH THE DONNA REED SHOW TERMS OF FOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR, NOBODY ACTUALLY EVER TOUCHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}9 AND 8. JAM PUREFOY AND KEV MCKIDD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE RECENTLY-NCLUD HBO HISTORIL DRAMA ROME, JAM PUREFOY PLAYS MARK ANTONY, THE LEGENDARY GENERAL, AND KEV MCKIDD PLAYS LUCI VOREN, A MONER. THOUGH ROME WON EMMY AWARDS FOR VISUAL EFFECTS, HAIRSTYLG, ART DIRECTN AND STUM, THE SHOW HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR MOSTLY STEERG CLEAR OF ANOTHER ASPECT OF ANCIENT ROMAN SOCIETY: MALE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THIS WASN'T THE SE THE LAST TIME MCKIDD AND PUREFOY SHARED A SCREEN. IN 1998, THEY STARRED TOGETHER THE BRISH ROMANTIC EDY BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS. MCKIDD PLAYED LEO, A GAY-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED A WOMAN. PUREFOY PLAYED BRENDAN, A STRAIGHT-INTIFIED MAN STARTG TO BE TERTED LEO. IN THE PROCS OF EXPLORG THEIR SEXUAL INTI, THE TWO MEN HAVE AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. NAVEEN ANDREWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE HE WAS ST AS FORMER IRAQI SOLDIER SAYID JARRAH ABC'S LOST, THIS BRISH ACTOR WAS PROBABLY BT KNOWN TO AMERIN VIEWERS FOR HIS ROLE AS KIP THE 1996 FILM THE ENGLISH PATIENT. BUT BEFORE EHER OF THOSE ROL, ANDREWS CREATED A SPLASH THE U.K. BY STARRG THE 1993 BBC MISERI THE BUDDHA OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN BY HANIF KUREISHI (WHO ALSO WROTE THE CLASSIC GAY MOVIE MY BETIFUL LNDRETTE), BUDDHA IS THE STORY OF KARIM AMIR, A YOUNG, BISEXUAL BRISH INDIAN GROWG UP LONDON THE '70S. IMPATIENT WH FIXED TEGORI, WHETHER NATNAL OR SEXUAL, KARIM HAS LOVERS CLUDG ELEANOR (PLAYED BY JEMMA REDGRAVE), A PRIVILEGED YOUNG ACTRS, BUT ALSO CHARLIE KAY (PLAYED BY STEVEN MACKTOSH), A DAVID BOWIE-LIKE FIGURE WHO GO ON TO BEE AN TERNATNAL PUNK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. RSELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2001, ATRALIAN ACTOR-TURNED-HOLLYWOOD STAR CROWE STARRED THE OSR-WNG FILM A BETIFUL MD. A LOOSE BPIC OF AMERIN MATHEMATICIAN JOHN FORB NASH, THE FILM ED A FUROR THE GAY MUNY OVER CLAIMS THAT THE FILMMAKERS HAD WHEWASHED NASH'S ALLEGED BISEXUALY (EVEN THOUGH NASH HIMSELF NI BEG BISEXUAL). CROWE WAS RID FOR HIS FENSE OF THE FILM, SAYG THAT THE FILMMAKERS DIDN'T WANT TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALY WH NASH'S SCHIZOPHRENIA, AND ALSO THAT THERE WAS A TY, TWO-SEND SCENE WHICH ULD DITE NASH'S POSSIBLE TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SOME MAY HAVE FOTTEN THE FLYG ACCATNS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND CENSORSHIP WAS THAT CROWE HAD ALREADY PROVEN HIMSELF WILLG TO PLAY A GAY ROLE. IN 1994, HE STARRED THE ATRALIAN FILM THE SUM OF US AS JEFF MCHELL, AN OUT GAY MAN LIVG WH HIS WIDOWER FATHER, HARRY. HAVG A FORTABLE RELATNSHIP, JEFF AND HARRY SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ROMANTIC UPS AND DOWNS, AS HARRY DAT A WOMAN HE MET THROUGH A PUTER DATG SERVICE, AND JEFF EXPLOR A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NAMED GREG (PLAYED BY JOHN POLSON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. AL PACO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGUABLY AMERI'S MOST RENOWNED LIVG MOVIE ACTOR, PACO HAS PLAYED QUEER OR QUASI-QUEER NO FEWER THAN THREE TIM. IN 1976, HE RECEIVED AN OSR NOMATN FOR HIS LEAD ROLE AS THE BISEXUAL BANK ROBBER SONNY WORTZIK THE FACT-BASED DRAMA DOG DAY AFTERNOON. MARRIED WH CHILDREN, SONNY ALSO HAS A MALE LOVER, LEON (PLAYED BY CHRIS SARANDON), WHOM HE HAS "MARRIED" A BIGAMO CEREMONY. LEON WANTS A SEX-CHANGE OPERATN, AND SONNY CIS THAT HE WILL HOLD UP A BANK ORR TO PAY FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL SCRIPT REPORTEDLY NTAED A SCENE WHERE SONNY AND LEON KISS EACH OTHER GOODBYE ON THE STREET — A SCENE THAT PACO REFED TO PLAY. BUT THIS RULTED WHAT MANY FEEL IS THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT THE MOVIE: SONNY AND LEON SAY GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER OVER THE TELEPHONE, UNAWARE THAT THE PS ARE LISTENG ON THEIR LL. EVEN IF THE MOVIE SHIRKED SHOWG PHYSIL AFFECTN, DIDN'T DOWNPLAY THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENT BETWEEN THE TWO MEN. WHILE DRAFTG HIS WILL, SONNY REFERENC "MY DARLG WIFE LEON WHOM I LOVE AS NO OTHER MAN HAS LOVED ANOTHER MAN ALL ETERNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1980, PACO SIGNED ON TO PLAY NEW YORK P STEVE BURNS WILLIAM FRIEDK'S THRILLER CISG. HUGELY NTROVERSIAL THE GAY MUNY AT THE TIME, THE FILM SHOWS HOW BURNS — AN APPARENT HETEROSEXUAL WH A GIRLIEND — IS SENT UNRVER THE GAY LEATHER SCENE ORR TO TRACK DOWN A SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS BEEN TARGETG GAY MEN. THE ASSIGNMENT LEADS HIM TO QUTN HIS OWN SEXUALY AS HE VISS THE LEATHER BARS AND VELOPS A IENDSHIP WH A GAY MAN, TED (PLAYED BY DON SRDO), WHO IS NOT PART OF THE SCENE. VIEWED BY SOME AS GROUNDBREAKG AND LIBERATELY AMBIGUO, AND BY OTHERS AS AN HERENT AND HOMOPHOBIC MS, THE FILM IS DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALLY, THE EMMY-WNG, STAR-LAN, 2003 HBO TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF TONY KHNER'S PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, PACO PLAYED ROY COHN, A FICTNAL CHARACTER BASED ON A REAL-LIFE FIGURE OF THE MCCARTHY REGIME, A HOMOPHOBIC, HOMOSEXUAL LAWYER WHO DIED OF AIDS 1986. FOUL-MOUTHED, CHARISMATIC, BLUNTLY ANK ABOUT HIS HOMOSEXUALY TO HIS DOCTOR (PLAYED BY JAM CROMWELL) WHILE NYG TO THE RT OF THE WORLD, PACO'S COHN IS, PERHAPS UNSURPRISGLY, THE MOST MEMORABLE THG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. ROBERT REDFORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY GAY MOVIE VIEWER WORTH HIS SALT WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT REDFORD AND NEWMAN WERE PLAYG GAY (IF VERTLY) BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969). AND IF THE BROKEBACK MOUNTA-STYLE VER OF THE FILM'S 2006 DVD RE-RELEASE IS ANYTHG TO GO BY, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE SAME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE REDFORD AN ACKNOWLEDGED QUEER ROLE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO WH THE FILM INSI DAISY CLOVER (1965). REDFORD PLAYS WA LEWIS, A HANDSOME, YOUNG MOVIE STAR WHOM OUT SCREENWRER GAV LAMBERT IALLY NCEIVED AS A CLOSETED HOMOSEXUAL. REDFORD ASKED THAT THE CHARACTER BE REWRTEN AS BISEXUAL; THE STUD GOT LD FEET OVER THE NTROVERSIAL NTENT; AND BY THE END, LEWIS' SEXUALY WAS BASILLY BOILED DOWN TO A UPLE OF L. (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER TELLS NATALIE WOOD AFTER REDFORD HAS LEFT HER THAT "YOUR HBAND NEVER ULD RIST A CHARMG BOY."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVERTHELS, WA LEWIS WAS NOTABLE BOTH FOR BEG SUCH AN EARLY QUEER CHARACTER, AND FOR THE FACT THAT — UNLIKE QUEER HOLLYWOOD MOVIE CHARACTERS BEFORE AND SCE — HE APPARENTLY GO OFF TO HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. BCE WILLIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1997 SPENSE THRILLER THE JACKAL (A REMAKE OF THE 1973 FILM THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), WILLIS PLAYS WHAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A FAIRLY STANDARD ROLE FOR HIM. HE IS A HARNED, MACHO KILLER, A MAN OF ACTN AND A MASTER OF DISGUISE WHO N ASSUME MULTIPLE INTI. BUT THIS TIME, THIS KILLER'S INTI CLU A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN WASHGTON, D.C., HE GO TO A GAY BAR, PICKS UP A GAY MAN (PLAYED BY OUT ACTOR STEPHEN SPELLA), AND KISS HIM. STRAIGHT MALE WILLIS FANS MIGHT HOWL AT THE IA THAT "THE JACKAL" WAS GENUELY MEANT TO BE QUEER — AND NO DOUBT 'S NOT WHAT THE STUD TEND. BUT ALTHOUGH THE SPELLA CHARACTER DO LATER PROVE OF MOR E TO WILLIS, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REAL REASON WHY HE ULDN'T HAVE ED A WOMAN THE SAME WAY — OR WHY HE HAD TO KISS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THAT SAID, THE MOVIE DIDN'T EXACTLY W ANY PRIZ FOR GAY VISIBILY. AFTER A TT DIENCE RPOND WH APPLSE TO THE SCENE WHERE WILLIS FALLY SHOOTS SPELLA AD, GLAAD PERSUAD THE FILMMAKERS TO RHOOT THE SCENE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT SPELLA IS KILLED BEE HE HAS REALIZED THAT WILLIS IS THE JACKAL, AND NOT BEE HE IS GAY. SO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNTG, THAT'S ONE MORE GAY MOVIE CHARACTER WHO MEETS AN EARLY, VLENT ATH — BUT HEY, AT LEAST 'S NOT BEE OF HOMOPHOBIA, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. MARLON BRANDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1967 FILM REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE, BASED ON A NOVEL BY BISEXUAL WRER CARSON MCCULLERS, BRANDO PLAYS MAJ. WELDON PENRTON, THE REPRSED HOMOSEXUAL HBAND OF LEONORA (PLAYED BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR). PENRTON IS OBSSED WH PVT. WILLIAMS (PLAYED BY ROBERT FORSTER), AND OM THERE ON THGS UNFOLD THE TRAGIC, OVERWROUGHT FASHN YOU MIGHT EXPECT OM A GAY-THEMED MOVIE MA THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGTNS THAT BRANDO MAY HAVE BEEN LS UPTIGHT HIS OWN LIFE. IN A WILY QUOTED (THOUGH UNTHENTITED) TERVIEW, HE SUPPOSEDLY TOLD A JOURNALIST THAT "LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN, I TOO HAVE HAD HOMOSEXUAL EXPERIENC, AND I AM NOT ASHAMED. … DEEP DOWN, I FEEL AMBIGUO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARIA SCHNEIR, HIS -STAR LAST TANGO PARIS, HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYG THAT SHE AND BRANDO GOT ALONG BEE "WE'RE BOTH BISEXUAL." ASSUMG THE QUOTATNS ARE ACCURATE, 'S A WHOLE OTHER QUTN WHETHER BRANDO HAD GOOD TASTE MEN. IN A 1994 TELEVISN TERVIEW ON LARRY KG LIVE, PROMOTG HIS TOBGRAPHY, BRANDO FAMOLY FISHED BY KISSG KG ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. FORT WHAKER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAKER WAS THIS YEAR'S WNER OF THE AMY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS IDI AM, THE MAD, BAD, UGANDAN DICTATOR, THE BRISH DRAMA THE LAST KG OF STLAND. BUT HIS BACK TALOGUE CLUS NOT ONE BUT TWO QUEER ROL. IN 1992, HE STARRED AS THE GENTLE, CRICKET-LOVG BRISH SOLDIER JODY NEIL JORDAN'S HIGHLY UNNVENTNAL SLEEPER H THE CRYG GAME. JODY IS LOVE WH THE BETIFUL, EXOTIC, TRANSGENR DIL (PLAYED BY JAYE DAVIDSON), BUT HE ALSO FLIRTS WH IRA FOOT SOLDIER FERG (PLAYED BY STEPHEN REA), TELLG HIM, "YOU'RE THE ONE … WH THE KILLER SE AND THE BABY FACE. … YOU'RE THE HANDSOME ONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1994, WHAKER FOLLOWED THIS UP WH AN APPEARANCE AS THE GAY FASHN SIGNER CY BIAN, PARTNERED WH A FLAMBOYANT RICHARD E. GRANT, ROBERT ALTMAN'S FLOP SATIRE OF THE FASHN DTRY, READY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The film was to have clud a gay love scene, but after he land the part (and filmg was halfway nclud) Will Smh apparently balked at actually kissg another actor onscreen. Root around the annals of movie and televisn history, and you may be surprised at the number of famo actors who have gay or bisexual rol their pasts. Before Hugh Grant beme the go-to guy for straight romantic edi, he played gay Mrice (1987) and the TV movie Our Sons (1991).

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GAY ROL BY STRAIGHT ACTORS WE COULD'VE LIVED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CLAY CANEMAY 5, 2014/12:02 PMBY CLAY CANEMAY 5, 2014 / 12:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY ROL BY STRAIGHT ACTORS WE COULD'VE LIVED WHOUT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-05-05T16:02:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-05-05T16:02:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CLAY CANE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR A STRAIGHT ACTOR TO SUCCSFULLY PLAY A GAY CHARACTER IS NOT AS EASY AS ONE MIGHT THK. NOT EVERYONE N PULL A HEATH LEDGER BROKEBACK MOUNTA, A RIVER PHOENIX PRIVATE IDAHO, OR EVEN A ROB WILLIAMS THE BIRDGE. WHEN I SEE A MOVIE ABOUT GAYS WH A STRAIGHT LEAD AND DIRECTOR AND FAILS, I OFTEN WONR HOW THE VOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT WH A GAY DIRECTOR OR GAY ACTOR. WOULD CISG BE THE SAME FILM IF THE DIRECTOR WERE GAY? HERE ARE JT A FEW GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY STRAIGHT ACTORS THAT WE ALL ULD’VE LIVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH SIX DEGRE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL SMH WASN'T A TERRIBLE ACTOR THE 1993 FILM SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN; HOWEVER, WAS OBV HE WAS A LTLE GREEN FOR THE ROLE. SMH PLAYED THE ROLE OF PL, BASED ON THE TE LIFE STORY OF DAVID HAMPTON, A N MAN WHO MANAGED TO NVCE MANY PEOPLE HE WAS THE SON OF SIDNEY POIER. THE CHARACTER OF PL WAS OPENLY GAY AND WAS REPRENTED AS SUCH THE 1990 STAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WILL SMH SIGNED ON TO DO THE ROLE, DIRECTOR FRED SCHEPISI BEGGED SMH TO DO A KISSG SCENE WH ANOTHER MAN. SMH ADAMANTLY REFED SAYG A MALE KISS WOULD "GROSS OUT" HIS FANS. OVER TEN YEARS LATER, SIR IAN MCKELLEN, WHO PLAYED THE ROLE OF GEOFEY MILLER THE 1993 FILM, BLASTED SMH, SAYG HIS REMARKS WERE HOMOPHOBIC: "HE THOUGHT HE WAS SAYG SOMETHG VERY DIVIDUAL BUT WHAT HE WAS ACTUALLY NFIRMG WAS THAT HE'S GOT THE DISEASE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE - HOMOPHOBIA." THERE WERE ALSO MORS THAT DENZEL WASHGTON URGED SMH TO NOT DO THE KISSG SCENE. FOR ME, THE REFAL TO KISS ANOTHER MAN PLETELY ED SMH'S ALREADY SHAKEY PERFORMANCE AND 'S FELY A GAY ROLE I ULD'VE DONE WHOUT. WILL SMH LATER SAID HE REGRETTED NOT DOG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAULAY CULK (RIGHT) PARTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2003'S PARTY MONSTER WAS THE STORY OF THE LIFE AND TIM OF LEGENDARY CLUB KID MICHAEL ALIG, WHO WAS SENT TO PRISON FOR MURRG HIS DG ALER. MANY PEOPLE HAD HIGH HOP FOR MAULAY CULK AS ALIG, HOPG THIS WOULD BE HIS BREAK-OUT AND TABLISH HIM AS AN ADULT ACTOR. OF URSE THERE WAS MUCH BUZZ ABOUT THE HOME ALONE BOY PLAYG A GAY ROLE. HOWEVER, PLAYG GAY IS NOT AS EASY AS SEEMS, AND ADDG A SWISH TO YOUR WALK OR A LISP TO YOUR VOICE IS ONLY A RITURE, WHICH IS WHAT CULK SEEMED TO FOC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS NO PTH HIS PORTRAYAL OF ALIG -- HE WAS BASHED BY CRICS AND THE NEW YORK TIM RANTED, "HIS WHISPERY, GIGGLY DICTN IS BOTH OVERLY THEATRIL AND SUFFICIENTLY BOLD." SETH GREEN AS JAM ST. JAM, ALIG'S SIKICK, GAVE A GOOD PERFORMANCE, NSTANTLY OVERSHADOWG CULK. IN ADDN, ALIG MANAGED TO HAVE A HOT BOYIEND THE MOVIE PLAYED BY WILMER VALRRAMA AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHG MORE THAN A HUG! WHAT A DISAPPOTMENT ... CULK WAS NO PARTY PARTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACY MAN (CENTER) THE LONGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAD A LNDRY LIST OF FILMS TO CHOOSE OM THAT HAVE THE FLAMG SISSI LTG FOR ALL OF THE UBER-STRAIGHT, MASCULE MEN. SO, I DID AN EENY-MEENY-MY-MOE AND I LAND ON TRACY MAN THE LONGT YARD. 2005’S THE LONGT YARD WAS A REMAKE OF THE 1974 CLASSIC, WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF PRISON MAT WHO FORM A FOOTBALL TO CHALLENGE THE PRISON GUARDS. THE FILM CLUS CHRIS ROCK, ADAM SANDLER AND OLD SCHOOL SEX SYMBOL BURT REYNOLDS … AND THEN WE HAVE TRACY MAN AS MS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MS. TUCKER IS A TRE AND STEREOTYPIL “SISSY” WHO SALIVAT FOR ANY MAN THE PRISON. IT’S ASE, OVERTLY HOMOPHOBIC, BUT SO STUPID THAT NO PROTTS ARE NEED. SAYS, “NO ATTEMPT IS MA TO TREAT HIM AS ANYTHG OTHER THAN A EAK MEANT TO BE RIDICULED. GAY JOK N BE FUNNY — ANYTHG N BE FUNNY THE RIGHT NTEXT — BUT THERE IS A NASTY UNRCURRENT TO THE ON HERE THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY DISGTG, PECIALLY WHEN NSIRED THAT THEY ARE SHOWG UP THE SEMI-PROGRSIVE DAY AND AGE OF 2005.” TRACEY MAN AS MS. TUCKER IS A ROLE WE HAVE SEEN A THOAND TIM AND ULD DO WHOUT FOR THE RT OF CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AL PACO (LEFT) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AL PACO IS A FLAWLS ACTOR AND NE TIM OUT OF TEN WOWS HIS DIENCE. HE WAS CREDIBLE DOG DAY AFTERNOON AS THE BISEXUAL SONNY WH A TRANSGENR GIRLIEND AND OF URSE ANGELS AMERI — BUT EVERY GREAT ACTOR MAK A MISTAKE OR TWO. AND PACO'S PROTRAYAL OF OFFICER STEVE BURNS THE HOMO-HORROR FLICK CISG IS A ROLE WE ALL ULD'VE DONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OFFICER BURNS GO UNRVER AS A P LOOKG FOR A GAY SERIAL KILLER, BUT MANAG TO FALL TO HIS OWN HOMOSEXUAL URG. THE FILM WAS WILDLY PROTTED BY GAY ACTIVISTS AND CREDED AS A REASON FOR A RISE HATE CRIM. IN THE CELLULOID CLOSET, THOR VO RSO STATED, "GAYS WHO PROTTED THE MAKG OF THE FILM MATAED THAT (THE FILM) WOULD SHOW THAT WHEN PACO REGNIZED HIS ATTRACTN TO THE HOMOSEXUAL WORLD, HE WOULD BEE PSYCHOTIC AND BEG TO KILL." THE FILM WAS NSIR A NEW LOW GAY HOLLYWOOD — AND LUCKY FOR , THE FILM WILL BE RELEASED ON DVD LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N ALSO REVIS 'S LIST OF CEMA'S WORST SISSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}*NOTE: AN EARLIER VERSN OF THIS FEATURE RAN MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Wrten by Hanif Kureishi (who also wrote the classic gay movie My Betiful Lndrette), Buddha is the story of Karim Amir, a young, bisexual Brish Indian growg up London the '70s. A loose bpic of Amerin mathematician John Forb Nash, the film ed a furor the gay muny over claims that the filmmakers had whewashed Nash's alleged bisexualy (even though Nash himself ni beg bisexual).

Crowe was rid for his fense of the film, sayg that the filmmakers didn't want to equate homosexualy wh Nash's schizophrenia, and also that there was a ty, two-send scene which uld dite Nash's possible tert some may have fotten the flyg accatns of homophobia and censorship was that Crowe had already proven himself willg to play a gay role. In 1994, he starred the Atralian film The Sum of Us as Jeff Mchell, an out gay man livg wh his widower father, Harry.

Hugely ntroversial the gay muny at the time, the film shows how Burns — an apparent heterosexual wh a girliend — is sent unrver the gay leather scene orr to track down a serial killer who has been targetg gay men. The assignment leads him to qutn his own sexualy as he viss the leather bars and velops a iendship wh a gay man, Ted (played by Don Srdo), who is not part of the scene.

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Viewed by some as groundbreakg and liberately ambiguo, and by others as an herent and homophobic ms, the film is due out later this year on DVD. Fally, the Emmy-wng, star-lan, 2003 HBO televisn adaptatn of Tony Khner's Pulzer Prize-wng play Angels Ameri, Paco played Roy Cohn, a fictnal character based on a real-life figure of the McCarthy regime, a homophobic, homosexual lawyer who died of AIDS 1986. Foul-mouthed, charismatic, bluntly ank about his homosexualy to his doctor (played by Jam Cromwell) while nyg to the rt of the world, Paco's Cohn is, perhaps unsurprisgly, the most memorable thg the adaptatn.

Robert Redford Every gay movie viewer worth his salt wants to believe that Redford and Newman were playg gay (if vertly) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Redford plays Wa Lewis, a handsome, young movie star whom out screenwrer Gav Lambert ially nceived as a closeted homosexual. But although the Spella character do later prove of mor e to Willis, there seems to be no real reason why he uldn't have ed a woman the same way — or why he had to kiss that said, the movie didn't exactly w any priz for gay visibily.

After a tt dience rpond wh applse to the scene where Willis fally shoots Spella ad, GLAAD persuad the filmmakers to rhoot the scene to make clear that Spella is killed bee he has realized that Willis is the Jackal, and not bee he is gay. So, for those who are untg, that's one more gay movie character who meets an early, vlent ath — but hey, at least 's not bee of homophobia, right? Williams (played by Robert Forster), and om there on thgs unfold the tragic, overwrought fashn you might expect om a gay-themed movie ma the ' there have been suggtns that Brando may have been ls uptight his own life.

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In a wily quoted (though unthentited) terview, he supposedly told a journalist that "like a large number of men, I too have had homosexual experienc, and I am not ashamed. "In 1994, Whaker followed this up wh an appearance as the gay fashn signer Cy Bian, partnered wh a flamboyant Richard E.

When I see a movie about gays wh a straight lead and director and fails, I often wonr how the voice would have been different wh a gay director or gay actor. Here are jt a few gay characters played by straight actors that we all uld’ve lived Smh Six Degre of SeparatnWill Smh wasn't a terrible actor the 1993 film Six Degre of Separatn; however, was obv he was a ltle green for the role.

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The character of Pl was openly gay and was reprented as such the 1990 stage Will Smh signed on to do the role, director Fred Schepisi begged Smh to do a kissg scene wh another man. Over ten years later, Sir Ian McKellen, who played the role of Geofey Miller the 1993 film, blasted Smh, sayg his remarks were homophobic: "He thought he was sayg somethg very dividual but what he was actually nfirmg was that he's got the disease so many people have - homophobia. For me, the refal to kiss another man pletely ed Smh's already shakey performance and 's fely a gay role I uld've done whout.

23 CELEBS WHO WEREN'T AAID TO PLAY LGBT {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BT QUEER CHARACTERS ON FILM AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:800PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}AND SCENE - ONCE UPON A TIME, PLAYG AN LGBT CHARACTER ON SCREEN WAS REER SUICI. TODAY, PORTRAYG AN LGBT CHARACTER N LEAD TO AN OSR W. FEATURG A-LISTERS LIKE QUEEN LATIFAH, WILL SMH AND TAYE DIGGS, HERE IS A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE MOST FAMO LGBT ROL ON THE BIG AND SMALL SCREEN.(PHOTOS OM LEFT: FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAG, PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC, TONY BARSON/FILMMAGIC) {LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#818181;FONT-WEIGHT:400;}PHOTO BY {LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}{LOR:HER;FONT:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;}PHOTO BY FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY {WIDTH:4216PX;HEIGHT:2873PX;}2 / 24WILL SMH - IN 1993, WILL SMH PLAYED THE ROLE OF PL SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, BASED ON THE TE-LIFE STORY OF DAVID HAMPTON, AN OPENLY GAY N MAN WHO MANAGED TO NVCE MANY PEOPLE HE WAS THE SON OF SIDNEY POIER.(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:2581PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}3 / 24FORT WHAKER - AMY AWARD-WNER FORT WHAKER, ALWAYS A WILLG PARTICIPANT TO PH THE ENVELOPE, PLAYED A FLAMBOYANT GAY FASHN SIGNER ROBERT ALTMAN'S PRêT-à-PORTER (1994). HE ALSO PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER THE CRYG GAME (1993).(PHOTO: JEFEY UFBERG/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2134PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}4 / 24WLEY SNIP - WLEY SNIP LAMPOONED HIS MACHO IMAGE TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHG! JULIE NEWMAR (1995), WHICH HE, ALONG WH PATRICK SWAYZE AND JOHN LEGUIZAMO, PLAYED A DRAG QUEEN. SNIP'S NOXEEMA JACKSON PLETE WH A BLOND WIG AND RED HIGH-HEELED SHO. NOXEEMA IS THE -WNER OF A DRAG QUEEN BETY PAGEANT AND IS NOT AAID OF WIGGLG HER HIPS.(PHOTO: JIM SPELLMAN/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2149PX;HEIGHT:3235PX;}5 / 24QUEEN LATIFAH - QUEEN LATIFAH WAS UNFETTABLE HER ROLE AS CLEO SIMS, A TOUGH, LBIAN BANK ROBBER THE 1996 BOX-OFFICE H SET IT OFF. THE CHARACTER EARNED HER AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMATN.(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:2063PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}6 / 24ISAIAH WASHGTON - IN 1996, FORMER GREY'S ANATOMY STAR ISAIAH WASHGTON PLAYED HALF OF A GAY UPLE ON THEIR WAY TO THE 1995 MILLN MAN MARCH WASHGTON, D.C., SPIKE LEE'S GET ON THE B. PLAYED BY HARRY LENNIX AND WASHGTON, THE GAY LOVERS ARE ON THE VERGE OF SEPARATN.(PHOTO: MATHEW IMAGG/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2456PX;HEIGHT:3500PX;}7 / 24GIANRLO ESPOSO - GIANRLO ESPOSO PLAYED JOSEPH, GLORIA MATTHEW'S (LORETTA DEVE) EX-HBAND AND FATHER OF HER CHILD (DONALD FAISON) WAG TO EXHALE. HE DROPS A BOMB ON GLORIA THE FILM WHEN HE OUT OF THE CLOSET AS A GAY MAN.(PHOTO: JASON MERRT/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:2167PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}8 / 24ROCKMOND DUNBAR - ROCKMOND DUNBAR, BT KNOWN FOR HIS LEADG ROLE AS KENNY CHADWAY ON THE CRILLY-ACCLAIMED TELEVISN SERI SOUL FOOD, PLAYED A GAY MAN PUNKS (2000) AND DIRTY LNDRY (2006), WHICH HIS CHARACTER WAS A MAGAZE EDOR.(PHOTOS: MRY PHILLIPS/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2001PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}9 / 24VG RHAM - VG RHAM PORTRAYED A DRAG QUEEN THE TELEVISN MOVIE HOLIDAY HEART (2000) AND A GAY MAN I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY (2007).(PHOTO: LEE CELANO/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2500PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}10 / 24ANTHONY MACKIE - IN 2004, ANTHONY MACKIE WAS AN UP-AND-G ACTOR AND ALREADY EXPERIENCED BIG SUCCS FOR PLAYG EMEM'S BFF 8 MILE. HOWEVER, HE SHOWED OFF HIS JULLIARD-TRAED ACTG CHOPS AS THE LEAD RODNEY EVANS'S BROTHER TO BROTHER. MACKIE TACKLED THE ROLE OF PERRY — AN ART STUNT WHO WAS ON THE SEARCH FOR LOVE WHILE SIMULTANEOLY LEARNG THE ROOTS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE VIA AN OLR GAY MAN — WH GRACE. THE RISK PAID OFF, EARNG MACKIE AN INPENNT SPIR AWARD FOR BT DEBUT PERFORMANCE.(PHOTO: LARS NIKI/GETTY IMAG FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOE NEW YORK){WIDTH:2150PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}11 / 24TAYE DIGGS - IN EARLY 2006, TAYE DIGGS GUT-STARRED FOR SEVERAL EPISOS AS WILL TMAN'S LOVE TERT, JAM, ON THE FAL SEASON OF WILL & GRACE.(PHOTO: MICHAEL ZORN/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2382PX;HEIGHT:3177PX;}12 / 24GABRIELLE UNN - GABRIELLE UNN ADD PLAYG A LBIAN TO HER FILMOGRAPHY 2006 WH A STANDOUT ROLE AS ANTE BENNG’S LOVER THE FILM ADAPTATN OF AUGTEN BURROUGH'S BT-SELLG MEMOIR RUNNG WH SCISSORS.(PHOTO: JON KOPALOFF/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2921PX;HEIGHT:4389PX;}13 / 24TARAJI P. HENSON - IN 2006'S SMOK' AC, TARAJI P. HENSON WAS SHARICE WATERS, A HARD-RE LBIAN ASSASS WHO HAD A CSH ON HER PARTER--CRIME GEIA SYK (ALICIA KEYS).(PHOTO: KEV MAZUR/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:2103PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}14 / 24JADA PKETT-SMH - IN 2008, JADA PKETT SMH PLAYED A LBIAN THE WOMEN, WHICH ALSO STARRED ANTE BENNG AND EVA MENS. SMH SAID ABOUT THE ROLE, "I ENJOYED PLAYG A LBIAN AND I WISH I ULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A LBIAN THE MOVIE, BUT I WASN'T ALLOWED TO DO THAT."(PHOTO: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:3194PX;HEIGHT:4200PX;}15 / 24KERRY WASHGTON - IN 2009, KERRY WASHGTON WOWED DIENC PLAYG A TRANSGENR WOMAN LIFE IS HOT CRACKTOWN.  SHE TOLD ABOUT THE ROLE, "ONE OF THE THGS I REALIZED APPROACHG THIS ROLE WAS THAT I ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT EARLY ON THAT I WAS GOG TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT BEG A WOMAN — PERD. BEE, REALLY, WHAT A TRANS WOMAN IS, IS SOMEBODY WHO IS A WOMAN BUT WHOSE BLOGY HAS BETRAYED THEM SOMEWAY."(PHOTO: AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGIC){WIDTH:2152PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}16 / 24GUN HILL ROAD AND PARIAH - THE TWO DIE FILMS DIDN'T HAVE MAJOR STAR POWER, BUT WERE CRIL DARLGS 2011. RASHAAD ERNTO GREEN'S GUN HILL ROAD STARRED HARMONY SANTANA AS A TRANSGENR TEEN LIVG THE BRONX. DEE RE'S PARIAH FEATURED APERO ODUYE AS A LBIAN TEENAGER OM BROOKLYN STGGLG WH INTY AND FAY. BOTH FILMS WERE HONORED WH VAR DIE AWARDS AND PROVED THAT LGBT STORI ARE NECCSARY.  (PHOTO: JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:2000PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}17 / 24LENNY KRAVZ - THE WORLD-FAMO ROCKER LOOKED FOR A PROVOTIVE CHARACTER TO PLAY FOR HIS RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN AND HE FOUND HUNGER GAM' CNA, WHO IS BISEXUAL. TO PORTRAY THE FLAMBOYANT STYLIST, KRAVZ SAYS HE CHANNELED "A IEND WHO IS A DANCER WHO IS BISEXUAL, AND HE WAS A LOT OF SPIRATN FOR MY SPEECH PATTERN AND MY RHYTHM, AND KD OF THE WAY I SNTERED AND OUT A LTLE B." (PHOTO: CHELSEA LREN/WIREIMAGE){WIDTH:1300PX;HEIGHT:900PX;}18 / 24JEFEY WRIGHT - WRIGHT WAS NOMATED FOR A GOLN GLOBE AND WON AN EMMY FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF A DRAG QUEEN MIKE NICHOLS'S TELEVISN ADAPTATN OF PULZER PRIZE-WNG PLAY ANGELS AMERI, ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHOSE RELATNSHIPS AND LIV ARE AFFECTED BY AIDS. THE SERI WENT ON TO BREAK THE RERD PREVLY HELD BY ROOTS FOR WNG THE MOST EMMYS.(PHOTOS: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAG)19 / 24MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS - AS GUN-TOTG STICK-UP MAN OMAR LTLE ON THE WIRE, WILLIAMS GAVE ONE OF THE MOST SUBTLE, HONT AND SURPRISG PORTRAYALS OF A GAY MAN ON TELEVISN. THE CHARACTER'S PERSONAL LIFE, AND THE NER LIFE WILLIAMS BROUGHT TO , WAS SO NUANCED AND UNIQUE THAT PRINT OBAMA LLED HIM HIS FAVORE CHARACTER ON TELEVISN.(PHOTOS: JOHN RIRD/BET)20 / 24DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON - JOHNSON PLAYED A GAY BODYGUARD WH DREAMS OF STARDOM THIS SEQUEL TO THE H HEIST EDY GET SHORTY. THOUGH THIS CHARACTER'S JOB WAS NOT A STRETCH FOR THE ROCK, HIS PERSONAL LIFE CERTALY WAS.  (PHOTOS: ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAG)ADVERTISEMENT21 / 24TONY BRAVADO - ON LET'S STAY TOGETHER, BRAVADO PLAYED DARKANIAN LE'JOHNSON, A CLOSETED PROFSNAL FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO OVERPENSAT FOR HIS SECRET RELATNSHIP WH A MAN BY LAYG ON THICK WH THE LADI.(PHOTOS: PERVIS PR){WIDTH:2274PX;HEIGHT:3000PX;}22 / 24GAV HOTON - THIS ACTOR'S ACTG REER STARTED 1992 AN EPISO OF THE COSBY SHOW, BUT HIS BIG BREAK ME 2013 WHEN HE STARRED AS JEFEY HARRGTON, THE CLOSETED GAY SON OF A POLICIAN, TYLER PERRY'S THE HAV AND THE HAVE NOTS.(PHOTO: CHRIS MCKAY/WIREIMAGE)

However, playg gay is not as easy as seems, and addg a swish to your walk or a lisp to your voice is only a riture, which is what Culk seemed to foc was no pth his portrayal of Alig -- he was bashed by crics and The New York Tim ranted, "His whispery, giggly dictn is both overly theatril and sufficiently bold.

Gay jok n be funny — anythg n be funny the right ntext — but there is a nasty unrcurrent to the on here that are absolutely disgtg, pecially when nsired that they are showg up the semi-progrsive day and age of 2005. And Paco's protrayal of Officer Steve Burns the homo-horror flick Cisg is a role we all uld've done whout. Officer Burns go unrver as a p lookg for a gay serial killer, but manag to fall to his own homosexual urg.

In The Celluloid Closet, thor Vo Rso stated, "Gays who protted the makg of the film mataed that (the film) would show that when Paco regnized his attractn to the homosexual world, he would bee psychotic and beg to kill.

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" The film was nsir a new low gay Hollywood — and lucky for , the film will be released on DVD later this n also revis 's list of cema's worst sissy villians.

IS WILL SMH GAY?

Wh this list, we don't tend to put down the actors who choose to stay away om gay rol; they have the right to do as they wish and we all mt rpect .

Charlize Theron is not one to shy away om playg gay rol, fact, she has stated her sire portrayg them.

14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS

Durg an terview wh Playboy, he dited that a gay character is probably the only role he wouldn't accept as he wouldn't want to crossdrs or kiss another man. In 2016, he starred Cell which is based on a novel that featur a gay character, but that important tail didn't translate over to the film, and now you know the reason behd the change.

Havg been volved some of the most popular films the past 20 years, Rudd took on the role of Jennifer Aniston's gay roommate the 1998 film The Object of My Affectn. Bieber pulled out of the film after refg to be part of a gay scene where he had to make love to a male backup dancer. If Bieber refed to star a movie due to one scene, 's safe to say you won't see him portrayg a gay character.

HETEROSEXUAL BLACK MALE ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY ROL (WHOUT NEGATIVE NSEQUENC)

In 2005, Johnson was still tryg to tablish himself as a legimate actor when he took on the role of a gay bodyguard the film Be Cool. It's been reported that he simply didn't want to play a gay role and was unfortable beg some of the explic scen.

It really shouldn't surprise anyone when you nsir his homophobic ments om his younger days when he was nng around and bullyg everyone.

WILL SMH AND THE HISTORY OF GAY RUMORS: WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL OBSSED?

In the film, Will Smh played the role of a gay n man but 's well-known that he rejected a kissg scene, which ma some headl. Rumors have also suggted that Denzel Washgton was volved the cisn, as he got Will Smh's head and urged him to not go for a gay scene.

After all the years, Will is unlikely to take on another gay role nsirg that he would be cricized much more for refg to kiss another man. Sean Penn has always shown his support for gay rights and never shied away to speak his md about same-sex marriage, but his role one of the most crilly acclaimed movi om the past 10 years has ma him an even more important figure. Based on Harvey Milk, Sean Penn's portrayal of the gay in the 2008 film Milk earned him plenty of praise om fans and the media.

It's safe to say that Penn wouldn't md portrayg another gay role, but 's probably a tougher task to fd a follow-up that would be as powerful as Milk. Hart is one of the few actors who flat out announced their refal to portray a gay character and his reasong is not very nvcg. After rejectg to be apart of Tropic Thunr due to the role beg of a gay man, Hart hasn't changed his stance after all those years.