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Wentworth Miller Reacts to Fans Wantg His ‘Prison Break’ Character to Be Gay Wentworth Miller is followg up on a recent Instagram post. Earlier this week, the 48-year-old actor, who is openly gay, said that he is "officially" done…

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THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

'Prison Break' fans wonr if Michael Sfield uld be gay so Wentworth Miller would return to the seri. * acteur gay prison break *

This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars. Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light.

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The "Legends of Tomorrow" actor, who is gay, said he's eager to foc on queer reprentatn on-screen movg forward. * acteur gay prison break *

Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol. He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero.

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Wentworth Miller, who is gay, says he’s done wh Fox’s mored reboot of Prison Break, and playg straight characters general. * acteur gay prison break *

It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe. “‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy. The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay.

’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn. ” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them. Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope.

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In addn to Miller, Augt Prew, who recently got engaged to his partner, joed the st along wh El Gamal, a gay Mlim actor.

WENTWORTH MILLER REACTS TO FANS WANTG HIS 'PRISON BREAK' CHARACTER TO BE GAY

Queer actors are typilly pigeonholed to playg rol that align wh their genr and sexualy, but here, openly gay men play everythg om heterosexual love terts to pe artists and ISIL villas. ”As “Prison Break” heads to what uld be s seri fale on Tuday night, beg a mastream actn show that actively embrac gayns might jt be s greatt cultural ntributn. “And then there’s other people, who love Michael Sfield but maybe they don’t love gay people, and now they’re wonrg if that means somethg, that they’re hero worshippg this character that’s played by an actor they know is gay...

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