Part of Te Blood’s appeal is that the st portrays their characters so well that ’s hard to believe they aren’t real. Enter Lafayette, played by Nelsan Ellis. Lafayette is a gay man who is flamboyant and egreg but at the same time isn’t stereotypil.
Contents:
- NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
- TE BLOOD’S NELSAN ELLIS TALKS GAY STEREOTYP & TYLER PERRY
- 'TE BLOOD' ACTOR LE GRIM QU OVER GAY ROLE (REPORT)
- 'TE BLOOD' STAR NELSAN ELLIS ON LE GRIM QUTG SHOW BEE HE DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY GAY: 'I'M OVER HIM'
NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
* is lafayette from true blood really gay *
Lafayette is a gay man who is flamboyant and egreg but at the same time isn’t stereotypil.
TE BLOOD’S NELSAN ELLIS TALKS GAY STEREOTYP & TYLER PERRY
Here, he tells VIBE how he brought Lafayette to life, what the gay muny thks about the character and how he plans to transn beyond his Te Blood role.
So that stereotype you were playg mt have been a Queenie type of gay guy, huh? What’s been the feedback om the gay muny? I don’t thk ’s a reflectn of the gay muny that’s jt Lafayette.
'TE BLOOD' ACTOR LE GRIM QU OVER GAY ROLE (REPORT)
But this is jt om what I hear, I haven’t really spoken to the gay muny outsi him [Lghs]. But then aga, I do play a gay character. I don’t answer that qutn, “Are you gay or not, ” when down to dtry people.
The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report Ellis’s ath, quoted her as sayg he had died om plitns of heart Illois-born actor played Lafayette, a gay short orr ok, on the HBO drama om 2008 to 2014, and more recently appeared the CBS tective seri Elementary. "Yet over s seven seasons the seri also went the extra e by cludg many gay, lbian, and bisexual characters who were jt as diverse, dangero, and memorable as Bon Temps' other rints. Lafayette is a flamboyant, charismatic gay man.
'TE BLOOD' STAR NELSAN ELLIS ON LE GRIM QUTG SHOW BEE HE DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY GAY: 'I'M OVER HIM'
Bee he is gay, people tend to unrtimate Lafayette, but he has taken down human men. Relled by many as talented and unrrated, Ellis beme a Te Blood fan-favore for his portrayal of the scene-stealg, gay short orr ok at Merlotte’s Bar the fictnal Louisiana town.
” Ellis’s character was ld for breakg stereotyp of gay men.
You qu your job bee you don’t want to play a gay part?