The actors and real-life hbands are makg the Yuleti gay!
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MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI
Bent, as an executive producer, origally me up wh the ia of a “gay ‘Uncle Buck’ for Hallmark” on the set of another holiday movie three years ago. “It was important that the actor was openly gay and out; was important to me that we were able to tell the story loud and proud, ” Bent said. Likeng the shoot to a kd of “gay summer mp” wh queer creativ on both sis of the mera, Bent and Krissa both relled a day on set when they unrstood the power of posive reprentatn.
However, Massey said, a dispary still exists: While straight actors n always play gay, openly gay actors are not always nsired for straight rol. " Massey add, "We're at a time, for whatever reason, that any type of gay movie is receivg backlash. "For [ as] two gay men who [have] a child, the ment sectns are awful, " Frey shared.
Taylor Frey and Kyle Dean Massey told The List that 's not only important to see LGBTQ reprentatn film narrativ, but that stg gay actors n also make a world of difference. When discsg a forthg project, Frey shared, "I'm more cled to st gay people gay rol. "People that are part of the queer muny are given fewer opportuni to play characters, pecially if beg gay is not at the foreont of the storyle, if the major dramatic nflict is [not] beg gay or g out.