Skeet Ulrich found fame wh villao rol semal '90s teen horrors "The Craft" (1996) and "Scream" (1996) before landg recurrg parts "Jericho" (CBS, 2006-08), "Law & Orr: LA" (NBC, 2010-11) and "Riverdale" (The CW, 2017-). Born Bryan Ray Trout Lynchburg, VA 1970, Skeet Ulrich had a turbulent childhood plagued by poor health and fay problems. He and his olr brother spent three years travellg across the untry after beg kidnapped by their father, while he'd also unrgone heart surgery and battled pnmonia before reachg his teens. After briefly studyg Mare Blogy at the Universy of North Carola, Ulrich transferred to New York Universy where he veloped his actg skills David Mamet's drama program. Ulrich ma his official screen but anthology "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (CBS, 1980-1996) before landg major rol two classic teen horrors, firstly ill-fated love tert Chris Hooker supernatural tale "The Craft" (1996) and then masked serial killer Billy Loomis W Craven's game-changg "Scream" (1996). In the same year Ulrich also played Sharon Stone's younger brother Billy ath row drama "Last Dance" (1996), profsnal baseball player Bud Valente boardg school mystery "Boys" (1996) and hostage Danny Kev Spacey's directorial but "Albo Alligator" (1996). Ulrich then took the leadg role of stigmata sufferer Juvenal Pl Schrar's "Touch" (1997), appeared as gay htler Vcent Osr favore "As Good As It Gets" (1997) and played one of the tular bank robbers "The Newton Boys" (1998). After showg up Vietnam War tale "A Soldier's Sweetheart" (1998), Ulrich starred oppose Cuba Goodg Jr. "Chill Factor" (1999), played Bhwhacker Jack Bull Chil Ang Lee's "Ri wh the Dev" (2000) and portrayed real-life puter hacker Kev Mnick "Takedown" (2000). Ulrich then add crime per "Nobody's Baby" (2001), Alaskan adventure edy "Chilly Dogs" (2001) and revenge thriller "Soul Assass" (2001) to his filmography before baggg his first recurrg role, vtigator Pl Callan supernatural drama "Miracl" (ABC, 2003). Stickg wh the small screen, Ulrich played the romantic lead Hallmark movie "The Magic of Ordary Days" (2003), Jethro Wheeler the Steven Spielberg-produced miseri "Into the Wt" (TNT, 2005) and lear Jake Green the post-apolyptic drama "Jericho" (CBS, 2006-08) as well as voicg numero characters cult animatn h "Robot Chicken" (Adult Swim, 2005-). After returng to the horror genre "For Sale by Owner" (2009), Ulrich showed up heist movie "Armored" (2009), bagged the recurrg rol of serial killer Hollis Eckhart "CSI: NY" (CBS, 2004-2013) and Det. Rex Wters "Law & Orr: LA" (NBC, 2010-11) and starred as New Mexi wboy Chip "50 to 1" (2014). Followg supportg rol satire "At Found" (2017) and horror "Espe Room" (2017), Ulrich portrayed relig fanatic Brian David Mchell TV movie "I Am Elizabeth Smart" (2017) and was st as Jughead's father FP Jon ic book adaptatn "Riverdale" (The CW, 2017-).
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- ‘SCREAM’ SCREENWRER KEV WILLIAMSON CONFIRMS BILLY AND STU’S QUEER-COD RELATNSHIP WAS BASED ON REAL GAY KILLERS
- SKEET ULRICH GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 72 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
- [HORROR QUEERS] GAYG UP THE BIGGT HORROR FRANCHISE OF THE 90S WH ‘SCREAM’!
‘SCREAM’ SCREENWRER KEV WILLIAMSON CONFIRMS BILLY AND STU’S QUEER-COD RELATNSHIP WAS BASED ON REAL GAY KILLERS
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If you’re still wonrg about those homoerotic unrton 25 years after Billy Loomis and Stu Macher terrorized Woodsboro W Craven’s “Scream, ” you’ve been on the right track all along. Ahead of the new “Scream, ” out Friday, openly gay screenwrer of the first “Scream, ” Kev Williamson, has nfirmed that Billy (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu (Matthew Lillard), who are thought to be queer by many LGBTQ+ fan theorists, were based on famo mass murrers Nathan Frnthal Leopold Jr. And Richard Albert Loeb, both of whom reportedly admted they were gay and a relatnship.
” Both are noted for their homoeroticism. “It’s very sort of homoerotic, the sense that there were the two guys that killed this other person jt to see if they uld get away wh , ” Williamson said, drawg parallels between the Leopold and Loeb se and Billy and Stu.
In one scene, Ray (Shawn Wayans), based on Stu, and Bobby (Jon Abrahams), based on Billy, joke about beg gay, divulgg to a Sidney-like character lled Cdy (Anna Faris) that, “That’s right, Cdy, I’m gay. Williamson adms that when he wrote the origal “Scream, ” which was released 1996, he was “very hant to prent the gay si of me my work, ” rultg the queerns of characters Billy and Stu beg “a ltle d and maybe accintal. Maybe I wouldn’t be that shy ltle gay wrer who felt like he uldn’t get away wh .
SKEET ULRICH GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 72 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
Many of the gay mors surroundg Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, Nobody's Baby, Scream) seem to be tied to his obssive attentn to his body, like most actors. However the poll suggts that a big majory (72%) of rponnts don't believe that he’s gay. * skeet ulrich gay *
Recently, an terview wh The Inpennt, Williamson nfsed that the “Scream” movi are “d gay survival, ” wh Sidney beg, sentially, a maniftatn of his stggl as a gay person.
“And so I thk that’s one of the reasons Fal Girls are so important to as a gay dience. ” Before he wrote Sidney, he related to Jamie Lee Curtis’ Lrie Stro “Halloween” bee, beg gay, “he unrstands the “plight of the Fal Girl.
[HORROR QUEERS] GAYG UP THE BIGGT HORROR FRANCHISE OF THE 90S WH ‘SCREAM’!
“I thk gay kids everywhere unrstand that survival element that we have to sort of create ourselv. And when we’re watchg that Fal Girl have to prove herself and rise to the challenge and save her life, I thk that’s somethg gay kids anywhere n relate to.
Touched by how many LGBTQ+ people have felt spired by Sidney, Campbell said her heroic character “giv people that nfince that they n overe” and that she unrstands why “ mak sense certaly for the queer muny and gay men. Of urse Mdy is a rult of a shift LGBTQ+ reprentatn — now, to queer- characters would be an embarrassg step backwards — but Williamson also attribut the character to a shift his own growth as a gay man. That growth, he said, led him to wre the character of Jack McPhee, an openly gay teen who appeared as a “Dawson’s Creek” seri regular startg 1998.