Years & Years sger and actor Olly Alexanr spoke to TODAY about g out as gay, It's a S, and havg queerns as a missn his art.
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- OLLY ALEXANR IS LEANG INTO THE GAY THG
- OLLY ALEXANR WANTS TO PLAY A ‘MSED-UP GAY SUPERHERO’ AFTER NAWAY IT’S A S SUCCS
- GAY ACTOR OLLY ALEXANR APPARENTLY THE NEW DOCTOR WHO
- OLLY ALEXANR SET TO BE NEW DOCTOR WHO AS FIRST GAY ACTOR TO PLAY TIME LORD
- OLLY ALEXANR CREDS QUEER AS FOLK WH ‘SNDALISG’ AND ‘SHAPG’ HIM AS A GAY TEENAGER
OLLY ALEXANR IS LEANG INTO THE GAY THG
Like the character he plays “It’s a S,” the actor and sger stggled wh beg gay. Now, he tells the world everythg. * olly gay *
Oktar Yalk for The New York TimLike the character he plays “It’s a S, ” the actor and sger stggled wh beg gay. 20, 2021LONDON — When Olly Alexanr burst to tears shootg a scene of “It’s a S, ” no one was very the show, which me to HBO Max on Thursday and follows a group of iends embracg the gay culture of ’80s London unr the shadow of AIDS, was emotnal for many of the st and crew — and Alexanr is as fortable showg his vulnerabili as the character he plays, Rchie, is at flectg them.
” Peter Hoar, the director of “It’s a S, ” psed scene qutn, which after Rchie and his iends are arrted prottg the Brish ernment’s actn on AIDS, is one of many the show that explore how the epimic vastated gay men’s we meet Rchie, he is an impishly nfint but naïve 18-year-old who has jt moved to London, wh dreams of beg an actor.
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OLLY ALEXANR WANTS TO PLAY A ‘MSED-UP GAY SUPERHERO’ AFTER NAWAY IT’S A S SUCCS
Olly Murs has nfsed that he is about ’20 per cent gay’ reference to actor Sacha Baron Cohen sayg he was ’23 per cent gay’ a recent terview. * olly gay *
When he was 14, his parents separated; he’d only seen his father a handful of tim sce, he was an even more ght environment, and Alexanr experienced homophobic bullyg om age 9.
”The speech ught the tert of TV producers, and, 2017, he onted a BBC documentary lled “Olly Alexanr: Growg Up Gay. “I ed to be so, so driven, ” he said, but now he was puttg ls prsure on was happy, he add, to thk back on what he’d already achieved, and how much has changed sce he was a ltle boy who wished he wasn’t gay. "When the magaze asked Alexanr what he's dog next, he rpond: "There's a lot of good stuff that gets ma, but good stuff that gets ma wh gay characters that I uld possibly play?
Alexanr needs some ias, here are ne sexy, and gay, superhero we'd love to see him play! Northstar is a Canadian, an X-Man, and the first gay superhero a Marvel ic book. Who better to play this gay superhero in than a gay actg in?
GAY ACTOR OLLY ALEXANR APPARENTLY THE NEW DOCTOR WHO
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While Northstar was the first out gay superhero a Marvel ic, Iceman is his more famo gay X-Men teammate.
Bobby Drake didn't e out until jt recently the ics, followg some time travel shenanigans, but he's already bee a gay favore. Another gay X-Men member, Shatterstar is a mutant om the future pla Mojoworld, where he was created to be a slave and a gladiator. He was already played by Rsell Tovey on the CW's superhero shows, so why not give another gay Brish star a chance on the big screen?
(Picture: Getty Imag)Olly Murs has nfsed that he is about ’20 per cent gay’.
OLLY ALEXANR SET TO BE NEW DOCTOR WHO AS FIRST GAY ACTOR TO PLAY TIME LORD
Olly Alexanr has revealed he wants to play a "msed-up, gay superhero" for his next actg role after the succs of It's A S. * olly gay *
The sger gave his percentage reference to actor Sacha Baron Cohen sayg he was ’23 per cent gay’ a recent terview.
I’ve got a lot of gay iends I get on wh really well.
In an terview wh ES magaze, Years & Years sger Olly Alexanr discsed the need for gay role mols, his mic, and his csh. After releasg the mic vio for "Dire" which celebrat fluid sexualy, Alexanr also opened up about beg gay the mic his gay-themed lyrics:"My lyrics are about same-sex relatnships, bee that's who I am.
OLLY ALEXANR CREDS QUEER AS FOLK WH ‘SNDALISG’ AND ‘SHAPG’ HIM AS A GAY TEENAGER
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But Sam Smh already proved an important pot to the very risk-averse mic dtry, which is that you n be an openly gay male artist and sell rerds. “I started to hear people referrg to me as ‘that gay sger’ and a part of ‘that gay band, ’ and I said to myself ‘You know what? ’ I cid to lean to the gay.
Havg jt released the band’s sophomore album, Palo Santo, this summer, Alexanr says he found himself embracg his inty, and “the multifaceted nature of . “You know, si I’m still kd of this sred gay boy that got bullied at school, ” he tells INTO.
Beg a whe gay man wh a lot of privileg, and he is aware of that, referencg often as a limatn of his own worldview.
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Like whe patriarchy, jt bee we’re gay that don’t go away. He likens to the fear-mongerg that gay people have gone through the past. Behd that motivated and eager passn for change is a gay man still explorg facets of his sexualy wh zero fear and even ls shame.
He giggl excement wh a “Yay” as he reads over my list of topics filed unr “GAY SEX STUFF. “Then I was a uple of monogamo relatnships, so I thought was gonna be weird, but also a sort of iatn [to morn gay culture].
IT’S A S star Olly Alexanr is set to be the new Doctor Who — beg the first gay actor to play the Time , 30, is thrashg out f * olly gay *
“I like to open up jt to see that there other gay people around me, bee I travel que a lot.