Le Evans addrs mours he uld be first gay Jam Bond

Contents:

• LE EVANS SAYS HE NEVER TRIED TO HI THE FACT HE IS GAY
• LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)
• LE EVANS SAYS HE 'WOULDN'T HAVE A REER IF GAY PEOPLE PLAYED GAY ROL'
• LE EVANS ADDRS MOURS HE ULD BE FIRST GAY JAM BOND: ‘I DON’T THK MATTERS’

LE EVANS SAYS HE NEVER TRIED TO HI THE FACT HE IS GAY

The Bety and the Beast actor, 41, was named Attu's Man of the Year, wh the star reflectg on how far he's e sce beg bullied as a teen to beg an openly gay movie star. Evans addrsed past accatns that he was hidg his sexualy om the spotlight, tellg the Brish gay liftyle magaze that simply wasn't the se. "Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn’t.

"I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realize I left home at 16 bee I was gay? He’s proof posive that the work of g out only begs wh a claratn of one’s sexualy, that beg open about inty is both rewardg and eply challengg Evans, an aspirg star an dtry not historilly hospable to gay people, has long been livg the aftermath of terviews, nducted very early his reer, which he scribed himself as a gay man, most notably this terview wh gay publitn The Advote. In that 2002 terview, Evans said he refed to rema the closet: “[E]verybody knew me as a gay man, and my life London I never tried to hi .

He rpond to a Women’s Wear Daily terviewer askg him if he was settg a new precent as an openly gay actn star: “It’s good for people to look at me and thk this guy is dog his thg and enjoyg what he’s dog and succsful at and livg his life.

LE EVANS SEARCHED FOR GAY ROL BEFORE 'OUR SON' BUT 'HADN'T FOUND THE RIGHT STORY' (EXCLIVE)

And while may not have been a full-throated claratn of gay pri, Evans’ tac acknowledgment of his unique stat — a way, he’s been out for years — signals that thgs may, slowly, be changg for Evans and for gay public figur. He may not be the gay actn hero we want, but he’s the one we have, and one we n only hope grows still more fortable. In Evans, gay people who’ve spent years tryg to grow fortable the world n see themselv.

Actor Le Evans said he never hid the fact that he is gay a new terview Attu magaze's ‘Man of the Year' issue.

LE EVANS SAYS HE 'WOULDN'T HAVE A REER IF GAY PEOPLE PLAYED GAY ROL'

Also, what was strange was that when people did fd out that I was gay, there was a lot of articl and stuff wrten sayg that I was hidg , and I wasn't. “I jt wanted to get onle and I wanted to pick up the phone and say, ‘Do you realize I left home at 16 bee I was gay?

LE EVANS ADDRS MOURS HE ULD BE FIRST GAY JAM BOND: ‘I DON’T THK MATTERS’

And while he reads "loads of gay stori and scripts, " he says he "jt hadn't found the one that I wanted to play. "Divorce is as right for a gay uple as marriage, and I hadn't really seen that, and when I read , every time I've read the script, I wept, " Evans says. Acrdg to the Bety and the Beast actor, "You don't have to be gay to enjoy this or unrstand this story.

Evans, who is openly gay and datg Fran Tomas, prevly acknowledged an terview wh The Telegraph published November that "gay people have fely missed out on gay rol, " when asked about quot Doctor Who shownner Rsell T.

Though The Telegraph didn't specify Davi's quot, the latter said a 2021 terview wh The New York Tim that he believed, for the most part, only gay actors should be permted to play gay rol. "But om my perspective: firstly, I wouldn't have had a reer if gay people played gay rol and straight people played straight rol, " said Evans, who played a gay character on Hulu's 2021 seri Ne Perfect Strangers.