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• HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR'S JACK FALAHEE ON THE GAY SEX SCEN: "I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKG ABOUT IT"
• HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR’S CONNOR WALSH: CHANGG GAY STEREOTYP OR ENFORCG NEW ON?
• RACY GAY SCEN ‘HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR’ DRAW A FOLLOWG
• IS HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR THE MOST PROGRSIVE SHOW ON TELEVISN?ABC’S SOAPY NEW LEGAL THRILLER IS UNAAID OF DIVERSY, STRONG WOMEN, AND GAY SEX. WHICH MAK PRETTY IMPORTANT.BY RICHARD LAWSONOCTOBER 16, 2014PHOTO: ABC/MCH HAASETHSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEI AM NOT A CIZEN OF SHONDALAND. I N TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MCSTEAMY AND MCDREAMY, I KNOW WHAT “EARN ME” AND “WE AND POPRN” MEAN, BUT ONLY BEE I’M ON TWTER AND ’S IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID THAT STUFF. I DO NOT PRAY AT THE CHURCH OF SHONDA RHIM, HOLY SAVR OF WORK TELEVISN, OR AT LEAST ABC, THOUGH SHE MAY BE. BUT THAT DO NOT MEAN THAT I N’T APPRECIATE ALL THAT SHE AND HER BRAND OF SNAPPY SOAP HAVE DONE FOR TELEVISN, FOR CULTURE, EVEN. HER NTRIBUTNS, HER ADVANCEMENTS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY MYRIAD, MAY BE ON NO BETTER DISPLAY THAN ON THE NEW SERI SHE EXECUTIVE PRODUC, HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR. IN MANY WAYS ’S THE BOLST, NERVIT SHOW ON TELEVISN AT THE MOMENT. AND ’S ON ABC!CREATED BY FORMER GREY’S ANATOMY WRER PETER NOWALK, HTGAWM, AS ’S ACRONYMED, REPRENTS WHAT I HOPE WILL BE A SEA CHANGE BROADST TELEVISN. OBVLY, IS A RATHER LARGE TONE THAT THE SHOW’S STAR IS VLA DAVIS, A TWICE OSR-NOMATED ACTRS WHO FALLY HAS A NSE, KNOTTY LEAD ROLE TO NTEND WH. Y, ’S ON A SECRET HISTORY-QUE LAW SCHOOL THRILLER ABOUT SEX AND MURR, BUT WHO R. THIS IS A 49-YEAR-OLD, DARK-SKNED BLACK WOMAN LEADG A SHOW ON A BIG BROADST WORK ONE OF THE BT TIME SLOTS ON THE SCHLE. TENAC LAW PROFSOR/TRIAL LAWYER ANNALISE KEATG HAS AGENCY AND PTH; SHE HAS AN ACTIVE, NFLICTED SEX LIFE, SHE SCHEM, SHE CHAMPNS, IS BOTH NOBLE AND FLAWED. THAT KD OF CHARACTER IS A RARE FD FOR DAVIS, WHO SPE HER NSIRABLE TALENTS AND JUILLIARD PEDIGREE HAS BEEN LARGELY PHED TO ROL THAT OFFER SUPPORT OR DOLE OUT EXPOSN.SO HTGAWM IS REVOLUTNARY, Y REVOLUTNARY, THAT REGARD. BUT IS NOT NTENT TO JT DO ONE THG BOLDLY, TO FY ONE CREAKY, UGLY CULTURAL NORM. BRAZENLY, KEEPS GOG. THERE ARE TWO OTHER ACTORS OF LOR PLAYG LEADS ON THE SHOW, WHICH ALREADY MAK THE SERI ONE OF THE MORE DIVERSE ON THE BIG FOUR WORKS. BUT WA, THERE’S MORE! THERE’S ALSO A GAY CHARACTER, AND ’S THERE, FOR MY OWN SELFISH REASONS, THAT HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR REALLY UGHT MY ATTENTN. NOT BEE ’S SO RARE TO HAVE A GAY PERSON ON WORK TELEVISN THE DAYS, BUT BEE JACK FALAHEE’S AMB, UNRHAND CONNOR WALSH IS, LIKE DAVIS’S CHARACTER, ALLOWED TO BE BOTH GOOD AND BAD, SAT AND SNER. AND HE’S ALLOWED TO HAVE SEX. RATHER GRAPHILLY, GIVEN THE NTEXT.IN THE FIRST EPISO, CONNOR SC A MAN TO GET A LEG UP ONE OF ANNALISE’S S. IN THE SEND EPISO HE RETURNS FOR MORE, BUT JT FOR FUN. AND HE SAYS TO HIS NQUT, “THIS TIME I DO YOU.” WHICH, OF URSE, REFERS PRETTY EXPLICLY TO MECHANIL MATTERS OF GAY SEX A WAY THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE ON A NON-BLE CHANNEL. EVEN ON BLE, SUCH ALLNS REMA PRETTY TABOO. (NOT EVEN HOE OF CARDS DARED VENTURE TO HOW, EXACTLY, THAT SEND SEASON THREOME WENT DOWN.) BUT HERE IS THIS SHOW, ON BROADST PRIMETIME, REFERRG TO SUCH TIMATE THGS OUT THE OPEN, AS PLALY AS ANYTHG ELSE. AND CONNOR AND HIS HOOKUP KISS LIKE REAL PEOPLE KISS, WHICH NOWALK TOLD ME, A PHONE TERVIEW, IS FELY LIBERATE. "I ALWAYS TELL THE DIRECTORS, I DON’T WANT TO SEE TWO MEN MASHG THEIR FAC TOGETHER. IT’S NOT A WRTLG MATCH. I WANT TO FEEL LIKE REAL KISSG, LIKE THEY’RE ACTUALLY KISSG. … FOR ME WATCHG [OTHER SHOWS], PECIALLY WHEN A STRAIGHT ACTOR IS PLAYG GAY, YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE KISSG. THEIR LIPS ARE TOUCHG BUT ’S MORE LIKE A FACE MASHG." THAT LEVEL OF NSCNS ABOUT HOW ACCURATE, HOW REAL, GAY TIMACY LOOKS ON TELEVISN IS RARE. (LOOK AT THE LIMPLY ADDRSED GAY PLOTLE ON ABC'S OWN NASHVILLE, FOR EXAMPLE.)I’LL ADM THAT MY TERT THE CONNOR CHARACTER IS PARTLY ROOTED THE FACT THAT, Y, JACK FALAHEE IS A SUPER ATTRACTIVE GUY, AS WAS HIS SEXY SCENE PARTNER. AND REALLY, WHAT’S WRONG WH THAT? GOOD FOR NOWALK, AND RHIM (WHOSE GREY'S ANATOMY ADMIRABLY FEATUR PLEX LBIAN RELATNSHIPS), AND ABC FOR THROWG SOME NON-HETERO PEOPLE A BONE, SO TO SPEAK. (THOUGH, I’VE NO DOUBT THAT PLENTY OF NON-HETERO PEOPLE ARE ALSO TO THOSE MAKEOUT SCEN.)WHAT UGHT ME OFF GUARD, THOUGH, IS HOW ODDLY MOVED I’VE BEEN TO SEE HOW THE CONNOR CHARACTER FUNCTNS ON THE SHOW. BEE YOU FET HOW RARE IS TO SEE A PERSON LIKE YOURSELF (ALBE A WAY YOUNGER, SEXIER PERSON) KISS AND GET LAID AND JT BE GAY ON TV. I N TELL YOU OM FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE THAT GAY KIDS SEEK THIS STUFF OUT SPERATELY, WHILE THEIR STRAIGHT PEERS HAVE ABUNDANCE. BUT ’S HARD TO FD, OR AT LEAST HAS BEEN THE PAST. THAT LACK OF REGNN IS A LONELY, ALIENATG FEELG, ONE THAT GETS PAFULLY TERNALIZED OVER THE YEARS. SO HTGAWM'S FORTHGNS ABOUT S GAY CHARACTER’S GAYNS, LIKE ’S NOT ONLY "NO BIG AL," BUT JT AS SEXY AS EVERYTHG ELSE, MAK THE SHOW SEEM, RATHER LIRLY, LIKE AN ARTIFACT OM A NEW WORLD. THIS IS A SHOW THAT HTS AT WHAT THE MOST MASTREAM OF TELEVISN ULD LOOK LIKE JT A FEW YEARS—OPEN, CLIVE, DIVERSE AN EASY, NATURAL WAY.MY STARTLED, EXCED REACTN TO THE CONNOR CHARACTER PROBABLY PAL PARISON TO HOW SOME VIEWERS, WHO HAVE WAED A LONG TIME TO SEE THEMSELV ONSCREEN, FEEL WATCHG VLA DAVIS MANDG EVERY SCENE, HEADLG EVERY PIECE OF MARKETG MATERIAL. THAT SHOULDN’T FEEL LIKE AS MUCH OF A REVOLUTN AS DO 2014. AND THAT THE SHOW IS SO OL ABOUT , DON’T REFERENCE S OWN PROGRSIVENS, S OWN DARG, MAK ALL THE MORE, WELL, MONUMENTAL.MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW LILY JAM AND JOE KEERY BEME OLD HOLLYWOOD INS FALLY DAWNBY DAVID CANFIELD2023 FALL PREVIEW: 46 FILMS TO WATCH OUT FORBY REBEC FORDPLENTY OF MORE EARNT SHOWS, OM SWCHED AT BIRTH TO GLEE, SERVE PRAISE FOR NSCIENTLY TRODUCG DIVERSY TO THE CULTURAL LANDSPE. BUT ’S ALSO GREAT TO SEE THAT PNS TOSSED ASI FOR SOMETHG A LTLE GRTIER, MORE SORDID, LS NCERNED WH BEG GOOD AND RPONSIBLE. IT’S EEG, LOOSENS THGS UP, RELIEV THE TOO-HEAVY BURN OF UNNTROVERSIAL PURY. WHEN GLEE HAD S BIG LOSG-VIRGY EPISO A UPLE SEASONS BACK, THERE WAS NO TALK ABOUT HOW, Y’KNOW, THAT WAS GOG TO WORK, EXACTLY, FOR KURT AND BLAE, WHICH IS A NVERSATN THOSE KIDS FELY WOULD HAVE HAD REAL LIFE. HTGAWM, ON THE OTHER HAND, THROWS RIGHT THERE, PS BE DAMNED, AND SO DOG ALMOST FORC A NEW PERSPECTIVE. THE SHOW MOV SO QUICKLY AND SO UNAPOLOGETILLY THAT THE DIENCE DON’T HAVE A CHANCE TO PROCS AND REJECT, JT NS ALONG AFTER THE NARRATIVE. PROGRS DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE REFUL AND HAND-HOLDG, THIS SERI SHOWS .HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, WH ALL S SCY BANTER AND NVENIENT, OVERLY SIMPLIFIED LEGAL GYMNASTICS. THE SHOW BEG FORWARD-THKG AND CLIVE AN EXCGLY ANIC WAY DON’T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO LIKE , OR WATCH . BUT I HOPE THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULDN’T NORMALLY WA TO THE ABC THURSDAY NIGHT LP WATERS MIGHT GIVE HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR A CHANCE. BEE ’S DOG SOMETHG PRETTY REMARKABLE, SOMETHG THAT FEELS BIG AND IMPORTANT AND NOTEWORTHY, THE OLT AND MOST SUAL OF WAYS. FRANKLY, FEELS GREAT TO WATCH—’S RIGHTEO, SEXY, EVEN HEARTENG. IT’S ALSO, Y’KNOW, PRETTY DANG ENTERTAG. THAT STILL MATTERS ON TELEVISN TOO, AFTER ALL.RICHARD LAWSON
• "HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR" ACTOR JACK FALAHEE: CONNOR IS A "CREATURE OF APPET"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JIM HALTERMANOCTOBER 9, 2014/12:50 PMBY JIM HALTERMANOCTOBER 9, 2014 / 12:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR\" ACTOR JACK FALAHEE: CONNOR IS A \"CREATURE OF APPET\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-10-09T16:50:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-10-09T16:50:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACK FALAHEE (CONNOR) AND CONRAD RIMORA (OLIVER) ON LAST WEEK'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR. (ABC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY TWO EPISOS AND ABC'S NEW DRAMA HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR ALREADY HAS VIEWERS BUZZG...PECIALLY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW OM AN OUT CREATOR, PETE NOWALK (WHO WE TALKED TO RECENTLY), AND ALSO HAS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER  SHONDA RHIM, KNOWN FOR HER REGULAR CLN OF LGBT CHARACTERS HER OTHER SERI, SNDAL AND GREY'S ANATOMY. AND THE SERI IS ALREADY PROVIDG GAY LAW STUNT CONNOR WALSH (JACK FALAHEE) WH A LOT TO DO, WHETHER HE'S VYG FOR THE ATTENTN AND PRAISE OF PROFSOR/LAWYER ANNALISE KEATG (VLA DAVIS) OR BEDDG A PUTER NERD OLIVER (CONRAD RIMORA) FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT IS GOG ON UNR THE SURFACE WH CONNOR AND WHAT WILL WE SEE UNFOLD THE G EPISOS? FOR ANSWERS, WE TALKED TO FALAHEE TO DISCS THAT TENSE BEDROOM CRIME SCENE REENACTMENT WH GUT STAR STEVEN WEBER AS WELL AS WHETHER THE ACTOR THKS CONNOR MIGHT BE VELOPG SCERE FEELGS FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEBACKLOT: WHEN A SHOW IS JT GETTG STARTED YOU’RE KD OF A LTLE BUBBLE UNTIL ACTUALLY STARTS TO AIR. HAVE YOU FELT A DIFFERENCE NOW THAT THE SHOW IS AIRG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACK FALAHEE: TOTALLY! ON THE 24TH, THE DAY BEFORE THE PREMIERE, AJA NAOMI KG, KATIE [FDLAY] AND KARLA AND I, WE ALL WENT OUT TO GET A BE AFTER WE WRAPPED. GETTG A LTLE RNY, BUT WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE AND TOAST TO OUR LAST NIGHT WHILE THE SHOW WAS JT OURS BEFORE PUTTG OUT TO THE UNIVERSE. BUT ’S BEEN REALLY EXCG SHARG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BEGNG OF THE EPISO WE DO ONE OF THE FLASHBACKS WHERE THEY’RE THE WOODS AND YOU SAY, 'STOP ACTG LIKE THE A LTLE BCH BABY.' HOW MUCH FUN DID YOU HAVE SAYG THAT LE AS MANY TIM AS YOU PROBABLY DID WHEN SHOOTG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S AMAZG. I THK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SEND LE THE DN. THE SCENE THAT YOU SAW [ LAST WEEK'S EPISO], WAS ACTUALLY RRIED OVER OM THE PILOT AND THEN WE WENT BACK [FOR EPISO 2] AND DID WH THE ADD DIALOGUE THAT YOU HADN’T SEEN. I REMEMBER BEG THE DN AND WAS SUCH A BLAST G OUT GUNS BLAZG THE READ FOR THE DN AND SAYG ‘STOP ACTG LIKE A LTLE BCH BABY!’ IT WAS A LOT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE THAT’S WHAT CLCHED YOU GETTG THE ROLE BEE YOU SAID SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S ! MAYBE THAT SEALED THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR THE SHOW, ANNALISE HAS BEE MORE NNECTED TO W. WE’RE ACTUALLY SEEG HER HAVE A LOT OF SCEN WH HIM AT THIS POT. IS THERE A POT WHERE MAYBE CONNOR’S GOG TO GET ON HER RADAR JT A LTLE B MORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, I THK SO. I THK THAT THEY’RE ALL VYG FOR THE APPROVAL OF ANNALISE AND I THK THAT CONNOR-- BEG THE GUNNER THAT HE IS-- IS TRYG QUE SPERATELY AT TIM TO GET THAT OM HER. I THK MOVG FORWARD WE’LL FELY SEE THAT RELATNSHIP UNFOLD A LTLE B AND WHETHER OR NOT HE GETS HER APPROVAL AND HOW THAT AFFECTS HIS RELATNSHIP WH THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARE WE GOG TO SEE CONNOR NNECT WH ONE OF THE OTHER STUNTS MORE THAN THE OTHERS? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, AS THE SERI PROGRS WE SEE DIFFERENT STUNTS NNECT OR NOT NNECT WH ONE ANOTHER TERTG WAYS. IT’S FUN CERTA EPISOS, SCE WE’RE WORKG FOR ANNALISE, FRANK (CHARLIE WEBER) OR BONNIE (LIZA WEIL) ARE LEGATG TASKS TO TOO. SOMETIM WE GET PAIRED OFF AND SO WE’RE FORCED TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WH ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL ME ABOUT THE SCENE THAT YOU HAD TO SHOOT WH STEVEN WEBER WHERE HE’S BASILLY ACTG OUT THE MURR BED WH CONNOR. I SAW SOME PEOPLE ONLE SAYG CONNOR WAS GETTG TO BUT I ALSO THOUGHT I SAW SOME FEAR HIS EY. HOW DID YOU ACTUALLY PLAY THAT SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, WHEN I WAS PREPPG FOR THE SCENE I SORT OF TOYED WH BOTH. ON THE DAY, BILL D’ELIA, WHO DIRECTED, ALLOWED ME TO PLAY WH BOTH OPTNS. WE SHOT SOME WHERE CONNOR’S SORT OF ENJOYG THE IA OF AND THEN OTHERS WHERE HE’S MORE EAKED OUT. I THK THAT THERE’S FELY THIS NEGOTIATN OF LIKE, 'OH, THIS IS SORT OF EROTIC BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS SORT OF MENTED.' BUT YEAH, WAS FELY A REALLY FUN SCENE TO SHOOT AND STEVEN WEBER KNOCKED OUT OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONNOR’S GOTTEN A LOT OF ACTN JT TWO EPISOS. HE’S DOG PRETTY WELL AS FAR AS THE BEDROOM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] YEAH, NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL ME ABOUT CONNOR’S FEELGS FOR OLIVER AT THIS POT. IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THERE ARE SOME FEELGS VELOPG. IS CONNOR SURPRISED WH WHAT HE FEELS FOR THIS GUY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SURE. I THK THAT IALLY OLIVER IS RMATN AND HE HAS SOMETHG THAT CONNOR NEEDS AND WANTS ORR TO DO WELL AMILLY, BUT CONNOR ALSO WANTS SOMETHG ELSE OM OLIVER. IN THE PILOT OLIVER SAYS, 'I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT EMAILS' AND CONNOR REPLI, ‘I WANT THIS TOO’ AND THAT’S TE. HE WASN’T JT DOG FOR THE RMATN. I THK HE ACTUALLY WANTED TO HOOK UP WH THIS GUY AND HE SAW SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK, LIKE THE OTHER CHARACTERS, CONNOR IS VERY MUCH A CREATURE OF APPET. HE IS A VERY SEXUAL BEG, AND I THK THAT HE MIGHT FD HIMSELF HUNG UP ON SOME OTHER EMOTNS SURROUNDG THE RELATNSHIP [WH OLIVER]. IT KD OF TCH HIM OFF GUARD AND WE SAW A LTLE B OF THAT EPISO TWO. I THK VIEWERS MIGHT HAVE A FUN TIME SEEG HOW HE NAVIGAT THAT GOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU THK CONNOR IS SOMEBODY THAT BELIEV LOVE... OR IS PABLE OF LOVE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU KNOW, THAT’S TERTG. I THK HE FELY IS. IN ACTUALLY WORKG ON THE CHARACTER PETE [NOWALK] AND I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT CONNOR’S BEEN A RELATNSHIP, IF HE’S EVER BEEN LOVE. HE’S YOUNG AND HE’S OBVLY SOMEONE WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY FOCED AMILLY AND PROFSNALLY, AND I THK THAT SOMETIM CLOUDS THE ARENA OF LOVE AND RELATNSHIPS FOR SOME OF . AND SO, I THK THAT WHILE HE MIGHT PUT UP THIS FAçA THAT IS RILIENT JT ACHIEVG HIS MAXIMUM PROFSNALLY AND AMILLY HIS REER, I THK PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT HOW HE’S DOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALAHEE AT THE RECENT #TGIT LNCH PARTY WT HOLLYWOOD. (ABC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE FOUND OUT A LOT MORE ABOUT W THE SEND EPISO. IS SAFE TO SAY WE’LL FD OUT MORE ABOUT CONNOR THE G EPISOS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, FELY. THE WRERS GOT TO PLAY WH THE IA OF MOVG THE FOL POT ONTO CERTA STUNTS PER EPISO. SO, WHILE EACH EPISO ALS WH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NARRATIV AND RELATNSHIPS AND STORYL I WOULD SAY THAT GOG FORWARD THERE ARE EPISOS THAT ARE MAYBE A LTLE B MICHAELA-HEAVY OR CONNOR-HEAVY OR ASHER-HEAVY OR LREL-HEAVY SO YOU BEG TO SEE AND LEARN A LTLE B MORE THE KIDS AND WHAT MAK THEM TICK AND WHY THEY ACT THE WAY THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU TALKED A LTLE B ABOUT KD OF DOG SOME WORK ON JT CONNOR’S RELATNSHIP PAST. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS FAY LIFE AND WHERE THIS GUY OM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH. WE’VE FELY ALL BEEN THKG ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS SOMETHG VERY EARLY ON. I REMEMBER WHEN WE ARRIVED PHILALPHIA, PETE HAD EACH OF DIVIDUALLY S DOWN WH HIM AND MICHAEL OFFER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PILOT. YOU JUMP HEAD FIRST TO SHOOTG THE PILOT AND HE REALLY WANTED TO FEEL LIKE WAS A LLABORATIVE PROCS VELOPG A LTLE B ABOUT THE CHARACTER’S BACKSTORY, TO BETTER SERVE AS THE ACTORS GOG TO . THAT WAS ONE THG WE ACTUALLY DISCSED--- SCE CONNOR'S A YOUNG GAY MAN, I THK ’S IMPORTANT TO NSIR WHAT SORT OF FAY LIFE HE’S E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETE WAS VERY FIRM SAYG THAT CONNOR OM A FAY THAT’S VERY ACCEPTG AND HAS ALWAYS ACCEPTED HIM FOR WHO HE WAS. AND WAS A PROBABLY A FAY WHERE WASN’T NECSARY FOR CONNOR TO E OUT. THAT’S MY TAKE ON , BUT I THK THAT HE FELY OM A SUPPORTIVE FAY, AN AFFLUENT FAY, A SUCCSFUL FAY, AN AMIC FAY. BUT, YEAH, THAT’S SOMETHG THAT’S BEEN NSIRED, AND WOULD BE VERY OL TO ME TO SEE THE WALSH POP UP HERE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR AIRS THURSDAYS AT 10PM ON ABC. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR'S JACK FALAHEE ON THE GAY SEX SCEN: "I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKG ABOUT IT"

Falahee’s sexual inty has e unr scty maly bee he plays a gay man on the show; he has nsistently batted the nversatn away, he says, “ an attempt to try and dismantle the closet. ” On Tuday, spurred by the electn of Donald Tmp and the emotnal reactn of a gay iend of his, the actor talked openly about his sexualy for the first time a msage posted on Twter.

While I’m not gay, on HTGAWM I play a character who’s an terracial relatnship wh an HIV posive man. Before landg his role as Connor Walsh, the gay law stunt who has had some extremely steamy sex scen (if you didn't blh, you should check you're not ad), Falahee was an unemployed actor who worked as a Lyft driver. Here, the 25-year-old Michigan native talks about what 's been like to bee known, the reactn to his character's gay sex scen, a recent eak-out ont of Denzel Washgton, and more….

But even then people were really rpectful and jt asked for photos and some tographs and had some very nice thgs to HaasethYou have been part of some pretty explic gay sex scen that we haven't really seen before on mastream, work TV. Much to fans' light, Jack Falahee's gay character was volved some pretty steamy sex scen, which unexpectedly led to one of the most loved on-screen gay relatnships wh -star Conrad Rimora (Oliver). Connor was one of the lead protagonists of HTGAWM and an openly gay character.

HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR’S CONNOR WALSH: CHANGG GAY STEREOTYP OR ENFORCG NEW ON?

Bonnie told him that as an abe survivor herself, she was imprsed by his say on shuttg down of a gay nversn mp while unrgrad. It's unclear who had forced him to therapy seeg how his father too was gay.

RACY GAY SCEN ‘HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR’ DRAW A FOLLOWG

Jack Falahee has mentned that he had been bugged untls tim about his own sexualy ever sce he started playg a gay character on screen. The actor ma a pot not to divulge is sexualy or discs ; he found bizarre that he would have to be asked about his sexual inty jt bee his character was gay. However, he did later state that he was fact straight but an ally of the gay muny and proud to play a gay man on the show.

IS HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR THE MOST PROGRSIVE SHOW ON TELEVISN?ABC’S SOAPY NEW LEGAL THRILLER IS UNAAID OF DIVERSY, STRONG WOMEN, AND GAY SEX. WHICH MAK PRETTY IMPORTANT.BY RICHARD LAWSONOCTOBER 16, 2014PHOTO: ABC/MCH HAASETHSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEI AM NOT A CIZEN OF SHONDALAND. I N TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MCSTEAMY AND MCDREAMY, I KNOW WHAT “EARN ME” AND “WE AND POPRN” MEAN, BUT ONLY BEE I’M ON TWTER AND ’S IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID THAT STUFF. I DO NOT PRAY AT THE CHURCH OF SHONDA RHIM, HOLY SAVR OF WORK TELEVISN, OR AT LEAST ABC, THOUGH SHE MAY BE. BUT THAT DO NOT MEAN THAT I N’T APPRECIATE ALL THAT SHE AND HER BRAND OF SNAPPY SOAP HAVE DONE FOR TELEVISN, FOR CULTURE, EVEN. HER NTRIBUTNS, HER ADVANCEMENTS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY MYRIAD, MAY BE ON NO BETTER DISPLAY THAN ON THE NEW SERI SHE EXECUTIVE PRODUC, HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR. IN MANY WAYS ’S THE BOLST, NERVIT SHOW ON TELEVISN AT THE MOMENT. AND ’S ON ABC!CREATED BY FORMER GREY’S ANATOMY WRER PETER NOWALK, HTGAWM, AS ’S ACRONYMED, REPRENTS WHAT I HOPE WILL BE A SEA CHANGE BROADST TELEVISN. OBVLY, IS A RATHER LARGE TONE THAT THE SHOW’S STAR IS VLA DAVIS, A TWICE OSR-NOMATED ACTRS WHO FALLY HAS A NSE, KNOTTY LEAD ROLE TO NTEND WH. Y, ’S ON A SECRET HISTORY-QUE LAW SCHOOL THRILLER ABOUT SEX AND MURR, BUT WHO R. THIS IS A 49-YEAR-OLD, DARK-SKNED BLACK WOMAN LEADG A SHOW ON A BIG BROADST WORK ONE OF THE BT TIME SLOTS ON THE SCHLE. TENAC LAW PROFSOR/TRIAL LAWYER ANNALISE KEATG HAS AGENCY AND PTH; SHE HAS AN ACTIVE, NFLICTED SEX LIFE, SHE SCHEM, SHE CHAMPNS, IS BOTH NOBLE AND FLAWED. THAT KD OF CHARACTER IS A RARE FD FOR DAVIS, WHO SPE HER NSIRABLE TALENTS AND JUILLIARD PEDIGREE HAS BEEN LARGELY PHED TO ROL THAT OFFER SUPPORT OR DOLE OUT EXPOSN.SO HTGAWM IS REVOLUTNARY, Y REVOLUTNARY, THAT REGARD. BUT IS NOT NTENT TO JT DO ONE THG BOLDLY, TO FY ONE CREAKY, UGLY CULTURAL NORM. BRAZENLY, KEEPS GOG. THERE ARE TWO OTHER ACTORS OF LOR PLAYG LEADS ON THE SHOW, WHICH ALREADY MAK THE SERI ONE OF THE MORE DIVERSE ON THE BIG FOUR WORKS. BUT WA, THERE’S MORE! THERE’S ALSO A GAY CHARACTER, AND ’S THERE, FOR MY OWN SELFISH REASONS, THAT HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR REALLY UGHT MY ATTENTN. NOT BEE ’S SO RARE TO HAVE A GAY PERSON ON WORK TELEVISN THE DAYS, BUT BEE JACK FALAHEE’S AMB, UNRHAND CONNOR WALSH IS, LIKE DAVIS’S CHARACTER, ALLOWED TO BE BOTH GOOD AND BAD, SAT AND SNER. AND HE’S ALLOWED TO HAVE SEX. RATHER GRAPHILLY, GIVEN THE NTEXT.IN THE FIRST EPISO, CONNOR SC A MAN TO GET A LEG UP ONE OF ANNALISE’S S. IN THE SEND EPISO HE RETURNS FOR MORE, BUT JT FOR FUN. AND HE SAYS TO HIS NQUT, “THIS TIME I DO YOU.” WHICH, OF URSE, REFERS PRETTY EXPLICLY TO MECHANIL MATTERS OF GAY SEX A WAY THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE ON A NON-BLE CHANNEL. EVEN ON BLE, SUCH ALLNS REMA PRETTY TABOO. (NOT EVEN HOE OF CARDS DARED VENTURE TO HOW, EXACTLY, THAT SEND SEASON THREOME WENT DOWN.) BUT HERE IS THIS SHOW, ON BROADST PRIMETIME, REFERRG TO SUCH TIMATE THGS OUT THE OPEN, AS PLALY AS ANYTHG ELSE. AND CONNOR AND HIS HOOKUP KISS LIKE REAL PEOPLE KISS, WHICH NOWALK TOLD ME, A PHONE TERVIEW, IS FELY LIBERATE. "I ALWAYS TELL THE DIRECTORS, I DON’T WANT TO SEE TWO MEN MASHG THEIR FAC TOGETHER. IT’S NOT A WRTLG MATCH. I WANT TO FEEL LIKE REAL KISSG, LIKE THEY’RE ACTUALLY KISSG. … FOR ME WATCHG [OTHER SHOWS], PECIALLY WHEN A STRAIGHT ACTOR IS PLAYG GAY, YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE KISSG. THEIR LIPS ARE TOUCHG BUT ’S MORE LIKE A FACE MASHG." THAT LEVEL OF NSCNS ABOUT HOW ACCURATE, HOW REAL, GAY TIMACY LOOKS ON TELEVISN IS RARE. (LOOK AT THE LIMPLY ADDRSED GAY PLOTLE ON ABC'S OWN NASHVILLE, FOR EXAMPLE.)I’LL ADM THAT MY TERT THE CONNOR CHARACTER IS PARTLY ROOTED THE FACT THAT, Y, JACK FALAHEE IS A SUPER ATTRACTIVE GUY, AS WAS HIS SEXY SCENE PARTNER. AND REALLY, WHAT’S WRONG WH THAT? GOOD FOR NOWALK, AND RHIM (WHOSE GREY'S ANATOMY ADMIRABLY FEATUR PLEX LBIAN RELATNSHIPS), AND ABC FOR THROWG SOME NON-HETERO PEOPLE A BONE, SO TO SPEAK. (THOUGH, I’VE NO DOUBT THAT PLENTY OF NON-HETERO PEOPLE ARE ALSO TO THOSE MAKEOUT SCEN.)WHAT UGHT ME OFF GUARD, THOUGH, IS HOW ODDLY MOVED I’VE BEEN TO SEE HOW THE CONNOR CHARACTER FUNCTNS ON THE SHOW. BEE YOU FET HOW RARE IS TO SEE A PERSON LIKE YOURSELF (ALBE A WAY YOUNGER, SEXIER PERSON) KISS AND GET LAID AND JT BE GAY ON TV. I N TELL YOU OM FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE THAT GAY KIDS SEEK THIS STUFF OUT SPERATELY, WHILE THEIR STRAIGHT PEERS HAVE ABUNDANCE. BUT ’S HARD TO FD, OR AT LEAST HAS BEEN THE PAST. THAT LACK OF REGNN IS A LONELY, ALIENATG FEELG, ONE THAT GETS PAFULLY TERNALIZED OVER THE YEARS. SO HTGAWM'S FORTHGNS ABOUT S GAY CHARACTER’S GAYNS, LIKE ’S NOT ONLY "NO BIG AL," BUT JT AS SEXY AS EVERYTHG ELSE, MAK THE SHOW SEEM, RATHER LIRLY, LIKE AN ARTIFACT OM A NEW WORLD. THIS IS A SHOW THAT HTS AT WHAT THE MOST MASTREAM OF TELEVISN ULD LOOK LIKE JT A FEW YEARS—OPEN, CLIVE, DIVERSE AN EASY, NATURAL WAY.MY STARTLED, EXCED REACTN TO THE CONNOR CHARACTER PROBABLY PAL PARISON TO HOW SOME VIEWERS, WHO HAVE WAED A LONG TIME TO SEE THEMSELV ONSCREEN, FEEL WATCHG VLA DAVIS MANDG EVERY SCENE, HEADLG EVERY PIECE OF MARKETG MATERIAL. THAT SHOULDN’T FEEL LIKE AS MUCH OF A REVOLUTN AS DO 2014. AND THAT THE SHOW IS SO OL ABOUT , DON’T REFERENCE S OWN PROGRSIVENS, S OWN DARG, MAK ALL THE MORE, WELL, MONUMENTAL.MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW LILY JAM AND JOE KEERY BEME OLD HOLLYWOOD INS FALLY DAWNBY DAVID CANFIELD2023 FALL PREVIEW: 46 FILMS TO WATCH OUT FORBY REBEC FORDPLENTY OF MORE EARNT SHOWS, OM SWCHED AT BIRTH TO GLEE, SERVE PRAISE FOR NSCIENTLY TRODUCG DIVERSY TO THE CULTURAL LANDSPE. BUT ’S ALSO GREAT TO SEE THAT PNS TOSSED ASI FOR SOMETHG A LTLE GRTIER, MORE SORDID, LS NCERNED WH BEG GOOD AND RPONSIBLE. IT’S EEG, LOOSENS THGS UP, RELIEV THE TOO-HEAVY BURN OF UNNTROVERSIAL PURY. WHEN GLEE HAD S BIG LOSG-VIRGY EPISO A UPLE SEASONS BACK, THERE WAS NO TALK ABOUT HOW, Y’KNOW, THAT WAS GOG TO WORK, EXACTLY, FOR KURT AND BLAE, WHICH IS A NVERSATN THOSE KIDS FELY WOULD HAVE HAD REAL LIFE. HTGAWM, ON THE OTHER HAND, THROWS RIGHT THERE, PS BE DAMNED, AND SO DOG ALMOST FORC A NEW PERSPECTIVE. THE SHOW MOV SO QUICKLY AND SO UNAPOLOGETILLY THAT THE DIENCE DON’T HAVE A CHANCE TO PROCS AND REJECT, JT NS ALONG AFTER THE NARRATIVE. PROGRS DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE REFUL AND HAND-HOLDG, THIS SERI SHOWS .HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, WH ALL S SCY BANTER AND NVENIENT, OVERLY SIMPLIFIED LEGAL GYMNASTICS. THE SHOW BEG FORWARD-THKG AND CLIVE AN EXCGLY ANIC WAY DON’T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO LIKE , OR WATCH . BUT I HOPE THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULDN’T NORMALLY WA TO THE ABC THURSDAY NIGHT LP WATERS MIGHT GIVE HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR A CHANCE. BEE ’S DOG SOMETHG PRETTY REMARKABLE, SOMETHG THAT FEELS BIG AND IMPORTANT AND NOTEWORTHY, THE OLT AND MOST SUAL OF WAYS. FRANKLY, FEELS GREAT TO WATCH—’S RIGHTEO, SEXY, EVEN HEARTENG. IT’S ALSO, Y’KNOW, PRETTY DANG ENTERTAG. THAT STILL MATTERS ON TELEVISN TOO, AFTER ALL.RICHARD LAWSON

Image source, Getty ImagHow To Get Away Wh Murr actor Jack Falahee has "e out" as straight a msage spired by Donald Tmp's surprise electn 27-year-old plays gay character Connor Walsh the show but has never prevly talked about his own sexualy.

"By the end of the night a iend of me, who is gay, was stg on the floor unr a table cryg. "As well as Donald Tmp's w, Jack also h out at future vice print's Mike Pence's stance on gay has fought agast allowg gay people to serve the US ary, cut fundg to sexual health anisatn Planned Parenthood and mpaigned to divert funds om LGBTQ+ groups to "stutns which provi assistance to those seekg to change their sexual behavur". "We now have a VP who believ nversn therapy, that homosexualy is a choice and that marriage equaly will lead to societal llapse, " he add.

"Image source, ABC StudsImage ptn, Jack stars as gay legal stunt Connor Walsh alongsi Vla Davis the US TV dramaHe then explaed why felt like the right time to say somethg about his own sexualy, when he'd prevly refed to be drawn on whether he is straight or gay. "While I'm not gay, on HTGAWM I play a character who's an terracial relatnship wh an HIV posive man, " he says.

"HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR" ACTOR JACK FALAHEE: CONNOR IS A "CREATURE OF APPET"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JIM HALTERMANOCTOBER 9, 2014/12:50 PMBY JIM HALTERMANOCTOBER 9, 2014 / 12:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR\" ACTOR JACK FALAHEE: CONNOR IS A \"CREATURE OF APPET\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-10-09T16:50:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-10-09T16:50:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACK FALAHEE (CONNOR) AND CONRAD RIMORA (OLIVER) ON LAST WEEK'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR. (ABC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONLY TWO EPISOS AND ABC'S NEW DRAMA HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR ALREADY HAS VIEWERS BUZZG...PECIALLY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW OM AN OUT CREATOR, PETE NOWALK (WHO WE TALKED TO RECENTLY), AND ALSO HAS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER  SHONDA RHIM, KNOWN FOR HER REGULAR CLN OF LGBT CHARACTERS HER OTHER SERI, SNDAL AND GREY'S ANATOMY. AND THE SERI IS ALREADY PROVIDG GAY LAW STUNT CONNOR WALSH (JACK FALAHEE) WH A LOT TO DO, WHETHER HE'S VYG FOR THE ATTENTN AND PRAISE OF PROFSOR/LAWYER ANNALISE KEATG (VLA DAVIS) OR BEDDG A PUTER NERD OLIVER (CONRAD RIMORA) FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT IS GOG ON UNR THE SURFACE WH CONNOR AND WHAT WILL WE SEE UNFOLD THE G EPISOS? FOR ANSWERS, WE TALKED TO FALAHEE TO DISCS THAT TENSE BEDROOM CRIME SCENE REENACTMENT WH GUT STAR STEVEN WEBER AS WELL AS WHETHER THE ACTOR THKS CONNOR MIGHT BE VELOPG SCERE FEELGS FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEBACKLOT: WHEN A SHOW IS JT GETTG STARTED YOU’RE KD OF A LTLE BUBBLE UNTIL ACTUALLY STARTS TO AIR. HAVE YOU FELT A DIFFERENCE NOW THAT THE SHOW IS AIRG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JACK FALAHEE: TOTALLY! ON THE 24TH, THE DAY BEFORE THE PREMIERE, AJA NAOMI KG, KATIE [FDLAY] AND KARLA AND I, WE ALL WENT OUT TO GET A BE AFTER WE WRAPPED. GETTG A LTLE RNY, BUT WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE AND TOAST TO OUR LAST NIGHT WHILE THE SHOW WAS JT OURS BEFORE PUTTG OUT TO THE UNIVERSE. BUT ’S BEEN REALLY EXCG SHARG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE BEGNG OF THE EPISO WE DO ONE OF THE FLASHBACKS WHERE THEY’RE THE WOODS AND YOU SAY, 'STOP ACTG LIKE THE A LTLE BCH BABY.' HOW MUCH FUN DID YOU HAVE SAYG THAT LE AS MANY TIM AS YOU PROBABLY DID WHEN SHOOTG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S AMAZG. I THK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SEND LE THE DN. THE SCENE THAT YOU SAW [ LAST WEEK'S EPISO], WAS ACTUALLY RRIED OVER OM THE PILOT AND THEN WE WENT BACK [FOR EPISO 2] AND DID WH THE ADD DIALOGUE THAT YOU HADN’T SEEN. I REMEMBER BEG THE DN AND WAS SUCH A BLAST G OUT GUNS BLAZG THE READ FOR THE DN AND SAYG ‘STOP ACTG LIKE A LTLE BCH BABY!’ IT WAS A LOT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE THAT’S WHAT CLCHED YOU GETTG THE ROLE BEE YOU SAID SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S ! MAYBE THAT SEALED THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR THE SHOW, ANNALISE HAS BEE MORE NNECTED TO W. WE’RE ACTUALLY SEEG HER HAVE A LOT OF SCEN WH HIM AT THIS POT. IS THERE A POT WHERE MAYBE CONNOR’S GOG TO GET ON HER RADAR JT A LTLE B MORE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, I THK SO. I THK THAT THEY’RE ALL VYG FOR THE APPROVAL OF ANNALISE AND I THK THAT CONNOR-- BEG THE GUNNER THAT HE IS-- IS TRYG QUE SPERATELY AT TIM TO GET THAT OM HER. I THK MOVG FORWARD WE’LL FELY SEE THAT RELATNSHIP UNFOLD A LTLE B AND WHETHER OR NOT HE GETS HER APPROVAL AND HOW THAT AFFECTS HIS RELATNSHIP WH THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARE WE GOG TO SEE CONNOR NNECT WH ONE OF THE OTHER STUNTS MORE THAN THE OTHERS? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, AS THE SERI PROGRS WE SEE DIFFERENT STUNTS NNECT OR NOT NNECT WH ONE ANOTHER TERTG WAYS. IT’S FUN CERTA EPISOS, SCE WE’RE WORKG FOR ANNALISE, FRANK (CHARLIE WEBER) OR BONNIE (LIZA WEIL) ARE LEGATG TASKS TO TOO. SOMETIM WE GET PAIRED OFF AND SO WE’RE FORCED TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WH ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL ME ABOUT THE SCENE THAT YOU HAD TO SHOOT WH STEVEN WEBER WHERE HE’S BASILLY ACTG OUT THE MURR BED WH CONNOR. I SAW SOME PEOPLE ONLE SAYG CONNOR WAS GETTG TO BUT I ALSO THOUGHT I SAW SOME FEAR HIS EY. HOW DID YOU ACTUALLY PLAY THAT SCENE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, WHEN I WAS PREPPG FOR THE SCENE I SORT OF TOYED WH BOTH. ON THE DAY, BILL D’ELIA, WHO DIRECTED, ALLOWED ME TO PLAY WH BOTH OPTNS. WE SHOT SOME WHERE CONNOR’S SORT OF ENJOYG THE IA OF AND THEN OTHERS WHERE HE’S MORE EAKED OUT. I THK THAT THERE’S FELY THIS NEGOTIATN OF LIKE, 'OH, THIS IS SORT OF EROTIC BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS SORT OF MENTED.' BUT YEAH, WAS FELY A REALLY FUN SCENE TO SHOOT AND STEVEN WEBER KNOCKED OUT OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONNOR’S GOTTEN A LOT OF ACTN JT TWO EPISOS. HE’S DOG PRETTY WELL AS FAR AS THE BEDROOM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] YEAH, NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL ME ABOUT CONNOR’S FEELGS FOR OLIVER AT THIS POT. IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THERE ARE SOME FEELGS VELOPG. IS CONNOR SURPRISED WH WHAT HE FEELS FOR THIS GUY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SURE. I THK THAT IALLY OLIVER IS RMATN AND HE HAS SOMETHG THAT CONNOR NEEDS AND WANTS ORR TO DO WELL AMILLY, BUT CONNOR ALSO WANTS SOMETHG ELSE OM OLIVER. IN THE PILOT OLIVER SAYS, 'I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT EMAILS' AND CONNOR REPLI, ‘I WANT THIS TOO’ AND THAT’S TE. HE WASN’T JT DOG FOR THE RMATN. I THK HE ACTUALLY WANTED TO HOOK UP WH THIS GUY AND HE SAW SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK, LIKE THE OTHER CHARACTERS, CONNOR IS VERY MUCH A CREATURE OF APPET. HE IS A VERY SEXUAL BEG, AND I THK THAT HE MIGHT FD HIMSELF HUNG UP ON SOME OTHER EMOTNS SURROUNDG THE RELATNSHIP [WH OLIVER]. IT KD OF TCH HIM OFF GUARD AND WE SAW A LTLE B OF THAT EPISO TWO. I THK VIEWERS MIGHT HAVE A FUN TIME SEEG HOW HE NAVIGAT THAT GOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU THK CONNOR IS SOMEBODY THAT BELIEV LOVE... OR IS PABLE OF LOVE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU KNOW, THAT’S TERTG. I THK HE FELY IS. IN ACTUALLY WORKG ON THE CHARACTER PETE [NOWALK] AND I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT CONNOR’S BEEN A RELATNSHIP, IF HE’S EVER BEEN LOVE. HE’S YOUNG AND HE’S OBVLY SOMEONE WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY FOCED AMILLY AND PROFSNALLY, AND I THK THAT SOMETIM CLOUDS THE ARENA OF LOVE AND RELATNSHIPS FOR SOME OF . AND SO, I THK THAT WHILE HE MIGHT PUT UP THIS FAçA THAT IS RILIENT JT ACHIEVG HIS MAXIMUM PROFSNALLY AND AMILLY HIS REER, I THK PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT HOW HE’S DOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FALAHEE AT THE RECENT #TGIT LNCH PARTY WT HOLLYWOOD. (ABC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE FOUND OUT A LOT MORE ABOUT W THE SEND EPISO. IS SAFE TO SAY WE’LL FD OUT MORE ABOUT CONNOR THE G EPISOS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, FELY. THE WRERS GOT TO PLAY WH THE IA OF MOVG THE FOL POT ONTO CERTA STUNTS PER EPISO. SO, WHILE EACH EPISO ALS WH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NARRATIV AND RELATNSHIPS AND STORYL I WOULD SAY THAT GOG FORWARD THERE ARE EPISOS THAT ARE MAYBE A LTLE B MICHAELA-HEAVY OR CONNOR-HEAVY OR ASHER-HEAVY OR LREL-HEAVY SO YOU BEG TO SEE AND LEARN A LTLE B MORE THE KIDS AND WHAT MAK THEM TICK AND WHY THEY ACT THE WAY THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU TALKED A LTLE B ABOUT KD OF DOG SOME WORK ON JT CONNOR’S RELATNSHIP PAST. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS FAY LIFE AND WHERE THIS GUY OM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH. WE’VE FELY ALL BEEN THKG ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS SOMETHG VERY EARLY ON. I REMEMBER WHEN WE ARRIVED PHILALPHIA, PETE HAD EACH OF DIVIDUALLY S DOWN WH HIM AND MICHAEL OFFER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PILOT. YOU JUMP HEAD FIRST TO SHOOTG THE PILOT AND HE REALLY WANTED TO FEEL LIKE WAS A LLABORATIVE PROCS VELOPG A LTLE B ABOUT THE CHARACTER’S BACKSTORY, TO BETTER SERVE AS THE ACTORS GOG TO . THAT WAS ONE THG WE ACTUALLY DISCSED--- SCE CONNOR'S A YOUNG GAY MAN, I THK ’S IMPORTANT TO NSIR WHAT SORT OF FAY LIFE HE’S E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETE WAS VERY FIRM SAYG THAT CONNOR OM A FAY THAT’S VERY ACCEPTG AND HAS ALWAYS ACCEPTED HIM FOR WHO HE WAS. AND WAS A PROBABLY A FAY WHERE WASN’T NECSARY FOR CONNOR TO E OUT. THAT’S MY TAKE ON , BUT I THK THAT HE FELY OM A SUPPORTIVE FAY, AN AFFLUENT FAY, A SUCCSFUL FAY, AN AMIC FAY. BUT, YEAH, THAT’S SOMETHG THAT’S BEEN NSIRED, AND WOULD BE VERY OL TO ME TO SEE THE WALSH POP UP HERE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO GET AWAY WH MURR AIRS THURSDAYS AT 10PM ON ABC. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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Connor Walsh is a gay character om How to Get Away wh Murr. One breakout character, Connor Walsh (played by Jack Falahee), has been praised for his layered storyle as a gay man. Instead of rcg him to the tradnal gay stereotyp employed by work shows such as Will & Grace and Morn Fay, HTGAWM tails a more round sense of Connor’s life and personaly.

Such attempts to move gay characters out of the trop of the “effemate gay bt iend” have proved succsful on both basic and premium ble shows, most notably the early years of ble on Six Feet Unr and Queer as Folk, and more recently on Orphan Black and Lookg. While ble has been ahead more dimensnal portrayals of gay characters, a character like Connor Walsh is near revelatory for a work show.