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• THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"
• KENNY ORTEGA SAYS RYAN OM HIGH SCHOOL MIL WAS ‘PROBABLY’ GAY
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA NFIRMS SHARPAY'S BROTHER RYAN IS GAY AND WAS 'PROBABLY GOG TO E OUT LLEGE'
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL': WHAT LUS GRABEEL SAID ABOUT RYAN EVANS BEG GAY
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, WOULD HAVE 'E OUT LLEGE'
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR REVEALS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN MOVI
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS RYAN EVANS WAS GAY AND ‘PROBABLY GOG TO COME OUT COLLEGE’
• ‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS LUS GRABEEL’S CHARACTER RYAN EVANS IS GAY
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR SAYS HE DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD BE OK WH GAY CHARACTER
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN THE FRANCHISE
• 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED AN OPENLY GAY CHARACTER 2006
• HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY THE MOVI

THE DIRECTOR OF "HIGH SCHOOL MIL" EXPLAED WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY AND SAID HE WOULD "COME OUT IN COLLEGE"

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KENNY ORTEGA SAYS RYAN OM HIGH SCHOOL MIL WAS ‘PROBABLY’ GAY

In a new terview wh Variety, director Kenny Ortega opened up about his experience makg the High School Mil seri and said he thought the character of Ryan would have e out as gay later life. A lot of them see both Ryan and Kelsi — who went to prom together and had a subtle romantic storyle High School Mil 3 — as gay. Both Ryan and Kelsie are gay and they were each other's beards for senr year.

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'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA NFIRMS SHARPAY'S BROTHER RYAN IS GAY AND WAS 'PROBABLY GOG TO E OUT LLEGE'

everyone who grew up wh hsm, 10 years later, as adults: He Is Gay.

I Dont Dance Is Gay. But now Ortega has nfirmed Ryan would probably have e out as gay " llege", addg that his character the movi was "ls about g out and jt more about lettg his te lours e forward". He went on to say that while Disney is "the most progrsive group of people" he's ever worked wh, he had ncerns that they "weren't ready" to have an openly gay character a Disney Channel movie 2006.

I wanted people to thk, "That character's more plex than I thought, " stead of sayg, "Oh, he out pk and you know he's gay. Variety named Ortega as an honoree on s “Power of Pri” list and terviewed him about his long reer as an openly gay choreographer and director Hollywood as well as the queer athetic nng through his classic fay films, om Newsi and Hoc Poc to his more recent Disney Channel Origal Movi. ” When asked if would have been possible to wre Ryan as openly gay a Bh admistratn–era Disney Channel movie, Ortega answered:.

'HIGH SCHOOL MIL': WHAT LUS GRABEEL SAID ABOUT RYAN EVANS BEG GAY

The fact that, 2020, Disney was velopg the gay-teen seri Love, Victor for Disney+ shows how far the stud has e.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA REVEALS RYAN IS GAY, WOULD HAVE 'E OUT LLEGE'

Kenny Ortega Says High School Mil’s Ryan ‘Probably’ Gay. Director and choreographer Kenny Ortega revealed a recent terview that the character of Ryan Evans Disney's "High School Mil" anchise would have e out as gay llege. Ortega also revealed that he didn't thk was "possible" at the time of the movie's filmg to have an openly gay character.

"I didn't thk at the time — and Disney is the most progrsive group of people I've ever worked wh, " he acrdg to the director, there were subtle nods to Ryan's sexualy throughout all of the movi, even though the character wasn't openly gay. "High School Mil" director Kenny Ortega revealed a recent terview that the character Ryan Evans (Sharpay's tw brother the popular Disney anchise) would have e out as gay llege. After beg asked by Ram Setooh of Variety about the "queer athetic" that's prent many of his films, Ortega opened up about Lus Grabeel's character Ryan, a mil theater-lovg stunt whom many fans of the anchise believe to be gay.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR REVEALS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN MOVI

" Ortega also revealed to Variety that he didn't thk was possible to have an openly gay character while makg "High School Mil" the mid-2000s.

‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS RYAN EVANS WAS GAY AND ‘PROBABLY GOG TO COME OUT COLLEGE’

One character particular—Sharpay's tw brother Ryan (Lus Grabeel)—ma many Broadway-lovg queer folks feel like they uld fally relate to someone one screen for once, and although there was nothg ever mentned about Ryan's romantic relatnships, queerns, or sexualy the origal tr of HSM films, wh performanc like really is no nyg that Ryan was a verable queer in his own now, fast forward to 2020, and looks like HSM stans are fally gog to get the nfirmatn they've a recent terview wh Variety, openly-gay choreographer and filmmaker Kenny Ortega (who directed all three HSM films) went on the rerd about Ryan.

‘HIGH SCHOOL MIL’ DIRECTOR KENNY ORTEGA CONFIRMS LUS GRABEEL’S CHARACTER RYAN EVANS IS GAY

"While sucks there was no explic mentn of him beg gay when the movi origally me out (n you image how big of an impact that would have been, pecially the mid-2000s?!? High School Mil had a late addn to Pri Month this year when out director Kenny Ortega revealed an terview that the character of Ryan Evans (played by Lus Grabeel) was gay the trilogy of Disney movi.

'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR SAYS HE DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD BE OK WH GAY CHARACTER

'High School Mil' director Kenny Ortega has nfirmed that Ryan Evans (left) was d as gay. Though many fans assumed that Ryan was gay, the character never directly acknowledged his sexualy. “People have always asked me if Ryan was gay, ” Grabeel says.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY IN THE FRANCHISE

I wanted people to thk, ‘That character’s more plex than I thought, ’ stead of sayg, ‘Oh, he out pk and you know he’s gay. High School Mil director Kenny Ortega jt nfirmed what every fan has wonred sce the Disney Channel Origal Movie first aired back 2006: Ryan Evans (played by Lus Grabeel) is gay.

" "It was ls about g out and jt more about lettg his te lors e forward, " Ortega says, notg that he "didn't thk at the time" that he uld have had an openly gay character on Disney Channel. While the character's sexualy wasn't nfirmed until now, his fashn choic, personaly, and actns throughout the trilogy rulted fans believg he was gay.

Kenny Ortega reveals why Ryan wasn't openly gay High School Mil.

'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' DIRECTOR DIDN'T THK DISNEY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED AN OPENLY GAY CHARACTER 2006

Director Kenny Ortega has revealed why Sharpay's brother Ryan wasn't openly gay Disney's High School Mil movi. High School Mil director Kenny Ortega has explaed why Ryan Evans wasn't openly gay the, played by Lus Grabeel, is one of the film's ma characters and -print of the Drama Club wh his tw sister. > Haton's L-Manuel Miranda Wants Beyoncé To Star In His Next MilThe filmmaker nfirmed that the character was gay but explaed why this wasn't shown the Disney Channel seri.

HIGH SCHOOL MIL DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY RYAN WASN'T OPENLY GAY THE MOVI

Ortega admted that probably wouldn't have been possible when the origal High School Mil was released 2006 to have had an openly gay character the movi.

Ortega, who himself is openly gay, directed the whole High School Mil trilogy and Disney's Dcendants director discsed his reer as he was named as an honouree Variety’s Power of Pri list and suggted there was a queer athetic that ns through his work. High School Mil director Kenny Ortega revealed that fan-favore character Ryan Evans was gay, as well as explaed why the character's sexualy wasn't ma more apparent the ma the revelatn durg an terview wh Variety, published Tuday (June 30).

"Ortega shared that the reason why he didn't make Ryan openly gay the movi was bee of Disney.