Is Lil Murda Gay? P-Valley J. Alphonse Nicholson Unpacks His Character's Sexualy - TV Gui

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• IS P-VALLEY’S UNCLE CLIFFORD ACTOR NIC ANNAN GAY REAL LIFE?
• IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
• IS LIL MURDA GAY IN REAL LIFE? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE P-VALLEY STAR
• J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REACTS TO OUTRAGE OVER HIS GAY SEX SCENE ‘P-VALLEY’
• IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY
• P-VALLEY: NIC ANNAN HAS BEEN PERFECTG UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR YEARSMEET THE ACTOR BEHD ONE OF TELEVISN’S MOST LIC NEW CHARACTERS.BY YOHANA DTAJULY 31, 2020JSI MIGLSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE MERA LOV UNCLE CLIFFORD, LARGER-THAN-LIFE OWNER OF THE PYNK—THE VENUE AT THE CENTER OF KATORI HALL’S P-VALLEY, A SIZZLG O TO SOUTHERN STRIP CLUB CULTURE. CLIFFORD, A NON-BARY BOSS WHO SHE/HER PRONOUNS, STOMPS AROUND THE CLUB THIGH-HIGH RED BOOTS AND BEJEWELED NAILS, A GLOSSY PERMA-SMIRK AFFIXED TO HER LIPS. BUT FOR ALL HER HIGH-MP THEATRICS, SHE’S ALSO GROUND AND LAYERED, HIDG A PLITED NER WORLD—A MULTIDIMENSNALY THAT’S STANTLY MA HER ONE OF THE MOST FASCATG NEW CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN.IT HELPS THAT ACTOR NIC ANNAN, WHO PLAYS UNCLE CLIFFORD, HAS BEEN PERFECTG THE CHARACTER FOR OVER A . BEFORE THERE WAS P-VALLEY, THERE WAS HALL’S PLAY PSY VALLEY. ANNAN ORIGATED THE ROLE OF CLIFFORD A 2009 READG, THEN BROUGHT HER TO LIFE AT EVERY SUBSEQUENT FTIVAL AND STAGE PERFORMANCE, CREATG AN -PTH BACKSTORY FOR HER ALONG THE WAY. HE’S REFULLY NSIRED EVERYTHG ABOUT CLIFFORD, OM THE REASON WHY SHE OWNS A STRIP CLUB—SHE ED TO BE A DANCER HERSELF—TO THE WAY SHE WEARS HER BEARD, WHICH IS STYLED TO VER UP A SR OM AN ABIVE RELATNSHIP. THE BEARD DOUBL AS A FORM OF PROTECTN AGAST THE PYNK’S LARGELY CIS, HETERO, MALE CLIENTELE, AND THE MORE CLOSED-MD NIZENS OF CHULISSA.“I KNEW THAT I STILL HAD TO HAVE SOMETHG TO STAND ON MY GUARD AND LET PEOPLE KNOW: DON’T TRY ME,” ANNAN, SPEAKG AS CLIFFORD, EXPLAED A RECENT PHONE LL.TA ROWNSTILL, ALL THAT WORK DIDN’T MAKE ANNAN A LOCK FOR THE ROLE WHEN P-VALLEY WAS PICKED UP BY STARZ 2018. “KATORI WAS VERY HONT,” ANNAN SAID. “SHE SAID ‘WE’RE LOOKG FOR EVERYONE.’ THEY ST A WI .”SO ANNAN DUG , NOTG WH METHOD-LIKE PANACHE THAT HE “ULD NOT BEE UNCLE CLIFFORD THE ROOM” WHEN HE DNED. “I HAD TO SHOW UP AS HER.”IT’S A TTAMENT TO THE ACTOR’S SKILL THAT HE OVERME AN OLD HOLLYWOOD PRECENT—RESTG STAGE ACTORS ONCE A PLAY GETS ADAPTED. FOR ANNAN, WHO BEGAN HIS REER AS A BROADWAY HOPEFUL BEFORE PIVOTG TO FILM AND TELEVISN, P-VALLEY WAS A NATURAL NEXT STEP. JOG THE SERI ALSO MEANT HELPG TO BROAN THE REPRENTATN OF BLACK QUEER LIFE ONSCREEN. ANNAN, WHO KNEW HE WANTED TO ACT OM A YOUNG AGE, STILL REMEMBERS THE ACTG TEACHERS WHO TOLD HIM LLEGE THAT HE WAS TOO “CLOCKABLE AS A GAY MAN,” THAT HE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY “STRAIGHT” IF HE WANTED TO SUCCEED; UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A REBE OF ALL THAT FALSE NDNG.“BEG A DARK-SKNED MAN, AND A MAN THAT IS GAY, I WANTED TO EMBRACE ALL OF THE THGS THAT PEOPLE SAY ARE GOG TO HOLD YOU BACK,” ANNAN SAID.ONE OF THE FIRST THGS ANNAN TACKLED WAS UNCLE CLIFFORD’S METICULOLY CRAFTED WARDROBE. ORIGALLY, ANNAN SAID, SOME PEOPLE WHO READ THE P-VALLEY SCRIPT THOUGHT OF UNCLE CLIFFORD AS A DRAG QUEEN, AND SUGGTED WARDROBE CHOIC ALONG THOSE L. “SHE WAS SO EASILY MISUNRSTOOD,” ANNAN SAID. IN HIS HANDS, THOUGH, CLIFFORD HAS A SPECIFIC ATHETIC ONSCREEN: EACH EPISO OF P-VALLEY, UNCLE CLIFFORD SPORTS LOOKS THAT PAY DIRECT, OBV HOMAGE TO AN ARRAY OF FAMO WOMEN, OM FRIDA KAHLO TO KELLY ROWLAND. WHEN UNCLE CLIFFORD VISS A FORMER PLANTATN TO HANDLE A POTENTIAL BS AL, SHE CHOOS TO RRY A PARASOL AND WEAR A SRLET BLOE WH A LACE LLAR AND LONG FFL DOWN THE BACK, PROPPED UP BY A PARTIAL HOOP SKIRT—AN OVERT RECLAMATN AND REMIX OF THE SOUTHERN BELLE ARCHETYPE FOUND FILMS LIKE GONE WH THE WD. (HALL DUBBED THE “WD DONE GONE” LOOK ON TWTER.)MOST POPULARWH MATRO, LEONARD BERNSTE’S LEGACY AND LOV FALLY H THE BIG SCREENBY REBEC FORD25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISTHE BOOK OF CLARENCE IS A BOMBASTIC JOURNEY BACK TO THE BIBLIL ERABY REBEC FORDBUT UNCLE CLIFFORD’S DILEMMAS GO EPER THAN HER SARTORIAL CHOIC. WHILE THE PYNK MAY SEEM LIKE ’S THRIVG, THE CLUB IS NSTANTLY PLAGUED WH MONEY ISSU, FORCG UNCLE CLIFFORD TO STLE UP SH LS NVENTNAL WAYS. HER LOVE LIFE IS ALSO GHT; OM THE VERY FIRST EPISO, SHE’S UGHT A SECRETIVE ENTANGLEMENT WH CLOSETED RAPPER LIL MURDA (J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON). THEIR RELATNSHIP IS A MENTARY ON THE STIGMA SURROUNDG QUEER REPRENTATN HIP-HOP, MEMORABLY ELUCIDATED LAST YEAR BY OUT GAY RAPPER LIL NAS X. ANNAN WAS PARTICULARLY EAGER TO EXPLORE THE ROMANTIC SI OF UNCLE CLIFFORD’S LIFE, RELLG THAT WHEN HE DNED, HE WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD BE FORTABLE DOG NUDY FOR POTENTIAL SEX SCEN.“I TURNED TO THAT PRODUCER AND I ASKED HER, ‘WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A FULL-FIGURED BLACK MAN OR WOMAN BE MA LOVE TO ON THE SCREEN?’” HE SAID. “IF I AM THE VSEL TO TELL THAT STORY, SO BE . I WAS EXCED, TO BE HONT.”WHILE P-VALLEY IS BURSTG WH FASCATG CHARACTERS, OM THE VULNERABLE HTLER AUTUMN (ELARI JOHNSON) TO THE PYNK SUPERNOVA MERCES (BRANE EVANS), UNCLE CLIFFORD IS EASILY S TOP SCENE-STEALER. ANNAN HAPPILY GO THROUGH FAN TWEETS EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SHOW AIRS, THRILLED THAT “PEOPLE ARE TALKG ABOUT HOW ’S RONATG WH THEM.”“THIS IS GOG TO EXPAND THE TELEVISED REALY OF HOW BLACK QUEER LIFE IS,” HE SAID. “I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME HOPE THE WORLD UNRSTANDS MORE PEOPLE BY DOG THIS AND SERVG HER JTICE.”THE SHOW HAS ALSO H HOME A NUMBER OF WAYS. AFTER S FIRST EPISO AIRED, ANNAN GOT A PHONE LL OM A HIGH SCHOOL IEND HIS HOMETOWN OF DETRO, WHO SAID HIS UNCLE RYAN WAS RAVG ABOUT UNCLE CLIFFORD. “HE SAID TO HIM, ‘THAT UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A MOTHERFUCKER!’” ANNAN RELLED WH A LGH.“FOR A MAN THAT IS OF A CERTA AGE, LIKE UNCLE RYAN? HE IS HYPER MASCULE. HE TYPILLY DO NOT TALK ABOUT LGBT AND TRANS INTY…AND HE WAS SO ENTHRALLED WH THE SHOW,” HE MARVELED. “THAT MAK ME HAPPY BEE HE SE UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR WHO SHE IS. AND WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS G THE RIGHT PRONOUNS? THERE’S REVELATN, Y’ALL! THERE’S REVELATN! CHANGE IS G.”WHERE TO WATCH P-VALLEY:POWERED BYJTWATCHALL PRODUCTS FEATURED ON VANY FAIR ARE PENNTLY SELECTED BY OUR EDORS. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHG THROUGH OUR RETAIL LKS, WE MAY EARN AN AFFILIATE MISSN.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— COVER STORY: VLA DAVIS ON HER HOLLYWOOD TRIUMPHS, HER JOURNEY OUT OF POVERTY, AND HER REGRETS ABOUT MAKG THE HELP— ZIWE FUMUDOH HAS MASTERED THE ART OF PUTTG WHE PEOPLE ON THE SPOT— NETFLIX’S UNSOLVED MYSTERI: FIVE BURNG QUTNS ANSWERED ABOUT REY RIVERA, ROB ENDR, AND MORE— WATCH THE CELEBRY-FILLED FAN-FILM VERSN OF THE PRCS BRI— CARL REER’S FAIRY-TALE ENDG— THE SECRETS OF MARIANNE AND CONNELL’S FIRST SEX SCENE NORMAL PEOPLE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: UNVERG THE SECRET SNAPS OF SAMMY DAVIS JR.LOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.YOHANA DTA

IS P-VALLEY’S UNCLE CLIFFORD ACTOR NIC ANNAN GAY REAL LIFE?

"The cultural nversatns that were sparked that fied masculy, expectatns, and assumptns the Black muny, both straight and gay, ntue to prove why shows like P-Valley need to exist to tell the pivotal stori.

Not bee they don't want people to know, ’s jt they nnot say ‘I'm gay’ whout feelg that their life is danger.

IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?

Wh homophobia and a lack of accs to mental healthre still alive and well, Lil’ Murda’s character, Katori Hall's creatn, and Nicholson's breakout performance uld be the difference.

Nic Annan absolutely smash the role but dienc have a qutn about the talent behd the character… is Uncle Clifford gay real life? ©Starz YouTubeIs P-Valley’s Uncle Clifford actor gay real life?

IS LIL MURDA GAY IN REAL LIFE? EVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT THE P-VALLEY STAR

Y, Nic Annan is gay and the 33-year-old Amerin actor is open about his relatnship stat isn’t certa at the moment but, the show, Uncle Clifford is a relatnship wh Lil Murda (played by J. Alphonse Nicholson is actually married to Nafeha Nicholson; they have a child an openly gay actor, Nic has prevly opened up to media outlets about the importance of his work on P-Valley. “As a Black man and as a Black gay man, ’s very seldom that I get the opportuny to tell such a rich, lh story that really means somethg and that I really feel speaks to my muny and n uplift , ” he explaed durg a nversatn wh Essence.

J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON REACTS TO OUTRAGE OVER HIS GAY SEX SCENE ‘P-VALLEY’

Siarly, he told Vany Fair: “Beg a dark-skned man, and a man that is gay, I wanted to embrace all of the thgs that people say are gog to hold you back. Ever sce the begng of Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford’s trite relatnship, admirers of the characters have been wonrg whether the former is gay.

Nicholson, who intifi himself as heterosexual, looked back on the homophobia that prevailed the all-Black muny he grew up while preparg for the role. How n I unrstand Black gay men, all gay people, and be an ally? Through the character, Hall also explor the homophobia of the hip-hop scene.

“Homophobia is pecially rampant the hip-hop world wh some still havg to choose between succs and tth, ” the creator shared.

IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY

“How many gay Southern rappers n you name? Even though the rapper is yet to terme his sexual orientatn, he still fears the homophobic nature of his muny.

The stage and film star who was last seen on Broadway earlier this year A Soldier's Play opens up to TV Gui about his portrayal of the closeted rapper who has fallen for the non-bary Uncle Clifford, whether or not he believ his character is gay, his own sexualy—Nicholson intifi as heterosexual—utilizg his role and the seri to spark discsns the Black muny around homophobia and beg an ally to the LGBTQ Communy.

P-VALLEY: NIC ANNAN HAS BEEN PERFECTG UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR YEARSMEET THE ACTOR BEHD ONE OF TELEVISN’S MOST LIC NEW CHARACTERS.BY YOHANA DTAJULY 31, 2020JSI MIGLSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE MERA LOV UNCLE CLIFFORD, LARGER-THAN-LIFE OWNER OF THE PYNK—THE VENUE AT THE CENTER OF KATORI HALL’S P-VALLEY, A SIZZLG O TO SOUTHERN STRIP CLUB CULTURE. CLIFFORD, A NON-BARY BOSS WHO SHE/HER PRONOUNS, STOMPS AROUND THE CLUB THIGH-HIGH RED BOOTS AND BEJEWELED NAILS, A GLOSSY PERMA-SMIRK AFFIXED TO HER LIPS. BUT FOR ALL HER HIGH-MP THEATRICS, SHE’S ALSO GROUND AND LAYERED, HIDG A PLITED NER WORLD—A MULTIDIMENSNALY THAT’S STANTLY MA HER ONE OF THE MOST FASCATG NEW CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN.IT HELPS THAT ACTOR NIC ANNAN, WHO PLAYS UNCLE CLIFFORD, HAS BEEN PERFECTG THE CHARACTER FOR OVER A . BEFORE THERE WAS P-VALLEY, THERE WAS HALL’S PLAY PSY VALLEY. ANNAN ORIGATED THE ROLE OF CLIFFORD A 2009 READG, THEN BROUGHT HER TO LIFE AT EVERY SUBSEQUENT FTIVAL AND STAGE PERFORMANCE, CREATG AN -PTH BACKSTORY FOR HER ALONG THE WAY. HE’S REFULLY NSIRED EVERYTHG ABOUT CLIFFORD, OM THE REASON WHY SHE OWNS A STRIP CLUB—SHE ED TO BE A DANCER HERSELF—TO THE WAY SHE WEARS HER BEARD, WHICH IS STYLED TO VER UP A SR OM AN ABIVE RELATNSHIP. THE BEARD DOUBL AS A FORM OF PROTECTN AGAST THE PYNK’S LARGELY CIS, HETERO, MALE CLIENTELE, AND THE MORE CLOSED-MD NIZENS OF CHULISSA.“I KNEW THAT I STILL HAD TO HAVE SOMETHG TO STAND ON MY GUARD AND LET PEOPLE KNOW: DON’T TRY ME,” ANNAN, SPEAKG AS CLIFFORD, EXPLAED A RECENT PHONE LL.TA ROWNSTILL, ALL THAT WORK DIDN’T MAKE ANNAN A LOCK FOR THE ROLE WHEN P-VALLEY WAS PICKED UP BY STARZ 2018. “KATORI WAS VERY HONT,” ANNAN SAID. “SHE SAID ‘WE’RE LOOKG FOR EVERYONE.’ THEY ST A WI .”SO ANNAN DUG , NOTG WH METHOD-LIKE PANACHE THAT HE “ULD NOT BEE UNCLE CLIFFORD THE ROOM” WHEN HE DNED. “I HAD TO SHOW UP AS HER.”IT’S A TTAMENT TO THE ACTOR’S SKILL THAT HE OVERME AN OLD HOLLYWOOD PRECENT—RESTG STAGE ACTORS ONCE A PLAY GETS ADAPTED. FOR ANNAN, WHO BEGAN HIS REER AS A BROADWAY HOPEFUL BEFORE PIVOTG TO FILM AND TELEVISN, P-VALLEY WAS A NATURAL NEXT STEP. JOG THE SERI ALSO MEANT HELPG TO BROAN THE REPRENTATN OF BLACK QUEER LIFE ONSCREEN. ANNAN, WHO KNEW HE WANTED TO ACT OM A YOUNG AGE, STILL REMEMBERS THE ACTG TEACHERS WHO TOLD HIM LLEGE THAT HE WAS TOO “CLOCKABLE AS A GAY MAN,” THAT HE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY “STRAIGHT” IF HE WANTED TO SUCCEED; UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A REBE OF ALL THAT FALSE NDNG.“BEG A DARK-SKNED MAN, AND A MAN THAT IS GAY, I WANTED TO EMBRACE ALL OF THE THGS THAT PEOPLE SAY ARE GOG TO HOLD YOU BACK,” ANNAN SAID.ONE OF THE FIRST THGS ANNAN TACKLED WAS UNCLE CLIFFORD’S METICULOLY CRAFTED WARDROBE. ORIGALLY, ANNAN SAID, SOME PEOPLE WHO READ THE P-VALLEY SCRIPT THOUGHT OF UNCLE CLIFFORD AS A DRAG QUEEN, AND SUGGTED WARDROBE CHOIC ALONG THOSE L. “SHE WAS SO EASILY MISUNRSTOOD,” ANNAN SAID. IN HIS HANDS, THOUGH, CLIFFORD HAS A SPECIFIC ATHETIC ONSCREEN: EACH EPISO OF P-VALLEY, UNCLE CLIFFORD SPORTS LOOKS THAT PAY DIRECT, OBV HOMAGE TO AN ARRAY OF FAMO WOMEN, OM FRIDA KAHLO TO KELLY ROWLAND. WHEN UNCLE CLIFFORD VISS A FORMER PLANTATN TO HANDLE A POTENTIAL BS AL, SHE CHOOS TO RRY A PARASOL AND WEAR A SRLET BLOE WH A LACE LLAR AND LONG FFL DOWN THE BACK, PROPPED UP BY A PARTIAL HOOP SKIRT—AN OVERT RECLAMATN AND REMIX OF THE SOUTHERN BELLE ARCHETYPE FOUND FILMS LIKE GONE WH THE WD. (HALL DUBBED THE “WD DONE GONE” LOOK ON TWTER.)MOST POPULARWH MATRO, LEONARD BERNSTE’S LEGACY AND LOV FALLY H THE BIG SCREENBY REBEC FORD25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISTHE BOOK OF CLARENCE IS A BOMBASTIC JOURNEY BACK TO THE BIBLIL ERABY REBEC FORDBUT UNCLE CLIFFORD’S DILEMMAS GO EPER THAN HER SARTORIAL CHOIC. WHILE THE PYNK MAY SEEM LIKE ’S THRIVG, THE CLUB IS NSTANTLY PLAGUED WH MONEY ISSU, FORCG UNCLE CLIFFORD TO STLE UP SH LS NVENTNAL WAYS. HER LOVE LIFE IS ALSO GHT; OM THE VERY FIRST EPISO, SHE’S UGHT A SECRETIVE ENTANGLEMENT WH CLOSETED RAPPER LIL MURDA (J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON). THEIR RELATNSHIP IS A MENTARY ON THE STIGMA SURROUNDG QUEER REPRENTATN HIP-HOP, MEMORABLY ELUCIDATED LAST YEAR BY OUT GAY RAPPER LIL NAS X. ANNAN WAS PARTICULARLY EAGER TO EXPLORE THE ROMANTIC SI OF UNCLE CLIFFORD’S LIFE, RELLG THAT WHEN HE DNED, HE WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD BE FORTABLE DOG NUDY FOR POTENTIAL SEX SCEN.“I TURNED TO THAT PRODUCER AND I ASKED HER, ‘WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A FULL-FIGURED BLACK MAN OR WOMAN BE MA LOVE TO ON THE SCREEN?’” HE SAID. “IF I AM THE VSEL TO TELL THAT STORY, SO BE . I WAS EXCED, TO BE HONT.”WHILE P-VALLEY IS BURSTG WH FASCATG CHARACTERS, OM THE VULNERABLE HTLER AUTUMN (ELARI JOHNSON) TO THE PYNK SUPERNOVA MERCES (BRANE EVANS), UNCLE CLIFFORD IS EASILY S TOP SCENE-STEALER. ANNAN HAPPILY GO THROUGH FAN TWEETS EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN THE SHOW AIRS, THRILLED THAT “PEOPLE ARE TALKG ABOUT HOW ’S RONATG WH THEM.”“THIS IS GOG TO EXPAND THE TELEVISED REALY OF HOW BLACK QUEER LIFE IS,” HE SAID. “I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME HOPE THE WORLD UNRSTANDS MORE PEOPLE BY DOG THIS AND SERVG HER JTICE.”THE SHOW HAS ALSO H HOME A NUMBER OF WAYS. AFTER S FIRST EPISO AIRED, ANNAN GOT A PHONE LL OM A HIGH SCHOOL IEND HIS HOMETOWN OF DETRO, WHO SAID HIS UNCLE RYAN WAS RAVG ABOUT UNCLE CLIFFORD. “HE SAID TO HIM, ‘THAT UNCLE CLIFFORD IS A MOTHERFUCKER!’” ANNAN RELLED WH A LGH.“FOR A MAN THAT IS OF A CERTA AGE, LIKE UNCLE RYAN? HE IS HYPER MASCULE. HE TYPILLY DO NOT TALK ABOUT LGBT AND TRANS INTY…AND HE WAS SO ENTHRALLED WH THE SHOW,” HE MARVELED. “THAT MAK ME HAPPY BEE HE SE UNCLE CLIFFORD FOR WHO SHE IS. AND WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS G THE RIGHT PRONOUNS? THERE’S REVELATN, Y’ALL! THERE’S REVELATN! CHANGE IS G.”WHERE TO WATCH P-VALLEY:POWERED BYJTWATCHALL PRODUCTS FEATURED ON VANY FAIR ARE PENNTLY SELECTED BY OUR EDORS. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHG THROUGH OUR RETAIL LKS, WE MAY EARN AN AFFILIATE MISSN.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— COVER STORY: VLA DAVIS ON HER HOLLYWOOD TRIUMPHS, HER JOURNEY OUT OF POVERTY, AND HER REGRETS ABOUT MAKG THE HELP— ZIWE FUMUDOH HAS MASTERED THE ART OF PUTTG WHE PEOPLE ON THE SPOT— NETFLIX’S UNSOLVED MYSTERI: FIVE BURNG QUTNS ANSWERED ABOUT REY RIVERA, ROB ENDR, AND MORE— WATCH THE CELEBRY-FILLED FAN-FILM VERSN OF THE PRCS BRI— CARL REER’S FAIRY-TALE ENDG— THE SECRETS OF MARIANNE AND CONNELL’S FIRST SEX SCENE NORMAL PEOPLE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: UNVERG THE SECRET SNAPS OF SAMMY DAVIS JR.LOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.YOHANA DTA

" Nicholson, who intifi as heterosexual, says part of his preparatn for the part meant lookg back on his own upbrgg an all-Black muny Greensboro, North Carola, and the entrenched, normalized homophobia that led people like Lil' Murda to live silence, shame, and fear. Homophobia and vlent fear of the unknown put not only the non-bary or trans people at risk of harm but their partners too. The format of the scene hews closely to a talog of work that executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk has built over the span of his reer that double as s of sex tn for gay men.