Avengers star Pl Bettany's heartbroken gay dad went 'back the closet'

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• PL BETTANY SAYS PLAYG GAY “UNCLE FRANK” IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS GAY DAD
• AVENGERS STAR PL BETTANY’S GAY DAD WENT ‘BACK THE CLOSET’ AFTER HEARTBREAK
• PL BETTANY SADNED BY GAY FATHER'S DECISN TO CONCEAL SEXUALY AFTER DEATH OF LOVER
• IS PL BETTANY GAY?
• THE ARE MR. MAN’S 100 INIC TV & MOVIE GAY KISS OF ALL TIME

PL BETTANY SAYS PLAYG GAY “UNCLE FRANK” IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS GAY DAD

Is Pl Bettany Gay? "I had a gay father who died a uple of years ago, " he told Total Film magaze. "The parallels of his dad's life nearly ma Bettany turn down his role Uncle Frank, where he plays a gay New York Universy profsor who travels to South Carola the 1970s to nont his past -- cludg his homophobic father, Daddy Mac, played by Stephen Frank director Alan Ball also opened up about how he believed his father might have been gay, explag to NewNowNext that he and Bettany nnected over their siar upbrggs.

Uncle Frank, a film about a closeted gay man who out to his fay is the latt of a strg of films featurg an LGBTIQA character. In the film Uncle Frank by wrer and director Alan Ball (Amerin Bety), a closeted gay man go on a road trip om Manhattan to his home town South Carola wh his niece and boyiend.

AVENGERS STAR PL BETTANY’S GAY DAD WENT ‘BACK THE CLOSET’ AFTER HEARTBREAK

In an terview wh The BINGE Gui, Pl Bettany, who plays Frank an alholic gay profsor, spoke about the personal nature of the story. In the film, Bettany’s character mt take his niece’s advice and e out as gay to his fay, which mirrors the life of the actor’s own father, who me out when he was 63.

PL BETTANY SADNED BY GAY FATHER'S DECISN TO CONCEAL SEXUALY AFTER DEATH OF LOVER

“My father was a gay man who me out to me when he was 63, then when his partner died when he was his early 80s, he went back the closet bee he was a Catholic and thought was a mortal s. “Growg up, I lerally didn’t unrstand homophobia until I went to school the suburbs, where I felt very alienated.

IS PL BETTANY GAY?

When asked about playg gay as a straight man, Bettany said he raised his ncern wh Alan but ultimately cid to accept the role based on his father’s experience. "Uncle Frank" will soon be released on Amazon wh Pl Bettany the tle role as a gay man.

While promotg the new flick, Bettany revealed his father to be the reason he took on the Bettany stars as gay uncle Frank, who travels back home wh his niece tow to attend his father's funeral.

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And the role h close to home, as left Bettany wonrg how different his father's life uld have, Bettany's father, had been openly gay before he went back to the closet at the age of 83, claimg that his perceived sexualy was nothg but a misunrstandg.