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THE PASS STAR ARZé KENE SAYS FOOTBALL MT BE MORE OPEN ABOUT GAY PLAYERS

Actor Arzé Kene has said society “should be better” at talkg about homophobia after playg a footballer who out as risg star om Hackney recently won bt supportg actor at the Eveng Standard Brish Film Awards for his role as A acclaimed film The Pass. In the film, he and Beg Human star Rsell Tovey spend a night together and A later has a gay relatnship, while Tovey’s character ntu to hi his sexualy. In an terview wh ES Magaze, Kene, 29, said he was often asked, as a straight man, if he felt fortable playg a homosexual.

There are bound to be gay men the Premiership. The night of the London Eveng Standard Brish Film Awards, Arzé Kene left Claridge’s clutchg the Bt Supportg Actor trophy for his turn as a gay footballer, A, The Pass.

He is relaxed, chatty and Pass, which premiered at the 30th BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Ftival March and was released cemas this month, tackl one of sport’s great remag taboos: homosexualy football.

ARZé KENE ON HIS ROLE NEW FILM ABOUT GAY FOOTBALLERS: THIS FILM NEED TO HAPPEN

While last week was reported that three players were speakg wh the FA about g out, no Premier League clubs has an openly gay player.

RSELL TOVEY: ‘BEG GAY MA MY REER'

‘Can you image how an openly gay footballer would be received the Premier League today by 80, 000 fans? Wh Rsell Tovey The PassAs a straight actor, he has been asked if he was fortable playg a gay character. There are bound to be gay men the premiership.

This tumn Arzé Kene is playg the kg of soul, a wizard tective and a gay footballer.

‘THE PASS’ STAR ARZé KENE HUNG OUT WH FOOTBALLER WHO KNOWS GAY PLAYERS

He n currently be seen on stage as the soul sger Sam Cooke One Night Miami at the Donmar Warehoe, he’ll soon be seen on TV E4’s new Buffy-like show Crazyhead, and he has two films due for release: Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Fd Them and The Pass, a film which lv to the uncharted terrory of homosexualy Premier League tertg, perhaps, is the latter, based on John Donnelly’s play of the same name, which se Kene appear oppose Rsell Tovey.

“Beg gay is not an optn, ” says Tovey’s character Jason one as Sam Cooke One Night Miami at the Donmar Warehoe‘Hidg your te inty’Gay footballers have never been the subject of a mastream film before and Kene is already gettg attentn for the role, though ’s not out until December. How many gay footballers do we know?

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Arzé Kene on his role new film about gay footballers: This film need to happen .

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