Brandon Black On Playg the First Gay Character the Maa Movi | Observer

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• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'
• TYLER PERRY’S NEWT ‘MAA’ MOVIE MAK HISTORY WH GAY CHARACTER
• BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'

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" EW talked to the San Diego native about jog the Maaverse, beg Black and gay Hollywood, the bety of endls mimosas, and sharg scen wh a 6'5" great-grandmother who also happened to be his boss. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So you play the first openly gay character a Maa movie. And when I found out I was the first gay character a Maa movie, I thought, "Well, I thk I'm qualified for the job.

TYLER PERRY’S NEWT ‘MAA’ MOVIE MAK HISTORY WH GAY CHARACTER

It's really excg that this movie wh this many ey on is gog to have a gay, Black character who is sure of himself.

I told myself when I move to Los Angel, I will be a gay person who has moved to Los Angel.

I got my mom dnk on some endls mimosas — a very gay task [lghs] — and then I told her.

BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY CHARACTER THE MAA CEMATIC UNIVERSE

This might be a ltle heavy of a qutn, but what's been your experience as a Black, openly gay actor Hollywood? So at one pot, I cid I wanted a gay agent on my team, like specifilly that, bee I wanted to be able to have some of the more nuanced nversatns about gay characters. Bee I do want to play gay characters, but I want to talk about what they're gonna be.

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