"Steven me up wh this ia for a character who was openly and unapologetilly gay.
Contents:
- ‘NYPD BLUE’ STAR BILL BROCHTP ON HOW STEVEN BOCH PNEERED GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
- WITH AN EYE ON . . . : BEG GAY THE ‘NYPD’: BILL BROCHTP FDS THE RIGHT REALY CHECK
- BILL BROCHTP, ACTOR BEHD <EM>NYPD BLUE</EM>'S 'GAY TEMP' CHARACTER, STILL AT WORK HOLLYWOOD (AUDIO)
‘NYPD BLUE’ STAR BILL BROCHTP ON HOW STEVEN BOCH PNEERED GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
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"Steven me up wh this ia for a character who was openly and unapologetilly gay.
I’m the one who said, “Is this OK to have a gay guy on televisn? There were no gay characters on TV at the time.
He me up wh this ia for a character who was very openly gay and unapologetilly so, and he wanted to show that ntrast to Det. He gave me nfince that I uld do this and have a reer — not only as an openly gay guy but as an actor general.
WITH AN EYE ON . . . : BEG GAY THE ‘NYPD’: BILL BROCHTP FDS THE RIGHT REALY CHECK
I jt got an email om a guy sayg that he and his son are watchg , and the father ed my character as an example of what might be like to be iends wh a gay guy to help his son wh a iendship of his own.
There had been other gay characters on TV seri before public admistrative assistant John Irv on ABC's "NYPD Blue, " but perhaps none to whom the dience had so quickly and easily warmed.
BILL BROCHTP, ACTOR BEHD <EM>NYPD BLUE</EM>'S 'GAY TEMP' CHARACTER, STILL AT WORK HOLLYWOOD (AUDIO)
Wh his sweet se and peppy attu, Bill Brochtp, the openly gay blond wh boy-next-door good looks, won the role 1994 after playg a homosexual mol wh AIDS the L. Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) fdg he uld relate to a gay male as a human beg and not as someone who ma him unfortable.
As a rult, the actor has bee one of the producers stock players, landg a role as yet another gay character the ensemble of "Total Secury" (ABC, 1997). Sce his "NYPD Blue" exposure, Brochtp -starred "Man of the Year" (1995), the feature about secretly gay PLAYGIRL Centerfold Dirk Shafer, and played key rol the Showtime origal "Space Mar" (1996) and "Two Voic" (Lifetime, 1997).