WITH AN EYE ON . . . : Beg gay the 'NYPD': Bill Brochtp fds the right realy check - Los Angel Tim

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

"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.

WITH AN EYE ON . . . : BEG GAY THE ‘NYPD’: BILL BROCHTP FDS THE RIGHT REALY CHECK

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. 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).

As “the gay temp, ” which is how Brochtp refers to his character John Irv, he’s fillg for secretary Donna Abandando (Gail O’Grady). “It’s clear they wanted Irv to be openly gay, but not a snap queen, ” he explas.