"Steven me up wh this ia for a character who was openly and unapologetilly gay.
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- ‘NYPD BLUE’ STAR BILL BROCHTP ON HOW STEVEN BOCH PNEERED GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
- BILL BROCHTP, ACTOR BEHD <EM>NYPD BLUE</EM>'S 'GAY TEMP' CHARACTER, STILL AT WORK HOLLYWOOD (AUDIO)
- NYPD BLUE TRODUC NEW GAY CHARACTER
‘NYPD BLUE’ STAR BILL BROCHTP ON HOW STEVEN BOCH PNEERED GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
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.
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BILL BROCHTP, ACTOR BEHD <EM>NYPD BLUE</EM>'S 'GAY TEMP' CHARACTER, STILL AT WORK HOLLYWOOD (AUDIO)
The openly gay character (Brochtp himself me out People magaze 1997) expand Sipowicz's limed horizons and offered a rare, non-stereotypil portrayal of a homosexual person on work televisn. Openly gay actor Bill BrochtpMost famo for his role as the "gay temp" and then a seri regular for 10 years on televisn's NYPD Blue, actor Bill Brochtp is still at work and n be seen on the WIGS seri Kendra and Showtime's Dexter and Shamels, and perdilly on stage.
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NYPD BLUE TRODUC NEW GAY CHARACTER
Her lbianism is beg unrplayed, and, tertgly, John, the other gay character on the show, dont like her at all. He claims to know her om GOAL, the gay police officers associatn, and threatens to qu if sh put charge. John Irv joed the 15th Precct as a temporary replacement for Donna Abandando 1995; he was iends wh Bobby Simone om their prev work at 1 Police Plaza, but Andy Sipowicz's homophobia ially led him to be to John.