Michael Cimo and Gee Sear talk to Out about their epic return for season 2 of Hulu's beloved gay edy-drama!
Contents:
- IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
- IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
- ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
- MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'
- LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
- LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY
- 'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
- WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE
- HULU’S “LOVE, VICTOR”: ARE LAKE AND LUCY GAY OR BISEXUAL?
- LOVE, VICTOR STAR MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE'S RECEIVED ATH THREATS FOR PLAYG A GAY LEAD
IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
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He beme one wh the character and played his part so perfectly that fans soon started wonrg if Michael is gay real life.
Michael Cimo do not intify as a gay person. However, Michael has repeatedly mentned how exced he was to portray a gay person the show and how much work he put to thentite his performance.
IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
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In an terview wh People, Michael revealed that his gay played a signifint role gettg him ready for the show. That was a really big drivg force for me, as well as I have a lot of iends that are gay. On the flip si, Michael found himself an ongog bate that argued whether the portrayal of gay characters should be rtricted to real-life gay actors.
‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
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Michael even mentned that numero people advised him agast playg a gay character for his first major role. Michael wanted to eradite the stereotype and stigma agast gay rol and th took up the challenge to portray Victor. Gee Sear wonrfully says the role of Benji Campbell, Victor’s openly gay classmate and csh.
Wh Gee portrayg a gay character such an outstandg way, fans wonr if the actor shar the same sexual inty real life.
MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'
Michael Cimo plays a teenager unsure of his sexualy 'Love, Victor,' so 's hard not to wonr if he intifi as gay real life. * love victor who is gay in real life *
Acrdg to The Guardian, Gee Sear is not gay. There have also been numero speculatns about Gee beg gay, pecially after his on-screen chemistry wh Michael Cimo, who plays Victor.
LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
Gee is also nsc of the issue surroundg straight actors beg st gay rol. Read More: Is Michael Cimo Gay?
Michael Cimo, the straight star of Hulu’s gay-themed g-of-age seri “Love, Victor, ” says he has been attacked by some the LGBTQ muny and even some of his own fay members.
LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY
In a new terview wh Attu, Cimo — who plays the tular Victor — says: “I got some homophobic ments — I kd of expected that to happen.
”He add, “Some of them reached out, sayg, ‘You ed to be so ol; now you’re so gay.
“It’s weird … [the Latx muny] is liberal when to thgs about Latos, but when to gay rights, ’s like, eh, qutn mark, ” Cimo said the terview. ”In the Attu terview, Cimo said, “There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay.
'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
’”Cimo has said multiple terviews that he has been warned agast takg gay rol for fear of typestg.
WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE
Meanwhile, the young actor has also faced fierce blowback for takg a role that an out gay actor might have played. “But there are some straight actors who play gay characters, who are all about supportg LGBT rights while they’re promotg their project, but once they’re done, a year later, ’s kd of fotten. ”Straight actors playg gay rol has been the subject of bate for some time, often hgg on Hollywood’s history of forcg gay actors to the closet real life and offerg only limed chanc to explore the humany of gay characters on-screen.
Grant, who received an Osr nomatn for playg a gay character “Can You Ever Five Me?, ” said: “I’ve always had that ncern...
The transgenr movement and the #MeToo movement means, how n you jtify heterosexual actors playg gay characters? Criss, who has famoly played queer characters cludg Andrew Cunanan “The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story” and Hedwig “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” onstage, said he wouldn’t take gay rol anymore, bee “I want to make sure I won’t be another straight boy takg a gay man’s role.
HULU’S “LOVE, VICTOR”: ARE LAKE AND LUCY GAY OR BISEXUAL?
Cimo, who stars as a gay teen disverg his sexualy the Hulu origal, told PEOPLE that he sought out the advice of a fay member before he began filmg. "I talked to my , who is gay, " he said.
"Beg gay is not somethg that ns your fay.
LOVE, VICTOR STAR MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE'S RECEIVED ATH THREATS FOR PLAYG A GAY LEAD
If you're gay, you n't jt be like, 'Hey, Dad, what is like to be part of the LGBT muny? One major issue I have wh “Love, Victor, ” and many other shows reprentg members the LGBTQ+ muny, is that Cimo himself is not gay, yet reprents a gay character. Acrdg to an terview wh People magaze, Cimo nsulted not only a gay relative but iends the LGBTQ+ muny to effectively perform the role, but this is only a ncsn of such an oversight.