Guess the white boy wasn’t down with the gay swirl on-screen
True Blood Actor Blast Former Homophobic Cast Member
Via NYDailyNews
Nelsan Ellis will miss his character Lafayette when the hit drama “True Blood” wraps up this season – but he won’t miss one former fellow cast member.
The actor didn’t hold back in a Vulture interview when asked for his thoughts about former “True Blood” actor Luke Grimes. Prior to the show’s seventh and final season, Grimes quit the series, with Buzzfeed reporting that he didn’t feel comfortable with his character James having a romantic relationship with Lafayette.
“I just think that, you’re an actor, you’re an actor on a show that’s ‘True Blood,’ we’re all sitting there going, “You quit your job because … really?” Ellis said.
“I’m over him,” he added. “You quit your job because you don’t want to play a gay part? As if it’s … You know what? I’m going to stop talking.”
Sike.
But Ellis wasn’t done. He said that he couldn’t understand Grimes’ concerns portraying a same-sex romance, especially since the LGBT-friendly drama is famous for its risque sex scenes.
“First of all, this show, it’s ‘True Blood,’ and s–t, we get scared when we read scripts!” he said. “When scripts come, we’re like, ‘What are they going to have us do this week?’”
“I can’t approach a character with judgment,” he continued. “I certainly can’t tell my boss, ‘I can act what I want to act, but not what you tell me to act,’ especially on a show where you come in, knowing what it is.”
Maybe Luke is a “method actor” and didn’t wanna take the poop chute plunge.
If you were an actor would you be comfortable playing a gay role?
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