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Early into his career, Johnny Sibilly thought that he’d have to “butch it up in order to be taken seriously” as an actor, he recently admitted. His acting coach told him that, because queer actors were afraid of being typecast, they would often turn down queer roles, only to have those roles taken by straight actors.
It was then that he decided to lean into roles that broke him out of the butch mold. Since then, he has excelled at playing nuanced queer roles that complicate LGBTQ stereotypes.
He played Costas Perez, a dignified but declining HIV patient, in Ryan Murphy‘s very-trans ballroom series Pose; and Wilson, a water maintenance worker who forms an odd-couple relationship with a workaholic businessman, in the dramedy series Hacks. Sibilly will also play Noah, a lawyer who is less put together than he seems, in the upcoming Queer As Folk reboot series.
“It really does feel great [playing queer roles], especially because you’re telling stories,” Sibilly said. “A lot of them are groundbreaking, but some of them are just regular, mundane, and the boringness of being queer, which is fun too because every story doesn’t need to be groundbreaking. Sometimes our stories just need to be told in the most normal, whatever that means, in ways that make it so relatable to not only our queer family, but everyone else too.”
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The actor, who is of Cuban and Dominican descent, has also embraced LGBTQ activism, standing up for the rights of queer people, sex workers, and indigenous people, as well as standing against instances of transphobia and anti-Blackness.
Queer as Folk premieres on Peacock on June 9.
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xiaoxiao
such a narcissist
Kangol2
Looking good, Johnny! Really guapo!
Jack
I like Johnny. He is really sweet in Hacks. Bu this QAF reboot sounds more dreadful with everything I read about it. It’s not a reboot….it’s a show title theft. Plus I am team SJP for life so I can’t watch that cow Kim Cattrall in anything. Except a youtube video falling down a staircase maybe. Nothing serious. Just a sprained cankle is fine.
lykeitiz
It’s not a show title theft. It has the support of the original creator, who would be the ONLY one able to label it a theft.
I am also team SJP, but I won’t let Cattrell keep me from being open to this.
The first 2 versions were groundbreaking. This one deserves a shot.
Man About Town
I just hate it when I sprain my cankle!
Jaquelope
He has cute nipples.
nm4047
anti-blackness? Is racism not just that, do racists choose which race they have a fear/hatred of?
Zed
Just another gay dude in love with himself, and in love with being “liked”. So sad how low we’ve sunk as a society
bigdandd
Not really looking forward to another version of Queer As Folk. I watched the original because it was a break through on American television. I didn’t like some of the characters in it. Brian was a horse’s ass and I NEVER believed that the entire gay population of Philly was hot for this hateful jerk. Michael was nothing more than a whiney ass kisser for Brian. Ted was one of the worst characters. The only two I really liked was Deb; Michael’s mother and Emory. This new version will more than likely be a bust!