Tyler Posey first shot to fame with MTV’s hit series “Teen Wolf.” Now, he’s back on the small screen, this time appearing in Gregg Araki’s steamy new Starz series “Now Apocalypse”.
Posey, who identifies as straight, plays Gabriel, the gay love interest for the show’s lead, Ulysses, played by actor Avan Jogia.
“I was excited to play a gay character, because I’m really comfortable with my sexuality,” 27-year-old Posey tells Gibson Johns at AOL.
He adds: “I think it’s cool that somebody could see me on the show and say, ‘Hey, that kid is really comfortable with his sexuality, and he’s going all for it and that can inspire me to love myself.'”
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Asked his thoughts on the ongoing debate about straight actors playing gay roles, and Posey had this to say: “Does that mean that gay people are only limited to play gay roles and can’t play straight roles? It puts lines and barriers around what we’re trying to portray on the show of being fluid and open and everyone being accepted.”
He continues, “I’ve been acting since I was a kid and I think I always just saw acting for what it is.”
Prior to accepting the role, Posey says his agents went out of their way to make sure he was comfortable playing the role, especially given that it would involve quite a bit of nudity.
He recalls: “Honestly, I had a conversation with my reps before and they were like, ‘Look, if you feel uncomfortable on set at all — there’s a lot of nudity — give us a call,’ and I was like, ‘I think I’m going to be okay.'”
The day he arrived on set, he says he was “totally with it and didn’t have a second guess about it.”
“As soon as I committed to the project, I was all in. I’m shoving my tongue down some dude’s throat, and I don’t know how much else I can say, but we jerked off in the alley in the first episode. Bring it on.”
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Herman75
He adds: “I think it’s cool that somebody could see me on the show and say, ‘Hey, that kid is really comfortable with his sexuality, and he’s going all for it and that can inspire me to love myself.’”
I never once thought that when I watched epi 1. What I thought was how cool it would have been if Dylan O’Brien was playing Gabriel.
lather
BINGO!!!!
iamru2
Does he qualify as being “woke” or is it pandering?
stevieboy3362
Identifies as straight?!? AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Greg
They couldn’t keep him from doing it. He saw the chance to have some boy on boy fun and took it.
lather
And get paid for it. And let the world watch. Winning all his dreams.
man5996853
I doubt that there are many men, gay or straight, who would mind some boy on boy fun with Avan. He may not set the screen alight with his acting but that guy is stunningly beautiful.
theafricanwiththemouth
LMAO! This right here, is tea!
My thoughts exactly.
Greg
Well, I watched the show. He talks it up more in this article than they did on the show. He shows and does more in his leaked jack off videos, than he did in that episode. But, I know, it’s about publicity for the show.
In one of the videos, with his finger he dabs his precum and pulls away so we can see it stretch.
Greg
The guy on the right in the photo looks like Diego Sans. Sort of.
Greg
After seeing the show, I don’t think he looks that much like Diego Sans.
JasonL8
Eh more gay baiting with pandering of straight actors. Wish the show was more comfortable with its queer synopsis to hire actual LGBTQ actors to play the parts.
Brian
He has a jerkoff video online. I think any qualms about nudity have already been settled
cdizz
Exactly what I thought
Aromaeus
I don’t think he would care about nudity. Anyone who wants to see what he’s packing can find it online and he’s got NOTHING to be ashamed of.
Alton
“Does that mean that gay people are only limited to play gay roles and can’t play straight roles?”
So sick of this argument from the breeders. Do they think because white actors can’t play black characters, that black actors can only play black roles? That’s not how recognizing privilege works.
Every single time a straight boy (or closeted boy) plays a gay role, he demonstrates why straight actors should not be playing gay characters. EVERY. TIME.
chris_clb614
Unless you want to start a debate on whether or not actors in Blackface is okay or not, you’ll recognize that sexuality and race/culture are separate things. Outside of real life individuals and some significant cultural icons, if the “better” actor/actress is non-white who is playing a character, so what?
startenout
Being a gay or straight character on stage or on film is something I can and have chosen regardless of my homosexuality; I’m always black. They’re not the same. Your analogy is highly flawed. Many of the greatest and most well regarded films and tv roles of all time were played by men who didn’t identify as gay; there are also gray straight roles that were played by gay men whether openly or not. . Great acting is acting.
Billy Budd
Very hot.
jcoberkrom
Me thinks he protests too much.
If you are really comfortable with your sexuality why do you have to talk about being really comfortable with your sexuality?
Having said that he can stick his tongue down my throat any time.
startenout
He probably talked about it cuz he did an interview and they asked him…? Just spitballing.
ruffmarine
Ok, so, am I to understand that he liked having a guys tongue down his throat?
Billy Budd
Of course. He is human.
JED08
The guy that plays the “supposedly” straight roommate also has a video online.
DCguy
““Does that mean that gay people are only limited to play gay roles and can’t play straight roles?””
Here’s an idea, why don’t we wait until some straight actor ACTUALLY loses a part to an LGBT actor before we hyperventilate that they are being discriminated against. Because right now, studios are STILL discriminating against LGBT actors.
whateverokok
Studios are not discriminating against LGBT actors. Moviegoers are. Fact is, most of the LGBT actors out there are not high profile enough to bring moviegoers’ butts into the seats and on to the couches. If some of these LGBT actors could bring in the ratings or ticket sales then I think they would be hired. I don’t think anyone complained about Tom Hanks playing a gay man with AIDS who was wrongfully fired. In fact, there was uniamous praise for his role and for the movie. It won him an oscar. Are you saying that Tom Hanks shouldn’t have gotten the role? If so do you think that it should’ve gone to any gay man? Or should it go to one who has AIDS?
Curtispsf
Avan Jogia (Ulysses) is super hot. I love how he identifies as “primarily” gay, but is fluid about his sexuality. Totally believable. This show works because it is honest and accurately depicts the LA film “scene”. And the sex scenes too.