'LOVE VICTOR' STAR MICHAEL CIMINO I'M GETTING DEATH THREATS For Playing Gay CharacteR

Michael Cimino says he's catching tons of heat for playing a gay character in "Love, Victor" ... and he claims some haters are even threatening his life.

Michael, who plays the title character in the Hulu romance series, says he's getting ripped by some people in the LGBTQ community for taking a gay role when he's straight in real life.

MC told Attitude -- a gay magazine in the U.K. -- he was expecting to catch flak going into the project, but now says some of the reaction is crossing the line. The 21-year-old star is fully aware many people have a problem with straight actors getting gay roles while gay actors are often forced to stay in the closet. Michael's promising to be an ally by continuing to fight for LGBT rights ... even after he's done playing the role of Victor.

Sounds like Michael's getting heat from all angles, including from his own family. He says some of his own relatives are spouting off homophobic comments about the show and his character ... something he didn't expect.

He should die for directing a piece of shit movie Heaven's Gate.

I did like The Deer Hunter though

[quote] 'LOVE VICTOR' STAR MICHAEL CIMINO I'M GETTING DEATH THREATS

Fans should know the price I pay!

Mayer should know the price I pay!!!

I love you, Michael! Now take your clothes off.

If you can't find an openly gay/bi young male actor to play the lead in a show about a gay teenager, well, that's an indictment against the pool of talentless/uncharismatic openly gay/bi young male aspiring actors.

[quote] If you can't find an openly gay/bi young male actor to play the lead in a show about a gay teenager, well, that's an indictment against the pool of talentless/uncharismatic openly gay/bi young male aspiring actors.

Not necessarily, and not at that age.

Most guys don't come out until their mid to late 20's, if even that. Actors come out even later, if at all.

If someone is out in their late teens to early twenties, chances are that they're the Chris Colfer type, and are pretty flaming.

Flaming isn't a bad thing, but it does limit the roles they can play.

He's a 21-year-old pretty young actor in Hollywood. The haters should just wait, odds are his heterosexuality won't have a long shelf life.

R5, that's why I said "openly gay/bi."

In general, I don't think it's ok to harass someone. However, I do hope that more openly gay actors do get cast in straight roles like hottie Jonathan Bailey in Bridgerton.

I think at the end of the day, I believe that's the desired goal for actors, especially the gay ones (but the straight ones as well), to have a legit chance to play "against type" and get cast.

It's called fucking acting.

What is this bullshit that only gay actors can play gay characters? If that’s the case then the logical extension is that gay actors should never play straight characters...in which case their careers would be over because 98% of roles are straight.

This bullshit again? Also, (most) openly gay/bi actors are insufferable, anyway.

It's 2021, all these threats are traceable. He should post each and every threat online and out these people. Don't give them the power.

R5 I would hate for a straight person to read your comment and think it's normal for a 21st century gay guy to come out at 27. It totally fine if you did it this way but let's not pretend it's normal. Pretty much all the gay guys I know came out in their teens and did so because they were comfortable. They weren't forced out because they were flaming Chris Colfer types who could never hide it. Timely pop-culture reference btw. Are you even gay?

R13 You're assuming they actually exist.

He should just say he is AMAB non bianary but uses he him pronouns. He doesn’t have to change anything and can still be called a hero.

He is an actor so he probably isn't straight so those people need to relax since there will be gay rumors about him as he becomes more famous and he comes out twenty years from now.

R14, your experience is NOT every other gay person's experience.

I don't know ANYONE who came out in their teens.

My friends all came out after college and moving away from their parents.

You're so fucking judgmental. "Are you even gay?"

Yes, I'm fucking gay. And so are my friends. And NONE of us came out in our teens. So who the hell are you, to tell us that WE are the ones who aren't "normal??"

Idiot.

R19 If you wanted to talk about your life you should done that without saying "most guys". I don't know anyone who came out in their late 20s but I didn't write a post saying "most guys come out in their teens". You spoke for too many people. I don't want you as my spokesperson.

"some people in the LGBTQ community" = "Queer" girls who think a fucked up hair color is a personality.

I can tell this QUEEN 👸 is gay from OUTER SPACE

also r19 did you see the part where I made it clear that my experiences are not everyone's experiences? Unlike you who appointed yourself King of the Gays and used the wrong and idiotic MOST GUYS.

"It totally fine if you did it this way but let's not pretend it's normal. Pretty much all the gay guys I know........"

R18. Take your own advice.

Being actually gay in real life shouldn't be a prerequisite for being cast to portray a gay character. Also being heterosexual shouldn't be a prerequisite to playing straight character. Also casting Latinos does not have to include all varieties and hues of skin color either. This ridiculous and extremist interpretation of being woke is being absurd and is already having significant blow-back in business in communities and even politics. I can almost guarantee that the 2022 and 2024 will show Republicans taking back the house and the senate while Democrats split hairs on culture wars while Republicans roll back all the progress we have made in the last 50 plus years.

Rolling my eyes at r14. Obnoxious

Always knew Mikey was a power bottom.

Well, it beats having your career die when you come out as gay.

Why are all Michael Ciminos closeted?

"If you can't find an openly gay/bi young male actor to play the lead in a show about a gay teenager, well, that's an indictment against the pool of talentless/uncharismatic openly gay/bi young male aspiring actors."

Then can find charismatic actors who are openly gay.....they just choose to cast straight actors instead. I guess some people would rather trash gay actors, though

This was from months ago, why is TMZ acting like this is new news?

"This ridiculous and extremist interpretation of being woke is being absurd and is already having significant blow-back in business in communities and even politics."

Nope, more people are actually leaving the GOP than ever

"This bullshit again? Also, (most) openly gay/bi actors are insufferable, anyway."

You're the one who is full of bullshit. I prefer openly gay actors to lying closet cases or straight guys who expect to be patted on the back for playing a gay character

As soon as an openly gay actor gets an award nomination for playing a gay character, then it'll be true equality.

Straight guys complaining about playing gay wah wah wah. So sick of this shit. You get to go back to your breeder life, and we're stuck living with this type of hate 24/7 from your people.

Just another example of why gays need to be played by gays. Straights do not have the capacity to handle this. Also - if black characters are forced to be played by blacks, etc., where is the same respect for us? It feels like we - gay men - always get the short end of the stick, especially when it comes to Hollywood representation (partly because we're undermined by our own, Murphy and Berlanti in particular).

[quote]Then can find charismatic actors who are openly gay.....they just choose to cast straight actors instead. I guess some people would rather trash gay actors, though

There aren't any at that age. They basically don't exist.

The Kurt Hummels of the gay community are not charismatic.

And it’s even harder to find masculine hot young gay guys

R38, Cimino isn't very masculine, so....

R37, Camino isn't "charismatic" so....

Oldest trick in the PR book.

Cimino is more masculine than most of the gay guys his age though. He’s straight and no one’s gaydar would be activated by him.

^ That makes no sense "Let's cast a gay character with someone who doesn't seem gay!"

In order to bash out actors this guy's defenders have to pretend he's a cross between Tom Cruise and John Wayne. Once the show ends, we'll never hear from him again

Well for better or worse the Simonverse is about ‘straight acting’ guys who come out as gay. Look at Nick Robinson as Simon.

And as someone pointed out upthread, worldwide, how many 21 year old youngish looking actors are out as gay AND are vaguely masculine? Probably a handful. None of them Latino and in Hollywood most likely.

R43, Connor Jessup is the only young openly gay actor who is vaguely masculine.

Joey Pollari is also vaguely masculine, at least on screen.

Though admittedly neither is 21 now.

He'll be dating that other 'straight-acting' nelly Joshua Bassett by the end of the year.

At least Joshua Bassett is out... as something... R48

R44 R45 The "vaguely masculine " posters always nice to hear from 1965.

Please, at the end of the day, who are most gays fantasizing about? Michael Cimino or Chris Colfer?

At the end of the day, this is about selling a fantasy, not reality.

I could not watch a "Love, Kurt Hummell" series.

[quote] Please, at the end of the day, who are most gays fantasizing about? Michael Cimino or Chris Colfer?

And who can they relate to more? Remember, this is Datalounge after all. Know your audience.

Because Chris Colfer is the only out gay actor in the world *rolls eyes*

Michael Cimino isn't Rambo either and, for a "straight" guy, he has cookie face big time

R41- He looks gay from OUTER SPACE.

R54, have you ever heard of the Goldilocks point? Not too machismo, not too queeny, but JUST RIGHT? That's someone like Nick Robinson, Michael Cimino, Joshua Bassett, etc.

Sorry, but when you masc worshippers call Michael C. masculine I'm so not seeing. He's a cute twink, but so not masc.

R57, you are correct. These people are just looking to put down gays to prop up a "straight" man

R56 I'm curious as to who you're putting at the masculine end of that spectrum if the likes of Cimino and Bassett are in the middle.

Why does the actor need to be handsome? There are a HUUUUUGE numbers of average to ugly gay guys in the world who would like to be represented on screen as well.

R59- That BIG MOOSE of a football player that just came out.

^ 3 bottoms do not a top make.

who is this twink bottom Joshua Colley in Michael’s story? They look fresh from taking a shower. Did they fucked cuz that fey boy has freshly fucked face.

[quote] Michael Cimino isn't Rambo either and, for a "straight" guy, he has cookie face big time

Rofl!

WTF is "cookie face?" That's a new one for me.

Love that photo at R62!

Who are the other two guys with Cimino?

Actually, Michael (middle) and the twink on the left are both really cute.

The guy on the right is a butterface.

[quote]What is this bullshit that only gay actors can play gay characters? If that’s the case then the logical extension is that gay actors should never play straight characters...in which case their careers would be over because 98% of roles are straight.

OH,

DEAR.

It's not about who can play what role, it's just that gay actors want the same opportunities as straight ones.

If the usual line of thought was, "I didn't get this straight role because I'm gay" then when a straight actor gets cast in a gay role then that line of thinking becomes, "Okay, maybe they don't want me at all."

Did they see openly gay actors? Were they open to casting openly gay actors? Was there a bias towards openly gay actors? The answer to this is usually: they didn't, they probably weren't, and yes it's likely there was.

Some of us are getting a little tired of seeing the same 8 openly gay actors (who likely spent years closeted to establish themselves) in everything for the past decade and even those guys never reached the same level of popularity as their straight counterparts.

[quote]Being actually gay in real life shouldn't be a prerequisite for being cast to portray a gay character. Also being heterosexual shouldn't be a prerequisite to playing a straight character.

Correct. Correct.

[quote]Also casting Latinos does not have to include all varieties and hues of skin color either.

WHO IS EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH THIS PROJECT!?!?

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R71 tells the boring dispiriting truth. Most twinks including this one are straight.

Neither one of them are pretty, r71, r72.

Gaydar has to be updated and fine-tuned for today's generations.

In a more repressed society it's far more easier to find the baked cookies sniffers.

When guys can wear (black or colorful) nail polish, mascara, and dye their hair in fabulous ways, dress up in elaborate costumes (cosplay), be fabulous chefs and bakers of delicious goods, twerk their perfect asses for likes on social media, french kiss their buddies on TikTok... it's not that easy.

^ Half the DL boomers posting here from their moldy closets won't even wear a pink t-shirt.

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