cheerios
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Post by cheerios on Jun 28, 2014 3:19:28 GMT -5
Well it's good that he was honest and up front about his emotions. But come on this is 2014.
Why take a role, knowing going in that you will have some gay moments? There are several actors I can think of that are straight who don't hold back when kissing other male actors because they know that the character would be different. And they want to do their character's justice for the work and for the people watching.
And it's just a few moments when it's forever onscreen. And it would be no different for a gay actor/actress having to kiss someone of the opposite sex. Kissing scenes/intimate moments are probably not anyone's favorite to do. It's blocking, lighting, sound, expression, breath, making sure everybody comfortable, making sure it looks good on camera, etc. I don't see much people being excited about filming those kind of scenes no matter who they are kissing.
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Post by moonstruck-me on Jun 28, 2014 3:36:48 GMT -5
Well it's good that he was honest and up front about his emotions. But come on this is 2014. Why take a role, knowing going in that you will have some gay moments? There are several actors I can think of that are straight who don't hold back when kissing other male actors because they know that the character would be different. And they want to do their character's justice for the work and for the people watching. And it's just a few moments when it's forever onscreen. And it would be no different for a gay actor/actress having to kiss someone of the opposite sex. Kissing scenes/intimate moments are probably not anyone's favorite to do. It's blocking, lighting, sound, expression, breath, making sure everybody comfortable, making sure it looks good on camera, etc. I don't see much people being excited about filming those kind of scenes no matter who they are kissing. Exactly. And his comment about how 'kissing a guy doesn't do anything for him' - you're a married guy, so kissing other women does it for you?? And it really shouldn't matter how he feels. Portraying a character isn't the same as portraying yourself and what you're feeling. Brendan Fehr shouldn't speak, like ever. I'm afraid that we'll be able to see his repulsion in the next episode... I'm only watching next episode because of Luke Macfarlane, then I'm out. They should've hired a gay actor instead - or just another human being entirely!
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Post by moonstruck-me on Jun 28, 2014 3:43:19 GMT -5
Which is strange given he has acted a gay character before rite? "Sugar" the movie? It is strange. I just think he needed to assert that he's straight and married (to a woman, of course) and wouldn't be caught doing anything remotely gay because of his enormous amount of straightness.
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Post by angelica on Jun 28, 2014 4:51:04 GMT -5
I think we need to cut the guy some slack, just because we might not necessarily agree with his opinion, he is entitled to it. Also I think he was trying to make the point that coming into this role he might not have felt comfortable playing the part but he is an actor and it's his job. (side note he has also said some lovely things about, his onscreen love interest (Luke McFarlane). I like The actor and I like his character and I'm willing to cut him some slack.
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Post by Difficult Diva on Jun 28, 2014 6:20:26 GMT -5
I think we need to cut the guy some slack, just because we might not necessarily agree with his opinion, he is entitled to it. Also I think he was trying to make the point that coming into this role he might not have felt comfortable playing the part but he is an actor and it's his job. (side note he has also said some lovely things about, his onscreen love interest (Luke McFarlane). I like The actor and I like his character and I'm willing to cut him some slack. It's not about agreeing or not agreeing with what he said. It's the sad fact that he felt in such a way about what was scripted for his character, then he shouldn't have taken the role. Nobody forced him to take the job. He was contractually obligated to complete the job. Which he has done, but it leaves a very bad taste in my mouth that there are actors out here, who would have given anything to have gotten an opportunity for a role like that and to belittle the job he was given to explain how distasteful he felt about kissing another man?! His character has more inner turmoil about himself and how he wants to be viewed by others and this actor chose to focus on HIS personal distaste and issues? It shouldn't have been about the actor's feelings. It should have been about the character's feelings.
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Post by Haru on Jun 28, 2014 9:42:13 GMT -5
Episode 1.06 - Coming Home - Promotional Photos WARNING BIG SPOILERS!
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Post by cheerios on Jun 28, 2014 21:34:54 GMT -5
I think we need to cut the guy some slack, just because we might not necessarily agree with his opinion, he is entitled to it. Also I think he was trying to make the point that coming into this role he might not have felt comfortable playing the part but he is an actor and it's his job. (side note he has also said some lovely things about, his onscreen love interest (Luke McFarlane). I like The actor and I like his character and I'm willing to cut him some slack. It's not about agreeing or not agreeing with what he said. It's the sad fact that he felt in such a way about what was scripted for his character, then he shouldn't have taken the role. Nobody forced him to take the job. He was contractually obligated to complete the job. Which he has done, but it leaves a very bad taste in my mouth that there are actors out here, who would have given anything to have gotten an opportunity for a role like that and to belittle the job he was given to explain how distasteful he felt about kissing another man?! His character has more inner turmoil about himself and how he wants to be viewed by others and this actor chose to focus on HIS personal distaste and issues? It shouldn't have been about the actor's feelings. It should have been about the character's feelings. Exactly, he's allowed to have his opinion and be honest about it. But if he felt this way, why take the role? There are tons of actors, both straight and gay who would have jumped at the chance. And he has this chance and he's looking down on the job he was hired for.
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Post by kevvoi on Jun 30, 2014 13:13:10 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Jul 1, 2014 7:10:16 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Jul 1, 2014 16:50:39 GMT -5
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Post by mrfixit477 on Jul 2, 2014 1:14:18 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Jul 2, 2014 18:27:25 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Jul 4, 2014 11:30:22 GMT -5
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Post by Difficult Diva on Jul 4, 2014 20:14:46 GMT -5
Still wish that Mr. Fehr would actually think about what he said in his responses in that original interview and stop trying to say the another website used his words in a "misconstrued way". He's basically saying that he did say those words, but didn't expect anyone to actually use their brain, understand what he was saying AND voice their disappointment/outrage regarding his comments. Again, it's about thinking BEFORE you open up your mouth. I'm also quite surprised by some of the responses in that thread. Missing an opportunity to turn him into an "ally"?! We can't expect folks to understand how to deal with things if we DON'T hold them accountable for their comments?! Fehr has been working in this industry for HOW long? At least over a decade right? Are folks seriously going to believe that Fehr has literally had no experiences in being around, knowing and working with somebody who's gay?
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Post by jjose712 on Jul 5, 2014 5:11:36 GMT -5
What he did is absurd, it's typical of young actors getting limelight for the first time for a gay role, and feeling the need to make clear how straight they are, wich is kind of absurd because sometimes that kind of responses scream closet case for a mile (it's that or coming out as a douche).
Fehr is in the business for a long time, it's not the first time he is playing gay and he is married, so i don't think there's any need to make his heterosexuality front and center at all.
The interview was really bad, a publicist nighmare (fortunately for him Night Shift is not a hit show like Modern Family or the backlash could be a thousand times worse), and he is not getting the point. If he was blaming that the original article was out of context i could believe him because it won't be the first time an actor or singer find words in an article that they never said, but he claims the out of context of thebacklot article, wich is absurd because you can read the original one, and he said what he said.
I am not easily offended, but for the life of me i don't understand people who make excuses for this actors. They work in a world full of gay people, even if they want to avoid them it would be impossible, and sorry, but kissing someone is not such difficult thing, no matter how hard they try. Sex scenes are one thing, they are uncomfortable no matter if your partner is the sexiest thing alive, and no matter if the scene is gay or straight (or the sexual orientation of their performers), but kissing someone is only difficult if you have a bad relationship with your partner. I'm frankly tired of all the "how brave i am, i kissed a dude" interviews because that's bullshit
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Post by Difficult Diva on Jul 5, 2014 8:57:34 GMT -5
I am not easily offended, but for the life of me i don't understand people who make excuses for this actors. They work in a world full of gay people, even if they want to avoid them it would be impossible, and sorry, but kissing someone is not such difficult thing, no matter how hard they try. Sex scenes are one thing, they are uncomfortable no matter if your partner is the sexiest thing alive, and no matter if the scene is gay or straight (or the sexual orientation of their performers), but kissing someone is only difficult if you have a bad relationship with your partner. I'm frankly tired of all the "how brave i am, i kissed a dude" interviews because that's bullshitOr, that the audience should be "grateful" that these actors are taking "risks" in taking on the "difficult role" of portraying a gay character. Ugh!!
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Post by anthonyl on Jul 5, 2014 9:05:58 GMT -5
Am I the only one who's just bored with the whole coming out sagas? The whole story just seems tired and cliched.
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Post by jjose712 on Jul 5, 2014 9:35:05 GMT -5
I am not easily offended, but for the life of me i don't understand people who make excuses for this actors. They work in a world full of gay people, even if they want to avoid them it would be impossible, and sorry, but kissing someone is not such difficult thing, no matter how hard they try. Sex scenes are one thing, they are uncomfortable no matter if your partner is the sexiest thing alive, and no matter if the scene is gay or straight (or the sexual orientation of their performers), but kissing someone is only difficult if you have a bad relationship with your partner. I'm frankly tired of all the "how brave i am, i kissed a dude" interviews because that's bullshitOr, that the audience should be "grateful" that these actors are taking "risks" in taking on the "difficult role" of portraying a gay character. Ugh!! And the worse part is that there's no risk at all. Yes you can be typecast (or course you can be typecast playing a lot of characters that are not gay, someone that a lot of people seems to ignore) but that's not even a risk in Fehr's case because he is in the business for a lot of time. Generally you need a character who make a deep impact to fear being typecasted, and usually straight actor receive a lot of praise (in many cases way more than they deserve) for playing gay roles (generally in terms of sexual scenes playing a straight role is way more risky an uncomfortable, because gay scenes tend to be more tamed) There's of course the gay rumours, but frankly, that usually happens in two cases, when the actor is really gay (it only triggers previous rumours) or when the actor is a newcomer and doesn't deal well with interviews (in fact this type of "how straight i am" interviews usually have the opposite effect),, But that's not a risk for Fehr either, because he is in the limelight for a good while and everybody (who wants to know it) knows that he is married (to a woman). And about coming out stories, your complaint Anthony reminds me a comment about David Leavitt's books (a good bunch of year ago) when a reader said that he was tired of coming out stories and mothers with cancer. Writers seem unable to get out of cliche, lately you have the coming out story, the gay bash, the marriage story and the "we are having a child" story, i iknow it's tired but if it's do it well i still prefer the coming out story, because there are a lot you can do after that (unfortunately what you get after that are the gay bash, the marriage and the child stories)
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Post by justinate on Jul 5, 2014 9:50:45 GMT -5
I'm not surprised that an actor still harbours these outdated/ignorant sentiments, but I am amazed that he would openly express those sentiments in the media. Brendan Fehr has been in the acting industry for years so he can't be that naive.
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Post by Difficult Diva on Jul 7, 2014 6:32:26 GMT -5
I'm not surprised that an actor still harbours these outdated/ignorant sentiments, but I am amazed that he would openly express those sentiments in the media. Brendan Fehr has been in the acting industry for years so he can't be that naive. For me, it wasn't about Fehr being naive. I feel that he thought that nobody would get that his comments were about his feelings regarding portraying a gay character (regardless if the character was out or not). He thought that folks would assume it would be about how his character would react, because his character is still in the closet. That was the purpose of the original interview. Fehr made it about his feelings. I never got any insight on how his character may or may not go in his life. Will his character still remain in the closet? How does being in the closet keep his character from being able to truly have a connection with anyone in his life, be it his co-workers, friends and loved ones? That's why folks are on him about his remarks.
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Post by kevvoi on Jul 9, 2014 23:25:55 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Jul 15, 2014 14:46:04 GMT -5
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Post by kevvoi on Jul 18, 2014 23:26:12 GMT -5
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Post by mila2005 on Jul 19, 2014 5:02:41 GMT -5
Hey, I have a question that might be a little bit out of place here, but I didn't know where else to ask. On the gaystorylinearchive tumblr where this story is posted there is an icon of two guys kissing on a bed and I was wondering if anyone knows from which tv show/movie that is.
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Post by Isilda on Jul 19, 2014 13:06:19 GMT -5
Hey, I have a question that might be a little bit out of place here, but I didn't know where else to ask. On the gaystorylinearchive tumblr where this story is posted there is an icon of two guys kissing on a bed and I was wondering if anyone knows from which tv show/movie that is. It's from the movie Eating Out : The Open Weekend. Characters Zack(Chris Salvatore) and Benji(Aaron Milo).
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