Spock is gay!

[Razgovory]

There aren't many out young actors.

are there that many gays to being with?  Is there a lower proportion of gay actors than in the general population?

This is acting.  It's like gay central.

[MadImmortalMan]

I thought he'd done this ages ago?

It's not official until Marty finds out and makes a thread about it. 

[Cecil]

Thats the general feeling these days about gays coming out, mine included.

[garbon]

Thats the general feeling these days about gays coming out, mine included.

That if Marti hasn't found out and made a thread - it isn't official?

[garbon]

Valmy that was funny, you shouldn't have deleted it!

[Valmy]

Thats the general feeling these days about gays coming out, mine included.

So you own a few gays eh?

[Valmy]

Valmy that was funny, you shouldn't have deleted it!

There you go garbon.

[Cecil]

Thats the general feeling these days about gays coming out, mine included.

So you own a few gays eh?

That fell rather flat even by languish standards.

[Valmy]

That fell rather flat even by languish standards.

That was why I deleted it.

[Razgovory]

That fell rather flat even by languish standards.

That was why I deleted it.

It was my first thought when I read Cecil's post.

[Ideologue]

That fell rather flat even by languish standards.

That was why I deleted it.

Fuck that.  It was funny.

[Sheilbh]

are there that many gays to being with?  Is there a lower proportion of gay actors than in the general population?

 

Maybe if this were the 90s.

I think it's still the case.

Just because he played the role once in a questionable attempt at revival (and otherwise being a nobody) does not justify to call him "Spock". Nimoy still owns that brand.

He wasn't quite a nobody.  Heroes was pretty big (and the first series was really good).  Also I thought Star Trek was brilliant.  I think they managed to get the spirit of it incredibly well without being slaveishly dull or just copying the original. Kirk's especially good, it's clearly the same character but it's not simply a Shatner impersonation.

I kind of like just having them be a blank slate and knowing them only by their work.

I respect actors who keep their lives private - Gary Oldman, for example, simply refuses to answer questions on his personal life.  But I don't think that's always possible, especially for young reasonably good looking ones who will be followed by the press - this means he can probably live his life reasonably comfortably and not worry about who could be photographing him.  Equally Ian McKellen-style gay activism doesn't bother me or change how I see his work.

[garbon]

I think it's still the case.

Chris Colfer while not a well-known name, definitely is pretty well known in America by appearance and he's only 21.  Zachary Quinto is 34 which makes him not really that much different from Neil Patrick Harris and TR Knight.

[Sheilbh]

Chris Colfer while not a well-known name, definitely is pretty well known in America by appearance and he's only 21.  Zachary Quinto is 34 which makes him not really that much different from Neil Patrick Harris and TR Knight.

I don't know Colfer or Knight I'm afraid.  But four examples out of all of the film and TV industry when we're talking gay actors hardly invalidates my point. 

[garbon]

Chris Colfer while not a well-known name, definitely is pretty well known in America by appearance and he's only 21.  Zachary Quinto is 34 which makes him not really that much different from Neil Patrick Harris and TR Knight.

I don't know Colfer or Knight I'm afraid.  But four examples out of all of the film and TV industry when we're talking gay actors hardly invalidates my point. 

Glee and Grey's Anatomy respectively.

I wasn't even trying with that list just think of young(ish) gay actors that are out. My point is that the situation is improving...although not perhaps for the roles of leading mean which I think is something Rupert Everett wisely called out.