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I feel like I was caught in a catch I was a gay actor who shouldn't play gay roles if I wanted to play straight roles. Thrillist: You're the rare gay character actor who has consistently played a wealth of gay roles. He wanted someone from our community to play a straight role as a political statement, and I'm here for that.

You had the opposite experience.

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Unlike its much whiter predecessor, “Uncoupled” features Black actors playing recurring, meaningful roles. Was there ever a moment when you felt like doing so became a limitation? At least that's how he'd like to think of himself. But I was also a gay actor who they weren't hiring to play the straight roles because they knew I was gay.

Tuc Watkins would like for you to think of him as a gay Kevin Kline. Colin may are broken the likable protagonist's heart, but he is no mere villain. That's on Netflix, and it's yet to drop. This is something that series stars Emerson Brooks and Tuc Watkins are aware of this and recently opened up about the evolution of gay characters and how their show avoids tropes.

Tuc Watkins Is the Gay Character Actor of His Generation The Netflix series 'Uncoupled' extends a fruitful career that includes 'One Life to Live,' 'Desperate Housewives,' and 'The Boys in the Band.'. When straight actors play gay roles, we talk about what they chose to do actor their mannerisms.

When I did roles like I Think I Do and Beggars and Chooserspeople said, "You can't be a gay actor and play gay roles if you want to play a wider range of roles. There was a time not so long ago that the gay characters were the gay clown or the troubled person or the psychopath.

Does it feel that way to you? Watkins, as a gay actor, succeeds in bringing out the true essence of both the uncoupled through his performances. After Michael’s confusing breakup, he’s comforted by Suzanne, a Black, bawse single mother, who’s sophisticated, grown and palpably comfortable in her skin.

It was created by Kit Williamson, who created Eastsiders. His character, Colin, an even-keeled New Yorker facing existential doubts as he turns 50, suddenly announces he is leaving his real-estate-agent partner Neil Patrick Harris after 17 year together.

With Uncoupled, Watkins looks at this as a major moment for LGBTQ representation in entertainment. In ‘Uncoupled,’ Watkins is joined by fellow gay actor Neil Patrick Harris, who portrays Colin’s ex-partner Michael. The first season's eight episodes revolve primarily around Harris, but Watkins gives the plot its texture.

A reliable character actor who has consistently played queer roles throughout his career, Watkins—like Kline—looks for the off-kilter wink within a scene. How did they adopt the physicality of that character, and do we approve of those choices?

When you couldn't break into a certain territory because of it? It's called Unconventional. Ahead of Uncoupled 's debut, Thrillist talked to Watkins, who is dating his former co-star Andrew Rannellsabout being one of his generation's go-to gay TV actors, coming out on Gay Marie Osmond Show of all places, and why tripping on a fleshlightmouth gay changed his career.

Tuc Watkins: It's funny you mentioned that, because I am a gay actor who's been playing gay characters since the '90s. There's so many more roles available, and there's so many more actors who are willing to play those roles. It's amazing that I got any work.

In addition to Harris, Allen spoke to actors show co-creators Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman as well as actors Brooks Ashmanskas, Emerson Brooks, and the aforementioned Tuc Watkins, who has been a trailblazer as a gay actor.