Is greg berlanti gay

So do you think actors are more open to playing gay or straight roles, regardless of their real-life sexuality? You recently said in an interview that early on in your career, gay executives would not let you cast gay actors in straight roles.

This, according to the producer, confused people, making it difficult to pigeonhole him in social niches. And so, I kind of always took from that the lesson of writing something really personal and truthful — that would only help me. With a record-breaking 18 series from his production company greenlit for the season, the openly gay Berlanti is using his power to ensure the LGBTQ community is reflected on the small screen — both in front of and behind the camera.

I have not. What was great is that we had straight actors playing gay roles and gay actors playing straight roles and we were all over the map, and that helped us assemble a great cast because it felt like a group of friends you would know today.

Was there pushback from studios when you were pitching the film? While things have progressed immensely, the reality is that certain people do make judgments on sexuality and homophobia still exists.

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Or is there still a concern about being type-cast or alienating certain audience members? To me, at least in television, things have changed a dramatic amount. Berlanti has spoken in many interviews about the importance of introducing a gay character into a primetime television show and featuring the first same-sex kiss between two men on U.S.

network television on Dawson's Creek. Obviously, take that versus today where we have some-odd LGBTQIA characters across all of our shows that are either recurring or regulars. Chief Correspondent. By Elizabeth Wagmeister. Aside from reflecting the real world on screen, Berlanti is also using his power in the election, recently deciding to co-host a fundraising event for Pete Buttigieg, who would become the first openly gay U.

That was the first major project you wrote, kicking off your career. Speaking with THR, Greg Berlanti talked about his interests when he was a closeted gay child, watching shows with his parents, while also having his niche geeky interests.

What changed have you witnessed in the industry over the 20 years since that film came out? It feels like they still have a lot of work to be done. Why do you think TV is ahead of film? As the executive suites have changed and the people making the shows have changed, have broadened, I think the stories have broadened, too.

Julie Plec, who was an old college friend of mine, read it and was the one who got me those jobs and passed it around, and there was a production company around at the time that wanted to make it. My gut is because they make fewer movies. What type of impact do you believe your storytelling and casting choices have made on audiences?

I definitely have seen that greatly diminished. Or should we cast a straight actor? I wrote it on spec when I had nothing, and it actually was the first piece of material that I wrote that ended up getting me a lot of work.

That is a big conversation right now. Hero's journey: Greg Berlanti on his two decades of LGBTQ inclusion Over the course of 22 years and nearly 60 projects — from The Broken Hearts Club to the ever-expanding Arrowverse — the. Personally, as an audience member, I have not witnessed the same sort of change in the mainstream studio place.