I’m very thankful for it.ĭid you bring any of your own experiences into Bram’s character? It’s an interesting thing to go through that kind of growth and learn those lessons while your character is also learning those lessons. I don’t even know how I said it, but I just said it to the group, and they were of course really supportive and I explained to them that I wish I had said something earlier. How did you come out to the cast and crew on that final day?īefore we got to the afterparty, we just went out for drinks. I’ve just accepted this is who I am, and looking at it as though I have to deal with this thing that I have. Despite having accepted myself, I realized, like, I’m not embracing this. It made me really dig deep, and I realized that I was harboring shame. Maybe reflect on that.” wow, that’s really interesting that I have all of these perfect things in place that I thought would make me feel comfortable but I still haven’t figured it out. And my friend, she sort of just advised, “Don’t be down on yourself. I’m on a LGBT film, playing this character, there’s a gay director, everyone is so supportive. I was speaking to one of my friends and I was like, “I don’t know why I’m so scared. And I remember that made me really upset. It took me until the last day, until wrap time, to tell my cast. I was in a relationship at the time with a guy, and I didn’t even tell them that.
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I didn’t know how to be myself, and I didn’t tell them. I was out to my cast at The Flash, I was out to some family and a lot of friends, but I went into this film, and I still hid myself from everyone. Was that a surprise to the cast and crew? Had you come out to them previously? When you came out to your fans on Instagram, was that in the middle of production? It’s something that affects who we are as human beings. And even if you don’t identify in that way, you know someone that does, or you have someone in your life - even if you don’t know they do - that might be struggling with that. The amount of people in the world who identify as LGBTQ or are questioning themselves, it’s a lot of the population of the world, so this speaks to the world. You watch something, and depending on how the story is told and how these characters feel to you, it influences your life, it influences how you feel about yourself and people that you meet. We say, “Representation matters,” and it’s just the truth. Even when it’s really difficult to see progress, I think this is proof.
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It’s kind of crazy that a movie like this hasn’t been made. In your mind, what does Love, Simon mean for queer teens? To mark the release of Love, Simon, the actor talked to The Hollywood Reporter about about navigating Hollywood, how Queer Eye helped him embrace his identity, and why he decided to come out to his cast and crew at the end of filming for Love, Simon. Now Lonsdale, who is also a musician with several songs to his name, is prepared to tell more stories about love, queerness and the lessons he’s learned - whatever form that might take.
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