Kan vi lige stoppe op et øjeblik og tag et kig på Gale Harold? det er enligt først gået op for mig i dag hvor meget Gale Harold har spillet med i. i det jeg lige lande på hans IMDb side. ( Gale Harold ) de fleste af jer der følger den er blog vil nok vide at det er Gale Harold der spiller min favorit gay karakter i Queer As Folk nemlig Brian Kinney. jeg har altid opfatter ham som den her utrolige hotte gay skuespiller der ikke havde spillet med i så meget andet. men blev pænt overrasket over at jeg har set ham i mindst 3 andre serien uden at vide det.. blandt andet The Unit som er en af mine favorit serier også og som jeg faktisk har på dvd, men han er ret så forklædt, tag et kig for jer selv i billederne her..
Syndes der er utrolig sejt at Gale Harold har haft nogle ret så store roller i Vanished som Agent Graham Kelton, Desperate Housewives som Jackson Vranddock, Hellvats som Julian Parrish, The Secret Circle som Charless Meade og Defiance som Connor Lang. der er en del Science Fiction og Drama i det han har spillet med i. ud over det har han også medvirket i rigtig populære serier som CSI New York og Greys Anatomy for uden Desperate Housewives som alle tre er serierne der er ret så godt kendte.
Der ligger nogle rigtig gode portrætter af Gale Harold over hele nettet, men mit favorit er dem er fra nycastings.com som har spurt ind til blandt andet hans gay skuespil i Queer As Folk og hvordan han kunne spille ret godt. Gale Harold giver selvfølgelig nogle sjove og gode svar som jeg syndes der er værd at læse vis man har ham som en favorit skuespiller som mig.
Det omtalte portræt;
What was the audition like for "Queer As Folk?”
“When that audition happened, I had already decided to leave Los Angeles. I hadn't decided where I was headed but it was going to be either Chicago or New York. I couldn't decide which because I had $5 to my name. The cart was definitely before the horse.
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| Vanished; Gale Harold helt til højre |
I had no reservations about the part. I had reservations about auditioning. I was slightly traumatized by my 99% record of rejection. I had been cast in one part. That film was a blast, but I was still trying to toughen up to survive the brutality of the other 99%. I didn't believe I'd ever get another job in front of a camera, and wanted to figure out if I could cut it on stage in New York or Chicago. At the audition I read from sides for Linda Lowy, the casting director, and I read with her associate John Brace. I had seen the original on a VHS tape my girlfriend had. I thought Aiden Gillen was a total badass, but didn't think it would ever work as an American adaptation. Anyway, I'd vowed this would be my last Los Angeles audition. Apparently it went well.
There were a series of callbacks which required a haircut (I think), and the purchase of a suit I couldn't afford. The callback and test process was a nail-biter. The strangeness of performing in a boardroom environment surrounded by executives was so intense I might as well have been walking through a remake of the video for ASHES TO ASHES by David Bowie. And that was only slightly less bizarre than an actor who was testing for the character of Michael telling me he wasn't going to kiss me just before we went into the room. Had he even read the scene? We'll never know...”
Once you had the part, what type of research did you do to portray the selfish, gay Brian Kinney?
“I had enough gay friends to have taken a few spins through the happy bars of San Francisco (where I lived for almost nine years) and Los Angeles. And I grew up in Atlanta. I'd worked and lived in mid-town for a few years, so a lot of the 'social' research was already done.
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| The Unit; Gale Harold (næsten ikke til at kende) |
My take on Brian was foremost one of free will. It seemed to me that the most direct way to find him was to underplay all the cliches. He simply wanted men and believed he was right. He had no need to question himself. Of course those were my angles. How he came across was the result of those choices I made blended with the way the part was written, shot and edited. I kept returning to my belief that his sexuality was not up for debate by anyone, himself included. That was very freeing, and it inspired me to deflect all speculation about my own sexuality. I'm straight, but the character was too important to me to muddle his world with my private life. As a nobody, I got away with that deflection. I think it may have helped to introduce Brian as a believable gay man. Maybe not. However it played, it's been out of my hands for a long time.”
Brian Kinney was a very strong character to bring to American television at the time. Did you have any fears or thoughts that people around the globe would say you're not properly portraying a gay man?
“Hell no! Well, I say that now with the benefit of hindsight. Seriously, at the time I was just a naive hetero thinking that all gay men would slap me on the back and say "right on". I was basically unfazed by gay culture as I understood it. But I hadn't even scratched the surface of what it means to grow up and survive being gay in America. In the 13 years since QAF hit America, much has changed. Thank goodness for that. But honestly, I was not prepared for the affect that role would have. I probably thought that because I was a serious devotee of Burroughs, and Cocteau, and Genet, I had a deep understanding of gay culture. I wasn't even close! And I definitely wasn't prepared for the backlash I got from those who saw me as an unwelcome trespasser.”
Did you at any point feel uncomfortable when having such intimate scenes with other men?
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| The Secret Circle; Gale Harold i forgrunden somCharless Meade |
“Revealing yourself, physically or emotionally, to cast and crew is frequently uncomfortable. But it is essential if you want to to tell the truth. I felt more at ease being bold with some than I did with others. I was incredibly fortunate to have worked with Randy Harrison as Justin Taylor. We share enough taste in music and art to have had a real camaraderie, and luckily that evolved into a deep friendship.”
What's your advice to actors who will be doing same-sex scenes for the first time?
“Tricky question. I'm no expert. All I can say is that if you are fortunate enough to be playing a character who is developed enough that you can mine his or her identity-which isn't always the case-decide what or how the character behaves before and after sex. Basic. And then be yourself. Kiss well and passionately (if that makes sense), and move like you mean it!”
Anything else you'd like to say?
“Stay tuned!”
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