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“I have never met someone who has come out and regretted it.” The confessed homosexual actor Ian McKellen said in an interview with the British newspaper “The Times”. The theater legend also connected this observation with an appeal to younger colleagues.
He wishes that actresses and actors did it differently than footballers who still preferred to commit themselves to their sexuality. “I feel sorry for every famous person who feels that she cannot come out. Hiding is silly – there is no reason for this. Don’t listen to your consultants, listen to your heart. Listen to your homosexual friends who know better. Ensure! Coming into the sunlight, ”said McKellen urgently and with the appealing pathos of Gandalf, the horror.
Ian McKellen believes that homosexual stars are wrongly advised
According to the 85-year-old, there is social progress. But there is also no confessing gay actor in the “Best leading role” category. Football serves as a comparison value: “In women’s sports, none of this is not an issue. I could imagine that young footballers are probably very badly advised by agents like actors who are worried about their own income. ”
The “Lord of the Rings” star is certain: “The first (Premier League) footballer who comes out will be the most famous footballer in the world, and everyone will therefore beg to be able to advertise with him.”
McKellen himself came out in 1988 at the age of 48 after he was in “Edward II.” had played a homosexual monarch at the theater. This theater production was transferred to television, where the audience saw the first same -sex kiss on a small screen, namely that between the