Russell Tovey took his mum Carole to the Folsom Street Fair (Getty/Dave Benett)
Russell Tovey once struggled to get his parents to accept him as a gay man – but now he takes his mum to Leather Pride events.
The out-and-proud
Years and Years and
Looking actor and his mum, Carole Haynes, opened up about their relationship in a joint interview with
Tovey, who came out of the closet at 18, explained that it was “particularly hard for Mum because we’ve always been so close,” adding: “I don’t think either of my parents were homophobic, they just didn’t know any gay people or anyone with gay kids. They had nothing to cling to.
Russell T Davies says he will happily defend his call to stop casting straight actors in gay roles and insists he never meant to upstage heterosexual actors
Earlier this month, the screenwriter, 57, said gay characters in his latest drama are played by gay actors
It s A Sin follows the stories of three gay 18-year-olds who arrive in London in 1981, at the beginning of the HIV epidemic
Davies said at the time directors must cast gay men because you wouldn t black someone up
Discussing his comments on Thursday s Loose Women, he said that he will happily defend his remarks and that he never meat to upstage straight stars
A prominent gay British actor has rejected calls from acclaimed screenwriter Russell T Davies for gay performers to be prioritised for LGBT roles.
James Dreyfus, who played pioneering gay roles in Nineties sitcoms The Thin Blue Line and Gimme Gimme Gimme, said an actor s sexuality has nothing to do with their ability to convince and amaze .
And the 52-year-old believes audiences would be deprived of the superlative recent performances put on by straight stars if roles were only based on sexual orientation.
His comments come after Davies - best known for his work on Queer As Folk and Doctor Who - said gay actors should get LGBT roles and compared a straight actor playing a gay character to black face.