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I stopped being screen-tested for the heterosexual male leads : Coronation Street s Daniel Brocklebank reveals coming out as gay at 18 hindered his Hollywood career
The actor, 41, starred alongside Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love and came out after the film s release when he was 18
Daniel admitted he was told by his managers in Los Angeles that going public about his sexuality would harm his career and he believes it did
He said: I pretend for a living, I didn’t want to pretend in my private life. When you spend your life on screen, it’s important to hold on to the bits that are real