{"id":33449,"date":"2024-03-26T03:33:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/i-am-no-clown-billy-porter-on-how-its-taken-the-industry-over-two-decades-to-take-him-seriously-ents-arts-news\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T03:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:03:54","slug":"i-am-no-clown-billy-porter-on-how-its-taken-the-industry-over-two-decades-to-take-him-seriously-ents-arts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/i-am-no-clown-billy-porter-on-how-its-taken-the-industry-over-two-decades-to-take-him-seriously-ents-arts-news\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I am no clown’: Billy Porter on how it’s taken the industry over two decades to take him seriously | Ents & Arts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Billy Porter says he’s struggled to be taken seriously over the years – as he warns critics that while he “may wear dresses on the red carpet, make no mistake, I am no clown”.<\/p>\n

The Emmy-winning actor<\/strong> – whose movies include Cinderella, The Intern and Like A Boss – tells Sky News it’s taken around 25 years to be treated like a professional artist.<\/p>\n

“My brand, once I got in, has been ‘fabulous’, ‘Billy Porter is fabulous’, ‘Billy Porter does fabulous’.<\/p>\n

“I am a very serious human being – and the conversation that I am having with the world is ‘fabulous’ and ‘serious’ do co-exist.”<\/p>\n

His latest movie is Our Son, alongside Welsh actor Luke Evans, a moving drama that tells the story of a same-sex couple navigating the difficulties of co-parenting through a divorce.<\/p>\n

After 13-years together, Nicky and Gabriel find themselves squabbling over the custody of their eight-year-old son, Owen.<\/p>\n

Porter and Evans also collaborated on a song for the film’s soundtrack – Always Be My Man – which they performed at its Tribeca Festival premiere last year.<\/p>\n

Porter says he hopes the film will help change some perceptions about him – and about the nature of gay relationships, too.<\/p>\n

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‘Let’s talk about what happens after’<\/strong><\/p>\n

“To have it be about humans – not a heterosexual, not a homosexual – but the breakdown of a human marriage, was really important to me.<\/p>\n

“Because as a 54-year-old black, out, queer – whatever you want to call it – gay man, who’s been in the business for over 30 years, I’ve been watching ‘coming out stories’ for 30 years.<\/p>\n

“I am tired of them. We got that story. Let’s now talk about what happens after coming out.”<\/p>\n

The actor thinks the world has come a long way when it comes to how same-sex relationships are treated and played out on screen.<\/p>\n

He says we should “honour” that, before complaining about where we’re not.<\/p>\n

Porter became the first openly gay man to win an Emmy award for Best Actor in a drama series for his role in Pose back in 2019.<\/p>\n

But the star says he was deeply disappointed by the energy around the film’s release in the US, late last year.<\/p>\n

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‘It hurts my feelings’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Released with little fanfare, it’s been compared to divorce dramas including Kramer Vs Kramer and Marriage Story – and largely judged to be wanting.<\/p>\n

Porter says: “They just threw it out. Nobody saw it. Nobody even knows it’s out. And that hurts my feelings. It does. It deserves better than that.”<\/p>\n

He goes on: “There was no care. With that said, it does not diminish the value – this will be there and people will be able to find it.<\/p>\n

“Our movie – because it’s a movie – will have a life. And I’m excited about that life. I’m excited about the release in the UK and Europe. It’s already having a life that didn’t exist [here in] America.”<\/p>\n

Porter says the film wasn’t given a chance to really take off in the US, but hopes it may do just that here for its UK release.<\/p>\n

Our Son is out now on digital release.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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