'True Blood' actor Nelsan Ellis: Former star quit because he didn't 'want to play a gay part' DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 9 months ago to Entertainment
Grimes should be FORCED to continue with the 7th season and play a gay vampire against his will, principles, and religious beliefs!!!!
YOU CAN'T KILL A VAMPIRE.
They are already dead.
At most you can de-animate them.
People are getting weird ideas about zombies, too. I can't remember the show right now, but the people involved in the discussion didn't seem to be able to make the connection between zombies and witch doctors...
(in spite of the caps, this is more tongue-in-cheek than ranting...)
Same reason I'd never play a female character.
Or a black character.
Or an Asian character.
Any performance I gave would be tainted by my preconceptions as to what it means to be each of these, and I would not be comfortable in the performance. I'd feel like I was wearing blackface.
Bet that surprised hell out of you, Maph...
Seriously, it must have taken some conviction to stand up like that, if that's how he felt.
Then again, maybe he just really disliked the actor he'd have to play opposite...
Am I the *only* one who's noticed over the past decade or so, the number of shows involving the occult, the undead, and especially vampires?
Not simply the numbers, but look at how the characters are portrayed. Gone are the reasons that vampires can't go out in daylight (they're dead and evil, and sunlight cleanses), that they have no reflection (they have no soul to reflect), and why it takes a wooden stake through the heart to kill them (because it's not just a wooden stake, but a wooden stake from the heartwood of a living sapling... the very symbol of life and vitality).
I know a lot of people here would cheer an escape from Christianity-related symbolism, but even they must be able to reason the result where traditionally evil people (parasites who require human blood (again, the dead thing)) are made protagonists and "victims"... in most cases "victims" of prejudice and bigotry. The same kind of prejudice and bigotry most people would display toward, say, a Grizzly bear.
They are promoting moral ambiguity, situational ethics, and instilling a reflex to sympathize with the alien, the strange... disrupting the xenophobic defense mechanism inherent in pretty much all primates.
EDIT: forgot the word "disrupting" in initial post. sorry.
I respect anyone that turns their back on income on a personal principle....whether I agreed with said principle or not.
So many people now appear to have no principles at all it is refreshing to see.
He decided his principle was more important to him than political correctness.
Bravo
No,the C word. Pam, a vampire was admiring her dress for a fundraiser at the Bush library and she looked into a mirror and said:
“Oh look at me; I’m a republ****”
It wasn’t out of character. She bashes all humans. What is out of character is blurring the lines of the fictional setting with real polarizing topics.They didn’t need to drag real politicians into the plot. Which they did very heavily last episode. They know it’s their last season. They can do whatever they want.
The first two or three seasons are the best. They kept close to the plot of the books and raised the spice a notch or two. Nothing more. After that...not the same, but still addicting.
Even though it’s not a part of the book series all that much, on the show everyone plays gay at one point or another. This actor should have known. Lol
I've never watched the show but my son's girlfriend has been trying to get me to. Too many other things on the list right now though. They call us republifucks?
:) No wonder the vamps call ya’ll a bunch of republi****!
maybe the ADA since they think he is a "phobe"
what does that even mean?