Ian McKellen has bad gaydar, or the hobbits aren't gay - you pick!
Q: There have been loads of rumors since LOTR first came out about the activities that went on during filming eg that the actors were involved with one another onset (Elijah/Dom, Orlando/Viggo) but once LOTR stopped filming all relationships ended and now they're all in the closet, 'dating' women in the public eye to cover up their past and fool people into thinking they're straight! Basically, I'm just curious to hear if you find it upsetting or bothersome that so many actors (that you know) now are 'in the closet' just to boost their careers because they feel their female fans would not like them anymore if they ever came out (which I personally disagree with).
A: This gossip is all news to me. Elijah, Dominic and Orlando introduced me to their girlfriends during shooting. I didn't ever meet Viggo's partner although his son visited a a few times. It would seem that none of my friends can be accused of hypocrisy. Probably the fevered imagination of slashers is to blame.
Hiding homosexuality is a long-tested shame in Hollywood and no doubt continues even in these days of gay marriage and gay civil partnerships. I agree that audiences are much less perturbed than producers allow, by a performer's sexuality. How else to explain the continuing popularity of George Michael, Elton John, Rupert Everett, Ellen de Generes and, excuse me, also the gay actor who played Gandalf?
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