Wentworth Miller Announces He Is "Officially" Done With Prison Break: "I Don't Want to Play Straight Characters"

Looks like a dookie smeller.

Prison Break is still on air???? Which channel?

Since I don’t want to play gay any longer, I’ll take on the role.

I hope he's saved/invested well. A lot of gay roles are shit and he has plenty of competition for the good ones.

There goes those Hallmark movies that regularly cast openly gay actors in straight roles.

In summary: fuck you, breeders!!!

Couldn't his character come out as gay on Prison Break???

So he's going to back Legends??

He's so gorgeous.

I thought someone had bumped up a thread from 2005.

Well that’s good to know!!

Why would an actor want to limit themselves in this way? Isn't this stance completely antithetical to what it means to be an actor?

Please present dong and hole, Wentworth. TIA.

[quote] Why would an actor want to limit themselves in this way? Isn't this stance completely antithetical to what it means to be an actor?

Matt Bomer was complaining the other day about being denied straight roles, but being offered nothing but gay roles

He should realize his job is acting. As in playing characters, not himself.

Does he have that many offers? Why would you come out and then refuse an offer to play straight? Isn't that progress for the gays?

He is still so freaking hot

[quote]Prison Break is still on air???? Which channel?

It's not on. There was a revival in 2017 but the actor who plays his brother is pushing for another season.

He only wants to play gay characters? So he’s basically announcing his retirement?

I thought he got fat and dumpy 10 years ago? Did he get in shape again?

And yet... so many gay actors fight for straight roles. Actors should focus on good roles and not weather their character sucks dick or eats pussy!

R21 sorry.. I meant “whether”

He's been steadily working between The Flash / Legends of Tomorrow and Madame Secretary.

He’ll be lucky if gets a soap opera role again.

He does a lot of writing, and I think producing. I don’t think he needs to worry. And I so desperately want to marry him...

He knows this isn't the best thing to say for his career. But it's his life, if that is what he wants so be it.

Is he still with Luke MacFarlane?

His declaration was part of a bigger message.

wentworthmiller: "This is my favorite IG account," someone wrote in response to a recent post. Thank you. I want you to know I saw that. I see the positive comments and DMs (a lot of them anyway). Affectionate. Supportive. Appreciated (by me).

Obviously there are comments and DMs I appreciate less. Who are these people? On my page? What backwards-ass, Stone Age values country did they crawl out of? The U.S.?

I won't be disappearing (too many cool things to repost). The ability to comment likely will.

I'm not concerned for myself. I can't be "bullied" in this space. I have too much power. "Delete. Block. Deactivate." Etc.

But I take seriously the possibility of queer kids visiting here, recently out of the closet or exploring the idea... I don't want them exposed to bullshit.

On a related note... I'm out. Of PB. Officially. Not bec of static on social media (although that has centered the issue). I just don't want to play straight characters. Their stories have been told (and told).

So. No more Michael. If you were a fan of the show, hoping for additional seasons... I understand this is disappointing. I'm sorry.

If you're hot and bothered bec you fell in love with a fictional straight man played by a real gay one...

That's your work. - W.M. 🏳️‍🌈

His feet are so hot.

Good for him. I love that he's like "their stories have been told (and told).". He's nearing 50, he has mental heath considerations that are probably due to his struggle to be open about his sexual identity. He has probably made the right decision -- and the healthiest decision.

I really wish him well. He seems like a good guy. Datalounge yearned and lusted for him to come out - and he did, to the most vicious and hateful scorn I've witnessed here as a 2-decade Datalounger. It confirmed that there is NO prize for being gay. Our challenge is to find joy, purpose and well-being in a completely inhospitable world.

[Quote] And I so desperately want to marry him...

Over my dead body!!

Good for him.

Stunning and brave.

Does this mean becoming Mrs. Wentworth Miller is off the table?

Never say never again. Especially when we're talking about starring in a popular TV show and NOT about beating your kids. Social media can create an echo chamber where you start to think the public is accepting of everything you do and you yourself are solely responsible for your career from now on. Especially if you're gay and get thousands and thousands of fans saying you're doing the right thing. Suddenly you're out of work and no one besides mini indie productions and Ryan Murphy wants to hire you.

I'll take those discarded straight roles!

He should be done with that role The dude broke out of various prisons already, died, came back. Enough!

He is such a dramaqueen bottom.

Imagine how different the TV landscape might be if every gay actor in Hollywood took this kind of stand.

r39, if they did and more talented gay actors were out, then I would think it was so stupid for straight actors to say they won't play gay actors.

In my mind it's acting not a reality show. You are playing a role. Only addicts get to play alcoholics and druggies. Only rape victims get to play people that have been raped. Only a true serial killer should play any role of a serial killer. No it's stupid. It's called acting.

Lesbian Fiona Shaw was asked about this issue as she stars in "Ammonite" with Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet playing lesbian lovers.

Shaw does not want to be drawn too deeply into the question of who gets to play who, but did say, “I’m Irish, and I’d hate to believe that I wasn’t allowed to play English people. The same thing applies.”

Her personal belief, she said, is that “acting is an act of imagination, and also an act of skill, and I think it’s so important to hire skilled people who are imaginative. Of course, on the other side of that, we must encourage people of all abilities and specificities. Everybody must get a chance at this.”

Still, on that note, she said, “I wouldn’t put too many boundaries on what you can and cannot play.”

[Quote] He should be done with that role The dude broke out of various prisons already, died, came back. Enough!

Prison Break really should have been a miniseries. I think i gave up halfway through season 2.

This man spent his whole life suicidal and closeted. Let him do whatever the fuck he wants.

I thought this show was over about 10 years ago?

[quote]Matt Bomer was complaining the other day about being denied straight roles, but being offered nothing but gay roles

He said he lost opportunities because he came out as gay. He didn't say he was only offered gay roles. He's probably one of the few gay actors that audiences can buy as straight.

After looking at what's on "The Black List" I'd say most scripts are shit that these actors are getting and we all know that films and tv shows would still rather cast a straight actor than a gay one even if the character is gay unless you work for Ryan Murphy and you're not Darren Criss.

I'd say it's a decision for Wentworth to do that and not necessarily something he's being forced into especially since he could have easily gone back to Prison Break and played straight again. It wasn't like he was "searching" for a project. He had one offered to him. He didn't want it. I completely respect that.

He's also 48 years old and probably interested in doing things he wants to do.

[quote]I thought this show was over about 10 years ago?

Has that stopped any show from trying to come back? Everything old is new again and this one will be back soon.

Wait... I thought the reason he kept ending up in the slammer was because he couldn't get enough shower sex?

I'm 20 years old and watched Prison Break on Netflix. I think Wentworth is hot regardless of the times. （Except when he was fat, and the heyday is over.） For example, Matt Bomer is 80s or 90s-like.

Hondsome, Princeton University, tall, classy.. Great, but he's suffering from depression and doesn't speech or activities to gain popularity. I like him working as a screenwriter.

I don't speak English, so I'm sorry if the grammar and language are wrong.

By the way, is it true that he was slutty when he was unknown? From his relationship with Brett Ratner & Ryan Murphy（on Popular）.

cute

He’s right, gay roles are still so lackluster and still we’re seeing most of the biggest gay roles go to straight (or closeted) actors.

Advocating for more gay roles played by gay actors is a good thing. Hollywood needs to change and its homophobia needs to be eradicated.

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R47 You are russian troll, go away. That's DL response to anyone who are not native speaker.

Also, Wentworth Miller is an insatible bottom. Every last drop of your manjuice will be milked by his ass if you are lucky enough to be in bed with him.

I will always adore his Morocco Red lipstick confrontation with Mary Cherry on Popular.

[Quote] From his relationship with Brett Ratner & Ryan Murphy（on Popular）.

???????

He's no ex-con hottie like...

Meeks, who is all over the place with these ads for some tacky/lux new fragrance company

WTH is Gisada?

R51 russian troll??? R49 I agree. He is clever.

this pic 3 years ago？ now 48！

vaguely black don't crack

Yeah, he also hasn't likely killed anyone like that Meeks guy who looks like he has an IQ of around 60.

the prison break fanbase probably full of homophobic sraight bros, I bet they will take that well. I actually thought Prison Break was over anyway.

I continue to root for WM. It’s good of him to consider his audience and how online bullying on his SM may affect them.

Good for him if he’s in a position to pick and choose jobs/roles. Who wouldn’t want want the freedom to do that? I’m confident he’s aware of the consequences, but has other goals and projects in mind.

More gay actors need to fight to put openly gay actors in gay roles. It's important because openly gay actors are routinely discriminated against in Hollywood.

Ask Matt Bomer about being told he's too gay to play Superman back in the early 2000s despite Brett Ratner wanting him too.

Could you ask him to have Dominic Purcell to sit on my face?

Love him!

He wouldn't refuse simply because he's gay. He has a theory in any cace.

R50

33 years old at that time.

Looks like a teenager!

[quote] I will always adore his Morocco Red lipstick confrontation with Mary Cherry on Popular.

I loved 'Popular.' Why doesn't Murphy use Miller now? He would be a wonderful Dorian Corey-esque housemother on "Pose" -- "Chile...nobody wanted to be Lena Horne..."

R21, If acting wasn't about a characters sexuality then why are there leading men archetypes who always "get the girl"? What exactly is the point of that then? Do we really need to see Tom Cruise lusting after every young actress in all his action movies?

R15, That's about as logical as saying "women playing female characters are just playing themselves" 🙄

R12, What does it mean to be an actor? Just play everything and anything? I'm sure part of being an actor is being selective about what you can play/can't play and what you're good at playing as well.

Wentworth has been around long enough, I'm sure he's played a variety of roles in his lifetime, if he wants to "limit" himself that's up to him.

FABA & BEAN

MILLER & MURPHY

Hollywood just needs to stop writing "str--ght" characters altogether.

R73 good luck with that.

Anyway, the biggest mystery is about his partner.

Well, this is his former partner.

They broke up 12 years ago and he hasn't had a public partner since. But weren't there rumors of him dating around when he lived in Vancouver a few years ago?

Always Luke ... But it's possible, for a long time both of them are too private. But what about Tyron Leitso(2010)?

R77 Did Went live in Vancouver? Really? Why? Where is he now?

Tyron is from Vancouver.

[quote]Did Went live in Vancouver? Really? Why? Where is he now?

I assumed that is where he lived while working on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.

the cutest couple in Hollywood

R81 Thank you! Umm...He shouldn't be single.

I can imagine there is nothing going on in his life. He doesn't work much already. He is very introverted and depressed he might just stay at home most of the time.

Besides reprising his Prison Break role in 2017, he has in fact only played gay roles for the last few years: the last incarnation of his character on Legends of Tomorrow/The Flash was married to Russell Tovey, which is the first time out gay men played gay superheroes on TV, and the characters on his brief stints on Madam Secretary and L&O: SVU were both gay too.

Good for him.

R82 I can't believe Wentworth is eight years older than him.

R85 That’s right.

[quote] He's probably one of the few gay actors that audiences can buy as straight.

Nonsense, most openly gay actors today had to come out at some point in part because they were assumed to be straight.

R84 Why did such a person aim to become an actor and succeed?

He's still so pretty though.

I still can't believe someone gave their infant son the first name "Wentworth."

[quote] He is such a dramaqueen bottom.

Wenty doesn't do anal, top or bottom.

[quote] I still can't believe someone gave their infant son the first name "Wentworth."

He said in an interview it's a family thing. His grandfather and father were Wentworths, but his father went by his middle name of Earl.

My maiden name was Wentworth.

With the amount of anti-depressants he's taking to remain balanced, it's doubtful he even gets erections any more.

He apparently has anal sex, at least because he had a relationship with Ratner and Murphy, and that means he's bottom.

R89 He only had one TV show lasted few seasons that is popular. He then only star in some supporting role for some movie. Not very successful.

That alone would be a success.

I mean why he aimed for Hollywood even though he was "very introverted"...

[quote]Nonsense, most openly gay actors today had to come out at some point in part because they were assumed to be straight.

No, the point is. When they come out are they still booking straight roles because studios/producers/etc. believe audiences won't have an issue, "buying them" as "straight?"

Which is their usual excuse for no longer hiring an actor for straight roles after they come out.

This person knows him well.

"He was back on Law & Order: SVU a couple of weeks ago too, playing an openly gay lawyer. I think he's also playing a gay character on Madam Secretary. Before he deactivated Facebook he would talk a lot about his interest in LGBT representation and media visibility, so I guess it's important to him to play gay roles. Good for him.

He lives by his mother in Connecticut now and took another 2-year break from acting recently. Always hope he's doing well, I know he has struggled a lot at times.

--Anonymous

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And now this post was true. Was this a post by the same person?

"I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'conservative', R119, but WM is an out and proud liberal, on record as calling himself a "union man." He is out to family and friends, and only closeted to the public for career reasons. And he doesn't - and never has - bearded. He may come across as 'conservative' to some because he doesn't love to talk about his personal life, as much due to shyness and natural reticence as to wishing not to broadcast his homosexuality. FWIW, I am sure he would much rather be out if he could be so and still get offered leading roles. --Anonymous

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Search YouTube for "wentworth going to floyds" ! Is the man walking by him Luke? Looking at his fatness and clothes, I think it was around the fall of 2008, but Perez Hilton said they broke up in late 2007.

I am r102. If you're watching this thread and know about him recently, could you tell me a bit?

He would be smashing in some of the new gay holiday specials at Hallmark. Lifetime has promised more gay characters as well... he'll probably find plenty of gay roles.

I can't imagine him appearing on Hallmark....

[Quote] I can't imagine him appearing on Hallmark....

Me neither. I feel like the CW is as low as he'll go.

R107 and others, if one is solely devoting himself to ONLY gay roles, he's going to learn to be not so picky about scripts and production values then. Let him consider Lifetime then.

Even with a push to create gay content and characters, those two channels still wouldn't keep him working regularly. I don't see how one can have it both ways really.

Maybe gay porn? That is as gay as you get get.

Would he be top or bottom?

He wouldn't do anything for money. He made a huge fortune with his own popularity from Prison Break's overseas hits. And now, Is he limiting his work against gay discrimination in Hollywood? There are also his mental problems. No point in appearing on Hallmark.

R109 He is an insatiable bottom with tremendous technique as they always do. I wish we could witness the glorious moment of him milking cock with his ass.

Apparently, beggars *can* be choosers.

Well I crave his porn videos. However, in his heyday.

After all, just having his good looks is in demand in Hollywood.

BOTTOM and do ANAL. He did with Ratner and Murphy.

And then Ratner sexually harassed the actresses on the set. So maybe he too.

sorry, typo.

"so maybe him too"

He bought a house in a tiny little town in Connecticut in 2017 very close to his mother's house and his family there. He just put the house on the market in August and sold it a couple of weeks later. I wonder what is next for him? Moving back to L.A. or NYC? Was he just bored of living in a small Connecticut town without any friends or gay scene around?

I think playing only gay roles is a bad choice for him. He played Russell Tovey's husband/partner on the Flash and their kissing scenes and interactions were not very convincing. While Tovey is great actor and usually has chemistry with everyone, Wentworth just couldn't pull it off and seemed awkward and uncomfortable kissing a guy on screen.

He should consider gay porn. Do it for us.

R117 I totally disagree, I thought they had great chemistry and looked authentic as a couple, like two men used to enjoying kissing other men and very unlike straight guys who have to fake it. IIRC they were a big hit with fans too.

R117 How do you know his details⁈ He may have moved because of his partner.

Who is his current partner?

It's nice that he's making his own rules.

Wentworth is going back to SVU.

Will he play a gay role on SVU?

R77 Yes, he was dating a local actor while living in Vancouver. Probably the guy is young and cute type.

What’s up with people whose first names sound like blender brands?

That’s funny.

"who is his current partner?"

R117 might help people someday!

He posted in the comments of his latest Instagram post that going forward he was going to refocus on acting. I bet he's moving back to LA or some place more industry focused.

I got tired of him having a grim face on the screen...I want to see him happy at his new show.