Articles about Rupert Everett

14 May 2013
Study: Audiences don’t mind gay actors playing straight roles 11 Researchers from South Carolina's Clemson University tested the hypothesis that out actors cannot play a believable straight role - and found it wasn't the case.
2 May 2013
Rupert Everett swears on ITV’s Loose Women as he mentions HIV scare story 10 Rupert Everett accidentally swore on live television earlier on Thursday as he re-told the story of how he was convinced he had contracted HIV during the 1980s.
1 April 2013
Rupert Everett to play Pope Benedict XVI in ‘extraordinary’ biopic 28 Openly gay actor Rupert Everett will play Pope Benedict XVI in an upcoming biopic about the former pope, and his ascension to the papal office.
14 January 2013
Rupert Everett: Gay actors should stay in the closet 52 The British actor Rupert Everett says he would not advise any gay actor working in the movie industry to come out as it would not help their career.
7 January 2013
Rupert Everett: I was a slut because I was furious at Catholicism 61 In an interview with the Sunday Times, the gay actor Rupert Everett has said that he was a slut because he was furious with his Catholic faith.
17 October 2012
Lynne Featherstone wins Attitude’s ‘Politician of the Year’ award 4 Lynne Featherstone says she is “absolutely delighted” to have been named “Politician of the Year” at last night’s awards ceremony by Attitude magazine in central London.
2 October 2012
Rupert Everett: Why do ‘queens’ want to go and get married in churches? 169 Rupert Everett has told the Guardian – in another substantial rant – that he remains mystified on why same-sex couples would like to have religious marriage ceremonies.
20 September 2012
Rupert Everett branded ‘gay dinosaur’ by Coronation Street star 21 Gay Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou has criticised Rupert Everett after he said that he couldn’t think of “anything worse” than having gay male parents.
19 September 2012
Rupert Everett attempts to downplay gay parenting row 58 Last weekend, the Sunday Times published an interview with the 53-year-old star, in which he said that he couldn’t think of “anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads”.
18 September 2012
US gay advocacy group blast Rupert Everett over gay parenting row 25 The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has become the latest LGBT organisation to criticise British actor Rupert Everett for his views on same-sex parenting.
16 September 2012
Rupert Everett: Gay parents? I can’t think of anything worse 184 Rupert Everett, star of the, St Trinians films, has been criticised by gay rights advocates for saying that he thinks only straight couples should have children.
15 December 2011
Amber Heard: Staying in the closet in Hollywood is a “horribly detrimental lie” 5 Lesbian actress Amber Heard has said people in her profession are dissuaded from coming out in Hollywood and end up becoming part of a "detrimental lie".
7 September 2011
Actors’ union to ask gay members about homophobia 13 Equity, the union for actors and performers, is to ask its LGBT members whether they feel safe being out and if they have suffered prejudice.
16 July 2011
Ben Daniels rejects Rupert Everett’s advice for aspiring gay actors not to come out 26 Ben Daniels, star of the BBC hit series Cutting It, has dismissed claims made by Hollywood star Rupert Everett that it is better for aspiring gay actors to stay in the closet despite homophobia he experienced at the BBC.
26 January 2011
Alan Cumming says it’s ‘irresponsible’ to urge gay actors stay in the closet 10 Alan Cumming has criticised stars who advise gay actors to stay in the closet.
14 January 2011
Jane Lynch says gay actors will never get the straight leading roles 48 Glee star Jane Lynch says that while she does not think Hollywood is homophobic, gay actors will never get to play straight leads.
6 January 2011
James Franco: ‘Maybe I’m just gay’ 17 James Franco has a history of taking on gay film roles, which has inevitably stoked curiosity about his sexuality.
4 January 2011
Hollywood studios accused of ‘shutting out’ gay actors 14 Hollywood studios have been accused of "shutting out" openly gay actors.
30 December 2010
Rupert Everett: Hollywood homophobia denies gays leading roles 18 Rupert Everett, the openly gay star of 'My Best Friend's Wedding' has once again hit out at Hollywood, claiming that the lack of roles for gay actors is caused by homophobia.
2 February 2010
Colin Firth says there are ‘invisible boundaries’ for gay actors 38 Colin Firth has suggested that there are "invisible boundaries" preventing out gay actors from taking leading roles.

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