'I was concerned because it was family and kids that Disney might not be ready to cross that line.'
Ryan would probably have come out as gay"in college", adding that his character in the movies was"less about coming out and just more about letting his true colours come forward".He went on to say that while Disney is"the most progressive group of people" he's ever worked with, he had concerns that they"weren't ready" to have an openly gay character in a Disney Channel movie in 2006.
He went on:"I just took it upon myself to make choices that I felt that those who were watching would grab. They would see it, they would feel it, they would know it, and they would identify with it. And that is what happened."in December last year, Lucas Grabeel — who played Ryan in the movies — opened up about the character's sexuality, and said he played the role based on conversations about Ortega's own high school experience.
He continued to say that he wanted the character to be seen as complex and nuanced rather than"a giant statement".I actually wanted to be kind of subtle. I wanted to add nuance and little things that you might catch the second or third time you see the movies. I wanted people to think,"That character's more complex than I thought," instead of saying,"Oh, he comes out in pink and you know he's gay." That's not what we had in mind.
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